Medical
Coronavirus: Model projects when states could safely reopen businesses
After April 29, the model predicts Georgia's daily coronavirus deaths will begin to decline steadily. The model assumes that the USA curve will mimic the curve in other countries, without accounting for all the variables such as differences in social distancing policy and different timing for implementing those policies. [Full Article...]
NY infection rate 'could be high as one in five'
If those early results translate to the rest of the NY population, that would mean about 2.7 million people across the state would have been infected. Earlier on Thursday, New York City's health commissioner said she believed the city's 141,800 confirmed coronavirus cases are just "the tip of the iceberg". [Full Article...]
Poultry plant in Coquitlam closed by health authority over COVID-19
So far, two people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Superior Poultry, while 29 have tested positive at United Poultry. Horgan said health investigators arrived at the United Poultry Co. Those strategies will involve individuals, communities and the entire province, she said. "The outbreak in the poultry facility is a warning call that we can't get too complacent", he said. [Full Article...]
Doctor's Note: Can plasma therapy fight coronavirus?
In India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is helping organizations conduct two separate studies around the experimental procedures of convalescent plasma and therapeutic plasma exchange. before the vaccines were developed. The primary goal of plasma is to transport nutrients, hormones and proteins to the parts of the body that need it. [Full Article...]
Up to half of deaths in care homes — WHO Europe
The World Health Organization said Thursday that Europe was seeing an "unimaginable human tragedy" at its care homes, where deaths from the new coronavirus accounted for up to 50 percent in some countries. He said that those in care homes were "particularly vulnerable" to the virus. He said, "Many today are prevented from receiving visits from family and friends". [Full Article...]
Trump claims disinfectant remarks were 'sarcastic question to reporters'
Trump's initial comments about the issue raised concerns that anxious people might poison themselves while trying to fight the virus, prompting an global chorus of doctors and health experts to urge people not to drink or inject disinfectant. [Full Article...]
Andy Cohen Rails Against "Antiquated, Discriminatory Guidelines" Preventing Him From Donating Blood
I'm sitting here wondering what year it is. Broadcasting from home - as many other talk hosts have done at a time when social distancing is necessary to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus - Cohen, who recently recovered from the illness, explained how he had been interested in participating in a program that seeks to test whether antibodies from the plasma of COVID-19 survivors could c... [Full Article...]
Doubled in 10 days: Coronavirus deaths in United States pass 50,000 mark
Previously, the first documented fatality was reported on February 29 in Kirkland, Washington, a Seattle suburb, though officials later attributed two February 26 deaths to the bug. These two people had flu-like symptoms before dying. The California woman's death and two other early deaths - on February 17 and March 6 - were confirmed to have been COVID-19 by U.S. [Full Article...]