At-risk people diagnosed with COVID-19 across the United States and Canada can participate in a clinical trial testing whether a common drug can keep them from getting sicker and keep them out of the hospital. The trial, conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is based on a discovery by the University […]
New Nursing Home Cases In Midwest States Increase By More Than 400% Since September AHCA/NCAL Calls On CDC To Give Long-Term Care Facilities The Highest Priority For Vaccine Distribution And On Congress To Replenish Emergency Funding The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) represents more than 14,000 nursing homes and […]
By Hannah DiPilato With the holiday season quickly approaching, Covid cases are skyrocketing all over the country and officials are advising people to social distance this holiday season. According to CNN, more than 12 million people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus and over 260,000 people have died. With those that are […]
By Mina Tocalini A report from the BBC addresses the neurological symptoms of Coronavirus, which are believed to be linked to depleted levels of oxygen (hypoxia) or an over engaged immune system (cytokine storm). However, new evidence indicates that the virus is capable of infecting the brain and spinal cord by crossing the blood-brain barrier. […]
By Emmet McGewon On March 27, a shadow, growing for weeks, reached monstrous proportions as Italy reached a grim milestone: 917 people passed away due to the novel coronavirus. The gloom pervaded for many more weeks as Italian streets emptied and hospitals overflowed. On the same day there were 5,906 new cases in the country. […]
New research by a team at the MIT Sloan School of Management estimates that COVID-19 cases and deaths are 12 times and 1.5 times higher than official reports, respectively. The study examined 84 of the most affected nations, spanning 4.75 billion people. The researchers estimate 88.5 million cases and 600 thousand deaths through June 18, […]
Rice U. experts available to discuss COVID-19’s wide-ranging impact As the COVID-19 pandemic grows and impacts the lives of people across the globe, Rice University experts are available to discuss various topics related to the disease. Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, can discuss paid leave programs. “COVID-19 highlights the […]
Daily coronavirus briefing: Global mortality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4%, WHO says Weather and its potential impact on how COVID-19 behaves has remained a consistent focus since the outbreak erupted. Coronavirus, officially recognized as COVID-19, took less than three months to travel around the world. After surfacing in late 2019, the virus has spread to […]
