COVID-19 Pandemic and the Middle East and Central Asia: Region Facing Dual Shock – International Monetary Fund

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

This blog is part of a series providing regional analysis on the effects of the coronavirus. By Jihad Azour عربي, Español, Français, Português, Русский The impact of COVID-19 and the...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup, March 24, 2020 – FDA.gov

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

For Immediate Release: March 24, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA is facilitating access to convalescent plasma, antibody-rich blood products that...

Could the summer bring an end to COVID-19? – Livescience.com

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

Why soap, sanitizer and warm water work against Covid-19 and other viruses – CNN

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

Please don’t stop. The world is counting on you to help stop the spread of Covid-19, the deadly new disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Take heart that while you’re scrubbing, you’re also killing off a...

The High Schooler Who Became a COVID-19 Watchdog – The New Yorker

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

Avi SchiffmannIllustration by João Fazenda Last week, as cities across the country shut down in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, President Trump said, “We have a problem that, a month ago, nobody thought about.” Well, somebody did. On...

Supercomputers Now Hunting Treatments For COVID-19 : Shots – Health News – NPR

by Editor | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Feature

Enlarge this image Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using supercomputers to calculate which drugs may help in the fight against the coronavirus. Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory hide caption toggle caption Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National...