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Coronavirus Updates
WHO warns there’s no going back to ‘old normal’ as coronavirus accelerates in three countries
PUBLISHED THU, JUL 23 202011:50 AM EDT UPDATED THU, JUL 23 20209:08 PM EDT Berkeley Lovelace Jr.@BERKELEYJRWill Feuer@WILLFOIAKEY POINTS
- The WHO warned there is no going back to the “old normal” as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates in the United States and poorer, developing countries.
- Half of all Covid-19 cases reported so far are from the United States, Brazil and India, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
- The U.S. has the worst outbreak in the world with more than 3.8 million Covid-19 cases so far, according to data from the WHO.
Prognosis
Virus Death Toll Hits 150,000 Even as New U.S. Cases Plateau
By David R Baker and Jonathan LevinJuly 29, 2020, 6:57 PM EDT Updated on July 29, 2020, 7:57 PM EDT
- In hot spots, patients infected weeks ago are succumbing
- Daily fatalities set records in Texas, Florida and California
Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak
By The Visual and Data Journalism TeamBBC News
Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world, with more than 17 million confirmed cases in 188 countries. Nearly 700,000 people have lost their lives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105
Politics & Policy
Britain’s Deadly Covid Mistakes Are Laid Bare
England has had the highest excess mortality rate in Europe during the pandemic. No wonder Boris Johnson is desperate to do things differently.
By Therese RaphaelJuly 31, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT
U.S. Surpasses 150,000 Coronavirus Deaths As States Set New Fatality Records
BY EMILY CZACHOR ON 7/29/20 AT 4:10 PM EDT
A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces
- There’s not just one coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. There are many, each requiring its own mix of solutions.
- As of Tuesday, the pathogen had infected at least 4.3 million Americans, killing almost 150,000. To assess where the country is heading, we interviewed 20 public health experts.
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. July 29, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/health/coronavirus-future-america.html
At least 145,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.S.
At least 4,317,000 cases have been reported.
By Joe Fox, Brittany Renee Mayes, Kevin Schaul, Leslie Shapiro and Bonnie BerkowitzData as of July 28 at 4:45 p.m.
Prognosis
Florida Reports Record Covid-19 Deaths, Hospitalizations
By Michael SmithJuly 28, 2020, 10:41 AM EDT
Europe Fears Coronavirus Second Wave Amid Spikes in Spain, France, Germany
BY SOO KIM ON 7/27/20 AT 11:47 AM EDT
Worldwide coronavirus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs
- Curfews, closures and quarantine measures return as countries struggle to balance economic recovery with risk of Covid-19 flare-ups
- Despite grim figures, World Health Organisation argues against wholesale closing of borders
Agence France-Presse Published: 4:31am, 28 Jul, 2020
Coronavirus latest: Vietnam evacuating 80,000 from Da Nang as Asian governments battle second wave
- Records set for daily increases in the Australian state of Victoria and in India, where epidemic is spreading faster than anywhere else in the world
- Indonesia’s confirmed number of coronavirus cases has surpassed 100,000, the most in Southeast Asia
Agencies Published: 11:15am, 27 Jul, 2020
This Week in Asia / Health & Environment
Coronavirus: Indians seek ancient ayurvedic home remedies to boost immunity
- Many people have been trawling the web for various herbs and spices to boost their immune systems; others are taking up yoga or cycling
- Milk and turmeric drinks are selling out as the country’s coronavirus cases surge past 1 million
Amrit Dhillon Published: 2:00pm, 26 Jul, 2020
How the coronavirus transformed human activities globally
By Pablo Robles | Published June 2, 2020
THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
An outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.
https://www.scmp.com/coronavirus
10 years of talking about death, and life, at Death Cafés, and why the taboo-busting movement is having a moment
- Jon Underwood launched the Death Café movement – open forums to discuss life and death – in 2010 to break some of the taboos about dying and grief
- The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many to consider their own mortality, and virtual Death Cafés are springing up around the world
Luisa Tam Published: 8:45pm, 27 Jul, 2020
Coronavirus 'most severe health emergency' WHO has faced
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53557577
Moderna and Pfizer Begin Late-Stage Vaccine Trials
The studies each aim to enroll 30,000 people and determine whether the vaccines are safe and effective.
By Denise Grady July 27, 2020Updated 6:32 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/health/moderna-vaccine-covid.html
Pfizer, BioNTech Begin Phase II/III Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine, Switching Lead Candidate
July 28, 2020
https://www.genengnews.com/news/pfizer-biontech-begin-phase-ii-iii-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-switching-lead-candidate/
Vaccine Effectiveness: How Well Do the Flu Vaccines Work?
Questions & Answers Español
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm
WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE POLITICS
Kodak Shifts Into Drug Production With Help of a $765 Million U.S. Loan
Onetime photography leader is shifting into production of drug ingredients using a loan provided under the Defense Production Act
By Rachael Levy July 28, 2020 6:00 am ET
‘That’s Ridiculous.’ How America’s Coronavirus Response Looks Abroad.
From lockdowns to testing, we showed people around the world the facts and figures on how the U.S. has handled the pandemic.
Video by Brendan Miller and Adam Westbrook July 27, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/covid-19-global-response.html
EXCLUSIVE-Vaccine alliance eyes range of prices for COVID shots, says $40 would be maximum
by ReutersMonday, 27 July 2020 17:13 GMT
By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO, July 27 (Reuters)
https://news.trust.org/item/20200727162625-unftp/
Notes From A Pandemic
Confessions of a California Covid Nurse
A California county’s efforts to stop the spread has also become a battle with the public’s denial. Erica Dykehouse will wait for minds to change.
By Michael LewisJuly 30, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
Scientists uncover SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in recovered COVID-19 and SARS patients
Date:July 16, 2020Source:Duke-NUS Medical SchoolSummary:The T cells, along with antibodies, are an integral part of the human immune response against viral infections due to their ability to directly target and kill infected cells. A Singapore study has uncovered the presence of virus-specific T cell immunity in people who recovered from COVID-19 and SARS, as well as some healthy study subjects who had never been infected by either virus.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200716101536.htm
Coronavirus Updates
Rapid Decay of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Persons with Mild Covid-19
July 21, 2020
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2025179 Metrics
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2025179?query=featured_home
Italy Is Slowly Waking From the Nightmare
This is a very strange, subdued summer for a country with an economy that relies heavily on tourism and merrymaking. But E.U. aid is on the way.
By Beppe Severgnini Mr. Severgnini is a contributing opinion writer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/italy-coronavirus.html
Prognosis
Get the latest updates on the pandemic and efforts to stop the spread and reopen economies.
Prognosis
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies fade quickly in mild cases- study
Jul. 21, 2020 4:01 PM ET|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
CONTAGION OF FEAR
SPECIAL REPORT
One month inside a New York hospital as a virus took over the worldBY SIMON SHUSTER PHOTOGRAPHS BY MERIDITH KOHUT FOR TIME
https://time.com/wyckoff-hospital-brooklyn-coronavirus/
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Drops Push for Payroll Tax Cut
The president’s proposal had emerged as an obstacle to Senate Republicans’ plans for a stimulus package. Alabama, California, Idaho and Texas recorded daily death records.
New state unemployment claims in the U.S. rose last week for the first time since early in the pandemic, to more than 1.4 million, amid new fears of an economic backslide.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Senate Republicans are expected to unveil a roughly $1 trillion virus aid plan.
- California and Texas are among the states setting new daily records.
- A map of coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S.
- New unemployment claims in the U.S. rose last week for the first time since early in the pandemic.
- For workers who cobble together employment, the pandemic has exposed deep holes in the safety net.
- Belgium orders masks to be worn outside and warns of harsher restrictions amid a ‘second wave.’
- Landlords are jumping the gun as an eviction moratorium wanes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html#link-c0f44d3
CDC Says Real Coronavirus Case Count in Parts of U.S. Could Be 13 Times Higher Than Reported Figure
BY MATTHEW IMPELLI ON 7/21/20 AT 2:52 PM EDT
COVID-19 Spiked Where Restaurants, Bars and Gyms Reopened Earliest: Study
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 7/22/20 AT 7:01 AM EDT
Prognosis
Florida Virus ‘Out of Control,’ Los Angeles Is on the Brink
By Emma Court and Tony CzuczkaJuly 19, 2020, 10:50 AM EDT Updated on July 19, 2020, 3:14 PM EDT
- Shalala says state needs to shut down again to control Covid
- Blames White House, Florida governor for too-hasty reopening
Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Says Case Numbers Could Be 2-13 Times Higher Than Reported in Parts of U.S.
A landmark stimulus deal in the European Union would issue grants to hard-hit members of the bloc. A temporary hospital in New York City that cost $52 million treated only 79 virus patients.
The Justice Department accused a pair of Chinese hackers of targeting vaccine development on behalf of the country’s intelligence service as part of broader campaign of cybertheft.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The C.D.C. says the number of people infected ‘far exceeds the number of reported cases’ in parts of the U.S.
- American officials accuse two hackers of trying to steal virus data for China.
- Getting the European Union to agree to a landmark stimulus package required compromises.
- Senate Republicans outline their opening proposal for the next round of relief.
- Pharmaceutical executives tell Congress a vaccine might be ready within six months.
- China is using a visit by the W.H.O. to extol its response to the pandemic.
- Covid-19 patients are prone to problems with blood clots, a study finds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html
Peter R. Orszag, David Gluckman and Stephen H. Sands
Anthony Fauci doesn’t believe coronavirus will ever be eradicated
By Lia Eustachewich July 23, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/07/23/dr-fauci-doesnt-believe-coronavirus-will-ever-be-eradicated/
What happens next, as coronavirus vaccine trials move to a new phase?
- Teams from China, Britain, the US and Germany have shown their potential products are safe but there’s still a long way to go
- Broad testing across a diverse range – including elderly and less healthy subjects – is crucial to assessing how a vaccine might work on a population
Simone McCarthy Published: 11:00pm, 21 Jul, 2020
85 Infants COVID-19 Positive in Texas as State Records Over 10,000 New Cases
BY ARISTOS GEORGIOU ON 7/19/20 AT 6:45 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/nfants-coronavirus-texas-1518891
Prognosis
U.S. Cases Rise 2.2%; Nation’s Deaths Pass 140,000: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 18, 2020, 6:53 PM EDT Updated on July 19, 2020, 5:59 PM EDT
Italy’s earliest coronavirus strains did not arrive from China, study suggests
- Strains from Covid-19 patients in the Lombardy region ‘did not contain viral strains isolated in the first months of the outbreak in China’
- One possible route to Italy was from Central Europe, where strains with similar mutations were detected, researchers say
Stephen Chen in Beijing Published: 5:00am, 22 Jul, 202
Coronavirus Updates
A Record 5.4 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance, Study Finds
Published July 13, 2020 Updated July 16, 2020
Read live coronavirus updates here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/coronavirus-updates.html
POLL WATCH
Despite White House Broadsides, Most Americans Stick by Fauci
As President Trump and his allies have sown doubts about Dr. Anthony Fauci, many Republicans have turned against him. But over all, nearly two-thirds of the country expressed faith in Dr. Fauci.
By Giovanni Russonello July 17, 2020, 7:03 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/politics/fauci-trump-coronavirus.html
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Reports a Record 75,600 New Daily Cases
The number of deaths in the country is increasing, and more than half the states have enacted mask orders. Brazil surpasses 2 million total cases, and India has hit a million.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain could reach a “significant return to normality” by Christmas.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The U.S. shatters its daily case record for the 11th time in a month.
- After the recent surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S., deaths are now rising, too.
- India hits a million cases in a surge that has forced a return to lockdowns.
- C.D.C. delays school reopening guidelines until the end of July.
- Boris Johnson says Britain could reach a ‘significant return to normality’ by Christmas.
- China is offering unproven vaccine candidates to workers at state-owned companies and the armed forces.
- Learn about 20 of the most talked-about possible coronavirus treatments with this new tracking tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Coronavirus: are two strains together deadlier than one?
- Researchers in the United States say some people could be infected by two variations of the pathogen at once, sending the immune system into overdrive
- Major study needed to confirm whether theory is supported, Chinese scientist says
Stephen Chen in Beijing Published: 11:00pm, 17 Jul, 2020
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3093690/coronavirus-are-two-strains-together-deadlier-one
EU in talks with Moderna, BioNtech, CureVac to secure possible COVID vaccines, sources say
Francesco Guarascio, Reuters July 17, 2020
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-eu-talks-moderna-biontech-112912434.html
Prognosis
Texas Readies Morgue Trucks in Preparation for Virus Surge
By Susan Warren, Rachel Adams-Heard, and Daniel FlatleyJuly 15, 2020, 4:33 PM EDT Updated on July 15, 2020, 5:42 PM EDT
- FEMA sends 22 units as officials seek places to store bodies
- ‘Why won’t people see what’s happening?’ asks a county judge
Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker
By Jonathan Corum, Katherine J. Wu and Carl ZimmerJuly 16, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-drugs-treatments.html
Federal Scientists Finally Publish Remdesivir Data
A clinical trial led to the authorization of the only drug shown to work in Covid-19 patients. But until now, few experts had seen the numbers.
By Gina Kolata Published May 23, 2020Updated July 10, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/health/coronavirus-remdesivir.html
All Diagnostics Treatments Vaccines
Fight the Pandemic
VACCINES
https://www.av.co/covid-vaccines
Prognosis
Covid-19 Infections on the Rise in Kids and Teens With School Approaching
By Anna EdneyJuly 16, 2020, 1:59 PM EDT
- California, Mississippi near 10% of overall cases in children
- CDC long touted 2% prevalence despite having updated data
Covid Vaccine Front-Runner Is Months Ahead of Her Competition
The University of Oxford candidate, led by Sarah Gilbert, might be through human trials in September. AstraZeneca has lined up agreements to produce 2 billion doses. Could this be the one?
July 15, 2020, 12:01 AM EDT Updated on July 15, 2020, 9:04 AM EDT By Stephanie Baker
By Dana Sparks
Herd immunity and COVID-19: What you need to know
June 30, 2020
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/herd-immunity-and-covid-19-what-you-need-to-know/
Coronavirus Live Updates: As Cases Rise in 41 States, Officials Scramble to Add Restrictions
“Let’s stop this nonsense,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said after attacks by Trump aides, urging people to focus on the virus. Alabama breaks its record for most deaths in a day, Oklahoma’s governor tests positive, and Walmart says it will require customers to wear masks.
The Houston Independent School District, the nation’s seventh largest, said it would start the school year virtually. Students will have at least six weeks of online classes, with a tentative plan to start in person on Oct. 19.
Here’s what you need to know:
- With cases up in 41 states, local officials scramble to contain the outbreak.
- After attacks by Trump aides, Fauci says focus should be on the virus rather than ‘games people are playing.’
- Houston becomes the latest large school district to go online in the fall.
- The Philippines is sending the police to search for those with the virus.
- The C.D.C. director defends the shift of virus data collection away from his agency.
- The failure to contain the virus in the U.S. is clouding hopes for a rapid economic rebound.
- As record temperatures sear the South and Southwest, the outbreak makes it harder to open cooling centers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Coronavirus antibodies may not help with cure, after Dutch study sees harmful effect in ICU patients
- The blood from seriously ill Covid-19 patients on ventilators was found by researchers to be highly inflammatory and harmful to the body
- Chinese epidemiologist says scientists cannot put all their bets on antibodies to control virus
Stephen Chen in Beijing Published: 7:00am, 15 Jul, 2020
Child vaccinations fall sharply amid pandemic, UN says
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53420409
Prognosis
Nurses’ Pleas Spur U.S. Pledge to Tap 44 Million-Mask Stockpile
By Shira Stein, Margaret Newkirk, and David R BakerJuly 31, 2020, 3:28 PM EDT
- Admiral is devising distribution plans, but the need is now
- In replay of the spring, states compete for gear once again
Coronavirus Updates
Fauci Says COVID-19 Could Reach Level of 1918 Spanish Flu, the 'Mother of All Pandemics'
BY ARISTOS GEORGIOU ON 7/15/20 AT 5:09 AM EDT
A Resurgence of the Virus, and Lockdowns, Threatens Economic Recovery
Hopes for a rebound are endangered by prolonged closures of schools, renewed state restrictions on business and fears of a difficult autumn and winter.
By Jim Tankersley and Ben Casselman July 15, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON —
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/business/economy/economic-recovery-coronavirus-resurgence.html
Coronavirus Live Updates: Florida Breaks Its Record for Most Deaths in a Day
Refrigerated morgue trucks are needed in Texas and Arizona. The Trump administration backed away from stripping foreign students of their visas.
An experimental coronavirus vaccine made by the biotech company Moderna provoked promising immune responses and appeared safe in the first 45 people who received it, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Florida breaks its record for most deaths in a day, and Texas and Arizona are readying refrigerated morgue trucks.
- The Trump administration abandons a plan to strip visas from international students taking only virtual courses.
- The administration orders hospitals to bypass the C.D.C. with key virus data, alarming health experts.
- Facing test processing delays, California once again gives priority to testing symptomatic patients.
- Dr. Fauci says: ‘You can trust respected medical authorities.’
- A vaccine maker reports more details of an early, encouraging study.
- England is mandating face coverings in shops and supermarkets, the government announced.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/world/coronavirus-update.html
Coronavirus Live Updates: Bleak Outlook in U.S. as Cases Rise in 39 States
As cases mount in the Southeast and West, troublesome signs are emerging across the country. Administration officials are targeting Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S.
Hong Kong announced that it would close gyms and cinemas and ban public gatherings of more than four people in response to a new wave of locally transmitted infections.
Here’s what you need to know:
- A new week begins with a grim outlook: More than 100,000 new cases were identified over the weekend.
- As Fauci becomes more vocal, Trump aides are moving to undercut him.
- Hong Kong closes gyms, cinemas and bans gatherings of more than four people to stem outbreak.
- Reducing health risks by shifting life outdoors.
- A virus outbreak at U.S. bases in Japan is testing an already uneasy relationship.
- After Trump first wore a mask in public, administration officials urge the public to do so, too.
- A health worker in Italy raised concerns about the coronavirus. Then he lost his job.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Trump Official Breaks With President, Says There's Still an 'Inexcusable' Problem With Coronavirus Testing
BY JASON LEMON ON 7/13/20 AT 1:35 PM EDT
Coronavirus: White House targets US disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53392817
PrognosisCovid-19 Reinvades U.S. States That Already Beat It Back Once
Millionaires Ask for Higher Taxes to Help Pay for Virus Aid
Data in $521 Billion PPP Bailout Are Riddled With Errors
Florida Cases Rise Again; Pfizer Gets Fast Tracked: Virus Update
Hong Kong / Health & Environment
Coronavirus: Hong Kong introduces most sweeping social-distancing rules yet as 52 new cases emerge
- Dine-in service at restaurants will be banned from 6pm until 5am the following day
- Passengers on public transport will be required to wear masks
Elizabeth Cheung, Lilian Cheng, Chris Lau and Kimmy Chung
Published: 1:18pm, 13 Jul, 2020
biotecNOVA™ - Let The Light In
Jul. 11, 2020 12:00 PM ET|About: Amgen Inc. (AMGN), BGNE, GILD, GSK, NVAX, PFE, AZN, JNJ
Summary
some encouraging biotech news events and hopeful USA investments in vaccine development and anti-viral development.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the USA is the highest in the world and getting worse.
a temporary truce between politicos and the biopharma community.
if there is a business sector that can unite Americans, Europeans and Chinese more than any other sector it is the biotech sector.
https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5205071-danwatson888/5471018-biotecnova-let-light-in
Florida's Miami Is the New Wuhan As Coronavirus Cases Surge, Health Official Says
BY JACOB JARVIS ON 7/14/20 AT 9:47 AM EDT
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: July 13, 2020, 15:25
GMTGraphs - Countries - Death Rate - Symptoms - Incubation - Transmission - News
Coronavirus Cases:
13,113,308
Deaths:
572,893
Recovered:
7,635,546
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
biotecNOVA™ - Let The Light In
biotecNOVA™ - Let The Light In
Jul. 11, 2020 12:00 PM ET|About: Amgen Inc. (AMGN), BGNE, GILD, GSK, NVAX, PFE, AZN, JNJ
Summary
some encouraging biotech news events and hopeful USA investments in vaccine development and anti-viral development.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the USA is the highest in the world and getting worse.
a temporary truce between politicos and the biopharma community.
if there is a business sector that can unite Americans, Europeans and Chinese more than any other sector it is the biotech sector.
https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5205071-danwatson888/5471018-biotecnova-let-light-in
Coronavirus Live Updates: Florida Sets Single-Day U.S. Record With Over 15,000 New Cases
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pushes for U.S. schools to reopen. Trump wears a mask publicly for the first time. And India’s latest surge includes a top Bollywood star.
South Africa’s president has again banned the sale of alcohol, saying he wants to avoid using up hospital beds for alcohol-related injuries as coronavirus infections begin to peak.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Florida reports more than 15,000 new cases, a daily record for the U.S.
- Cases are reaching alarming levels in the Midwest.
- A day after Trump first sported a mask in public, administration officials urge the public to do so, too.
- 25 states now require masks in at least some settings.
- A Texas beach city went from apparent success to major outbreak in just a few weeks.
- At least 60 are infected on Marine bases on Okinawa, part of the doubling of U.S. military cases in a month.
- One of Bollywood’s biggest stars tests positive for the virus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Gilead's remdesivir cut mortality risk 62% in COVID-19 study
Jul. 10, 2020 9:08 AM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
Gilead Presents Additional Data on Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19
Fri July 10, 2020 8:30 AM|Business Wire|About: GILD
-- Data Presented Includes a Comparative Analysis of Clinical Recovery and Mortality Outcomes from the Phase 3 SIMPLE Trial Versus Real-World Cohort of Severe COVID-19 Patients Receiving Standard of Care --
-- Traditionally Marginalized Racial/Ethnic Groups Treated with Remdesivir Had Similar Clinical Outcomes as Overall Patient Population --
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)
Study to Evaluate the Safety and Antiviral Activity of Remdesivir (GS-5734™) in Participants With Severe Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04292899?cond=Covid19&intr=remdesivir&phase=2&draw=2&rank=2
‘Unknown pneumonia’ deadlier than coronavirus sweeping Kazakhstan, Chinese embassy warns
- Statement from embassy warns that death rate is ‘much higher’ than coronavirus and says local authorities have yet to identify cause
- Kazakh authorities have reimposed Covid-19 lockdown in some parts of the country amid a spike in pneumonia cases last month
Wendy Wu Published: 10:51pm, 9 Jul, 2020
Jul 10, 2020,10:00am EDT
Worse Than Covid-19? China And Kazakhstan Disagree Over ‘New’ Virus
Kenneth RapozaSenior Contributor
Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online
30 June 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53218704
Prognosis
U.S. Cases Maintain Record Pace; Disney Parks Open: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 11, 2020, 4:58 PM EDT
BY EBEN SHAPIRO UPDATED: JULY 12, 2020 7:07 AM EDT | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JULY 9, 2020 11:26 AM EDT
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Raises Expectations That the Pharmaceutical Giant Can Deliver a COVID-19 Vaccine by Fall
https://time.com/5864690/pfizer-vaccine-coronavirus/
Prognosis
China Points to Shrimp as Virus Carrier After Salmon Debacle
Bloomberg News July 10, 2020, 4:19 AM EDT Updated on July 10, 2020, 3:42 PM EDT
Virus tested positive on inside and outside of packaging
Shrimp from three Ecuador plants will be halted for imports
China Points to Shrimp as Virus Carrier After Salmon Debacle
Prognosis
WHO Says Pandemic to Linger; Cases Pass 13 Million: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 13, 2020, 6:32 PM EDT
Prognosis
Germany Warns of Second-Wave Risks as Tourists Flock to Mallorca
By Arne DelfsJuly 13, 2020, 6:35 AM EDT
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Last updated: July 12, 2020, 21:47 GMTGraphs - Countries - Death Rate - Symptoms - Incubation - Transmission - News
Coronavirus Cases:
13,009,710
Deaths:
570,679
Recovered:
7,567,982
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Mapping the Coronavirus
Outbreak Across the World
Updated: July 13, 2020, 6:34 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-cases-world-map/?srnd=premium
Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak Across the World
Coronavirus Live Updates: Death Tolls Rise in Some U.S. States, Signaling a Possible End to the National Decline
The country recorded its sixth single-day record in 10 days with almost 60,000 cases on Thursday. In South Africa, virus rules are forcing some to choose between breaking tradition and breaking the law.
Ohio reported 1,525 new coronavirus cases, exceeding its previous single-day record reported in April.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The death toll is edging up in several states, possibly ending months of declining national death totals.
- Other early hot spots curbed their outbreaks. But the United States is seeing record numbers of new cases.
- A war of words between Trump and Fauci is playing out through interviews with the news media.
- The Los Angeles teachers union calls to keep campuses closed in the fall.
- Facing a third wave of virus cases, Hong Kong shuts its schools.
- Cases in the U.S. military have more than doubled in one month.
- Is your state doing enough virus testing?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/world/coronavirus-updates.html
PrognosisU.S. Cases Rise 1.9%; California Deaths Up Again: Virus
Signs of a coronavirus infection might be found in subtle changes in your voice, MIT research shows
- Researchers found that changes in the movements of vocal muscles could be an indicator of whether someone has suffered an inflammation from Covid-19
- Detection could eventually be used in apps to help identify asymptomatic carriers
Published: 10:00pm, 10 Jul, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says if Walmart is open, schools should be too
July 10, 2020 | 2:40pm | Updated
and look I do all that so I'm not gonna,FL Gov. says if people can go to Walmart, they can reopen schools0:15/0:56
Fauci Says He Hasn't Briefed Trump in 'at Least Two Months,' Chuckles at His Claim 99% of COVID Cases Are Harmless
BY JOCELYN GRZESZCZAK ON 7/10/20 AT 12:29 PM EDT
Coronavirus: A Texas Medical Center continuing update
By Texas Medical Center July 9, 2020
UPDATE | July 9, 2020, 9 p.m.: People are dying at home from COVID-19 before help arrives, according to information from Houston’s health authority and the city fire chief as well as a new ProPublic/NBC News analysis.
https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/07/coronavirus-connection-a-texas-medical-center-continuing-update/
Millions of Americans Have Moved Due to Coronavirus
Young adults are most likely to have relocated, new data show.
By Breanna T Bradham July 7, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
How America Lost the War on Covid-19
It wasn’t because of our culture, it was because of our leadership.
By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist July 6, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/opinion/covid-19-trump.html
The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
ED YONG7:00 AM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/pandemic-experts-are-not-okay/613879/
A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic
The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.
ROBINSON MEYERALEXIS C. MADRIGALJUNE 25, 2020
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/06/second-coronavirus-surge-here/613522/
WHO says coronavirus deaths could start to rise again after cases accelerated in recent weeks, shouldn’t ‘be a surprise’
PUBLISHED TUE, JUL 7 202012:58 PM EDT Noah Higgins-Dunn@HIGGINSDUNN
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/07/who-says-coronavirus-deaths-could-start-to-rise-again-after-cases-accelerated-in-recent-weeks-shouldnt-be-a-surprise.html
New York and New Jersey expand list of states that trigger quarantine orders for travelers
PUBLISHED TUE, JUL 7 202011:47 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGOJasmine Kim@JASMINEJHKIM
Fauci calls focus on lower coronavirus death rate, touted by Trump, ‘a false narrative’
By Brittany Shammas, Adam Taylor, Hannah Denham, Meryl Kornfield, Reis Thebault,
National and breaking news reporters Michael Brice-Saddler, Felicia Sonmez and Hannah Knowles
July 7, 2020 at 4:10 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/coronavirus-live-updates-us/
Opinion
Winston Mok
Bumbling, wasteful US should learn from China’s coronavirus response
- China has Covid-19 under control with draconian measures and tech-based monitoring while the US is struggling with uncoordinated and premature reopenings
- The disease has exposed many institutional weaknesses in US society and economy, which, despite their strengths, are not structured to withstand pandemic shocks
Winston Mok Published: 10:00pm, 7 Jul, 2020
Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O., in Reversal, Affirms Virus May Be Airborne Indoors
As President Trump seeks further reopenings, the country set its fifth record in nine days. India’s caseload is soaring, weeks after lockdowns were lifted.
RIGHT NOW
Starbucks says it will require face masks inside all U.S. locations beginning on July 15.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab
INSIGHT INVESTIGATION
Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab
The world’s closest known relative to the Covid-19 virus was found in 2013 by Chinese scientists in an abandoned mine where it was linked to deaths caused by a coronavirus-type respiratory illness
Insight: George Arbuthnott, Jonathan Calvert and Philip Sherwell Saturday July 04 2020, 6.00pm BST, The Sunday Times
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/seven-year-covid-trail-revealed-l5vxt7jqp
Covid-Like Virus Was Sent to Wuhan in 2013, Sunday Times Says
7/5/2020, 11:32:55 AM
239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.
Politics
Trump Pandemic Response Turns ‘America First’ Into America Last
By Nick WadhamsJuly 7, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- EU travel guidelines allow Chinese visitors, but not Americans
- U.S. strategy toward Iran, North Korea, Venezuela has stalled
PoliticsTrump Pandemic Response Turns ‘America First’ Into America Last
BREAKING|481,923 views|Jun 30, 2020,09:51am EDT
A National Mask Mandate Could Save The U.S. Economy $1 Trillion, Goldman Sachs Says
Sarah Hansen Forbes StaffMarketsI cover breaking news.Updated Jun 30, 2020, 10:24pm EDT
Coronavirus cases per 10,000 people = White 23 All 38 Black 62 Latino 73
The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus
By Richard A. Oppel Jr., Robert Gebeloff, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Will Wright and Mitch Smith July 5, 2020
Coronavirus Live Updates: New Caseload Records Across the U.S.
More federal workers are returning to their offices. New data shows the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on Black and Latino people in the United States.
The drug manufacturer Regeneron will begin late-stage clinical trials of its experimental treatment for Covid-19 after an initial safety study showed good results.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Outlook worsens in parts of the U.S. as July begins with a crush of cases.
- Medical groups urge Americans to ‘resist confusing reopening with returning to normalcy.’
- The fullest look yet at the racial inequity of the virus in the U.S.
- The Louvre reopens, with considerably fewer tourists.
- Israel tightens restrictions and is ‘a step away from a full lockdown.’
- As the virus surges in Florida, the parties roll on.
- Regeneron will begin late-stage clinical trials on mild and severe forms of Covid-19.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/coronavirus-updates.html
Prognosis
Months of Trial and Error in the ICU Offer Clues on How to Save Covid Patients
By Jason GaleJuly 6, 2020, 9:44 AM EDT
- Up to 1,000 coronavirus research papers are released daily
- WHO says it’s studying elements crucial to saving lives
Vaccine aims 'unrealistic', say Indian scientists
The country's medical council set a 15 August date for a Covid-19 vaccine for public use.
WORLDVaccine aims 'unrealistic', say Indian scientists
Indian scientists say the August vaccine deadline - set by the country's medical council - is unrealistic
The head of the US drugs regulator has also cast doubt on President Trump's prediction that a vaccine will be ready this year
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-53303387
U.S. Seven-Day Average for New Coronavirus Cases Hits Record for 27th Straight Day
BY BRYAN KIRK ON 7/6/20 AT 10:25 AM EDT
How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us
The pressure to bring American students back to classrooms is intense, but the calculus is tricky with infections still out of control in many communities.
By Pam Belluck, Apoorva Mandavilli and Benedict Carey
July 11, 2020Updated 10:24 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/health/coronavirus-schools-reopen.html
Coronavirus: more than 200 scientists accuse WHO of ignoring aerosol transmission risk
- Experts contend that aerosol particles play a significant role in spread of contagion
- WHO officials say such transmission usually occurs during medical procedures
Tribune News Service Published: 11:27am, 5 Jul, 2020
Weekly Updates by Select Demographic and Geographic Characteristics
Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
EYE ON THE NEWS
Death By Policy
Mortality statistics show that many people have died from lockdown-related causes, not from Covid-19.Joel Zinberg July 9, 2020 Covid-19
https://www.city-journal.org/deadly-cost-of-lockdown-policies
Survival of aerosolized coronavirus in the ambient air
Volume 115, January 2018, Pages 158-163
Highlights
Airborne MERS virus survival has been investigated and characterised.
The virus demonstrated high survival compared to influenza strains.
The virus inactivation was found to be more efficient at high air temperature and low humidity.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850217302239?via%3Dihub
Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
Its decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States and Britain move to lift lockdowns.
By Peter S. Goodman July 7, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/business/sweden-economy-coronavirus.html
As Coronavirus Slams Houston Hospitals, It’s Like New York ‘All Over Again’.
As Coronavirus Slams Houston Hospitals, It’s Like New York ‘All Over Again’
The death toll is lower, but there are echoes of March as cases spike, doctors fall ill and supplies run short. Now, Texas is trying to adapt hard-won lessons while addressing a new set of challenges.
By Sheri Fink July 4, 2020 HOUSTON
Arizona Reports ICUs Are 91% Full As Nearly 1 in 4 Tested for Coronavirus Came Back Positive
BY JAMES CROWLEY ON 7/4/20 AT 11:00 AM EDT
Coronavirus: more than 200 scientists accuse WHO of ignoring aerosol transmission risk
- Experts contend that aerosol particles play a significant role in spread of contagion
- WHO officials say such transmission usually occurs during medical procedures
Published: 11:27am, 5 Jul, 2020
2 Texas counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity
By Alta Spells and Susannah Cullinane
Updated 6:31 AM ET, Sat July 4, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/us/texas-hospitals-coronavirus/index.html
Florida reports record number of coronavirus cases amid nationwide surge
Health experts fear coronavirus cases will continue to climb after the July 4 weekend.
By JORDAN MULLER 07/04/2020 06:51 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/04/florida-record-coronavirus-cases-surge-348780
INSIGHT INVESTIGATION
Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab
The world’s closest known relative to the Covid-19 virus was found in 2013 by Chinese scientists in an abandoned mine where it was linked to deaths caused by a coronavirus-type respiratory illness
Insight: George Arbuthnott, Jonathan Calvert and Philip Sherwell Saturday July 04 2020, 6.00pm BST, The Sunday Times
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/seven-year-covid-trail-revealed-l5vxt7jqp
Covid-Like Virus Was Sent to Wuhan in 2013, Sunday Times Says
7/5/2020, 11:32:55 AM
Politics
U.S. Urged to Stock Antibody Therapy; Houston Plea: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 4, 2020, 6:03 PM EDT Updated on July 5, 2020, 2:33 PM EDT
239 Experts With 1 Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.
By Apoorva Mandavilli July 4, 2020
Coronavirus Live Updates: A Muted, Even ‘Surreal’ U.S. Holiday Weekend
Assessing the pandemic’s real death rate could offer clues on what to expect next. And thousands of residents of public housing towers in Melbourne, Australia, are subjected to a five-day lockdown.
RIGHT NOW
Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix says she asked FEMA to send in teams to do community-based tests, but was told “they’re moving away from that — which feels like they’re declaring victory while we’re in crisis mode.”
Here’s what you need to know:
- In Texas, caseloads soar as hospital beds dwindle and political divisions sharpen.
- Health experts push back on Trump’s false claim that 99 percent of U.S. infections are ‘totally harmless.’
- The pandemic has dulled some July 4 weekend celebrations — but not all.
- How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are searching for a definitive answer.
- In Australia, thousands are told they can’t leave their homes, effective immediately.
- Voters endorse Tokyo governor’s handling of the pandemic by re-electing her.
- A large-scale study in Britain will look at lasting effects on those who survive Covid-19.
American leadership has politicized the pandemic instead of trying to fight it.
What Sweden Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
The Swedish approach is rooted in a history of collective action, in which everyone has a role to play in keeping the country safe.
By ELISABETH BRAW 07/03/2020 08:24 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/07/03/what-sweden-can-teach-us-about-coronavirus-348462
Graphs - Countries - Death Rate - Symptoms - Incubation - Transmission - News
Coronavirus Cases:
11,103,388 view by country
Deaths:
526,586
Recovered:
6,217,858
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
WORLD / COUNTRIES / UNITED STATESLast updated: July 04, 2020, 16:32 GMT
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
2,912,166
Deaths:
132,196
Recovered:
1,237,806
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
Trump promised to pay for Covid care. But patients with long-term symptoms see huge bills.
Doctors are discovering life-threatening and costly long-term health effects ranging from kidney failure to heart and lung damage.
By SUSANNAH LUTHI 06/24/2020 07:55 PM EDT
"The death toll, as devastating as it is, is a small part of the whole story, because you don’t know what the disability toll is."
Prognosis
Florida Cases Jump by Single-Day Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 3, 2020, 5:44 PM EDT Updated on July 4, 2020, 11:34 AM EDT
In West Texas, Lingering Distrust in Public Health Measures as Virus Spreads
Early in the pandemic, much of rural Texas had low case counts and few worries. Now, conservative areas are seeing a surge in cases, but distrust in government mandates endure.
By J. David Goodman July 4, 2020, 11:13 a.m. ET LUBBOCK, Texas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/us/coronavirus-texas-lubbock.html
Business
U.S. Cases Rise 2.1%; Baseball Reports First Tests: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 3, 2020, 5:44 PM EDT Updated on July 3, 2020, 6:18 PM EDT
Dr. Fauci Says It's 'Disturbing' U.S. Is Setting New Coronavirus Records Nearly Every Day
BY KASHMIRA GANDER ON 7/3/20 AT 4:31 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/fauci-record-coronavirus-1515230
Do Americans Understand How Badly They’re Doing?
In France, where I live, the virus is under control. I can hardly believe the news coming out of the United States.
American leadership has politicized the pandemic instead of trying to fight it.
7:00 AM ETThomas Chatterton WilliamsAuthor of Self-Portrait in Black and White
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/america-land-pathetic/613747/
The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything
Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Story by James Fallows
Coronavirus: 'Crystal clear' drunk people will not socially distance
American leadership has politicized the pandemic instead of trying to fight it.
Opinion
Macroscope by Nicholas Spiro
Coronavirus infection numbers take a back seat as optimism drives markets
- Covid-19’s fallout is still causing anxiety, but investors take comfort from central banks’ massive liquidity injections and signs of US economic recovery
- However, the resurgence of the virus in some parts of the US should not be ignored
Published: 1:00am, 3 Jul, 2020
Beijing’s coronavirus outbreak
Just when China’s capital was thought to be coronavirus-free, a second wave of infections has been traced to a wholesale market in Beijing. Here’s what happened:
By Han HuangPublished on June 24, 2020
Georgia's Republican Governor Says There's No Time For Politics While Promoting Face Masks
BY MEGHAN ROOS ON 7/2/20 AT 5:36 PM EDT
Do Americans Understand How Badly They’re Doing?
In France, where I live, the virus is under control. I can hardly believe the news coming out of the United States.
American leadership has politicized the pandemic instead of trying to fight it.
7:00 AM ETThomas Chatterton WilliamsAuthor of Self-Portrait in Black and White
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/america-land-pathetic/613747/
The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything
Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Story by James Fallows
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Reaches 50,000 Daily Cases for the First Time
As domestic abuse reports rose during lockdowns, Britain left victims in peril. Are N.Y.C. children going back to school this fall? Yes, says the mayor. We’ll see, says the governor.
RIGHT NOW
The U.S. has now set single-day case records on six of the last nine days.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The U.S. hits another record, surpassing 50,000 new cases in a single day.
- The governor of Texas orders most residents to wear masks in public.
- Locked down with their abusers, women in the U.K. can expect little help from the government.
- Young patients are vulnerable, too, a W.H.O. official says. And colleges are wary about communal living spaces.
- Congress eyes more spending as the virus surges and the economy falters.
- Only a dozen states have managed to keep new case levels flat or declining.
- The mayor and the governor sow confusion about reopening New York City’s schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/coronavirus-us.html
Prognosis
U.S. Cities Tighten Rules; Cases in Americas Jump: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 2, 2020, 5:40 PM EDT Updated on July 2, 2020, 8:37 PM EDT
Populists Inflame the Coronavirus Outbreak Across Latin America
By Jon Lee Anderson July 2, 2020
Coronavirus Cases Are Peaking Again. Here’s How It’s Different This Time.
By Lauren Leatherby and Charlie SmartJuly 2, 2020
The first wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States never really ended, and cases are surging again. But this time, a different and much bigger swath of the country is feeling the effects.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/02/us/coronavirus-cases-increase.html
Why Americans Say They Are, or Aren’t, Wearing Face Masks
‘Spectacular Incompetence’ Deals Blow to Virus Response, Summers Says
Texas Makes Face Masks Compulsory in Reversal by Governor
U.S. Outbreak Spiraling Out of Control
Coronavirus Live Updates: 30 Days of New Cases Show the U.S. Outbreak Spiraling Out of Control
The United States set a single-day case record for the fifth time in a little over a week. Heading into the Fourth of July holiday, officials warn residents to stay home.
RIGHT NOW
Florida reported more than 10,100 new coronavirus cases, a record for new cases reported on a single day.
Here’s what you need to know:
- If June was the month the pandemic spiraled out of control in the U.S., July may show how bad it can get.
- The U.S. economy added nearly 5 million jobs in June.
- Congress is eyeing more spending as the virus surges and the economy struggles.
- Will Europe’s economy recover faster than America’s? The debate is on.
- Days after a wedding in India, the groom died and at least 100 guests tested positive for the virus.
- Researchers find new evidence that a mutation helped the virus spread, but questions linger.
- Tokyo’s nightlife districts see a surge in new cases.
Prognosis
Florida Cases Rise Most Ever; Houston’s ICU Surge: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 1, 2020, 6:40 PM EDT Updated on July 2, 2020, 12:56 PM EDT
Fear of seeking care in hospitals overwhelmed by pandemic may have caused thousands of deaths
Heart conditions drove a spike in deaths beyond those attributed to covid-19, a Washington Post analysis shows
By Reis Thebault, Lenny Bernstein, Andrew Ba Tran and Youjin Shin https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Prognosis
Life, Liberty and Face Masks: Virus Preys on Divided America
‘What type of dystopian situation are we in, when a face mask is a political statement?’
By Brian BremnerJuly 2, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT Updated on July 2, 2020, 6:05 AM EDT
U.S. coronavirus cases soar by more than 50,600 in record single-day jump
PUBLISHED THU, JUL 2 202011:04 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGONoah Higgins-Dunn@HIGGINSDUNN
Live updates: ‘We are not flattening the curve right now,’ official says as Florida reveals 10,000 new covid-19 cases
By Antonia Noori Farzan, Rick Noack, Lateshia Beachum, Kim Bellware, Siobhán O'Grady, Hamza Shaban, Hannah Knowles and Jacqueline Dupree
July 2, 2020 at 1:17 p.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/02/coronavirus-live-updates-us/
Trending in China: Dazed and Confused – China’s Elderly in Online Pandemic World
Yilin Chen / Jun 30, 2020 06:14 PM / Trending Stories
Researchers find neurological damage in four children with coronavirus inflammatory syndrome
PUBLISHED THU, JUL 2 202012:55 PM EDTUPDATED 22 MIN AGOJasmine Kim@JASMINEJHKIM
Apple to reclose 30 more retail stores as coronavirus cases spike
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 1 20202:33 PM EDTUPDATED WED, JUL 1 20203:24 PM EDTKif Leswing@KIFLESWING
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/apple-to-re-close-30-more-retail-stores-as-coronavirus-cases-spike.html
U.S. Daily Coronavirus-Case Count Crosses 50,000
California announces new restrictions affecting 70% of population; India extends food-aid program through November
By David Hall and Nick Kostov Updated July 2, 2020 12:50 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-07-02-2020-11593675909?mod=hp_lead_pos2
Covid Comparisons, Europe and U.S.
The America-is-a-failure reporting has a heavy dose of partisanship.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-comparisons-europe-and-u-s-11593381626?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
California to close indoor businesses in some counties
Coronavirus live updates: California rolls back reopening, NYC pauses indoor dining plans
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 1 20207:41 AM EDTUPDATED 11 MIN AGOKif Leswing@KIFLESWINGChristina Wilkie@CHRISTINAWILKIEKevin Breuninger@KEVINWILLIAMB
Oregon Coronavirus Among Under 10 Kids Grows Fivefold, to Nearly as Many Cases as People Over 80
BY MEGHAN ROOS ON 7/1/20 AT 3:35 PM EDT
Prognosis
U.S. Reopenings Scaled Back; Vaccine Shows Promise: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJuly 1, 2020, 6:40 PM EDT Updated on July 1, 2020, 6:59 PM EDT
Official U.S. coronavirus death toll is ‘a substantial undercount’ of actual tally, Yale study finds
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 1 202011:41 AM EDTUPDATED 5 HOURS AGOBerkeley Lovelace Jr.@BERKELEYJR
By Brian M. Rosenthal, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Otterman and Sheri Fink
July 1, 2020Updated 6:09 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/nyregion/Coronavirus-hospitals.html
Here’s What Recovery From Covid-19 May Look Like for Many Survivors
Continuing shortness of breath, muscle weakness, flashbacks, mental fogginess and other symptoms may plague patients for a long time.
By Pam Belluck
July 1, 2020, 3:42 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/health/coronavirus-recovery-survivors.html
Bars At Delaware Beaches Closed To Curb Coronavirus
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Tyler Waldman, WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5
https://www.wbal.com/article/466877/2/bars-at-delaware-beaches-closed-to-curb-coronavirus
McDonald’s Halts Reopening Plans as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Grow
Burger chain is suspending additional dine-in service ahead of holiday weekend
By Heather HaddonJuly 1, 2020 5:30 pm ET
Prognosis
Texas Cases at Record; Pennsylvania Mandates Masks: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJune 30, 2020, 6:49 PM EDT Updated on July 1, 2020, 5:01 PM EDT
Georgia Breaks Single-Day Coronavirus Record For Second Day in A Row
BY KATHERINE FUNG ON 7/1/20 AT 5:10 PM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-breaks-single-day-coronavirus-record-second-day-row-1514819
US reports second-highest day of new coronavirus cases as Arizona, California set records
PUBLISHED WED, JUL 1 20203:28 PM EDTUPDATED 46 MIN AGONoah Higgins-Dunn@HIGGINSDUNN
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/us-reports-second-highest-day-of-new-coronavirus-cases-as-arizona-california-set-new-records.html
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/
Last updated: July 01, 2020, 23:21 GMT
Coronavirus Cases:
2,775,356
Deaths:
130,763
Recovered:
1,159,577
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
PrognosisWe Will Be Living With the Coronavirus Pandemic Well Into 2021
Most experts believe a vaccine won’t be ready until next year. It’s time to reset our expectations and change our behavior.
LatAm Infections Surge; Beijing Cancels Flights: Virus UpdateFauci Says ‘Football May Not Happen This Year’ Due to VirusTulsa Arena Asks Trump Campaign for Written Virus Safety Plan
We Will Be Living With the Coronavirus Pandemic Well Into 2021
Most experts believe a vaccine won’t be ready until next year. It’s time to reset our expectations
Michelle Fay CortezJune 18, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
The virus is winning. That much is certain more than six months into a shape-shifting pandemic that’s killed 450,000 people worldwide, is gaining ground globally and has disrupted lives from Wuhan to Sao Paulo.
While promising, fast-moving vaccine projects are underway in China, Europe and the U.S., only the most optimistic expect an effective shot to be ready for global distribution this year.
As the pandemic rolls into the summer, this much is clear. The virus will not “fade away” even without a vaccine, as Trump predicted this week.
“This was never something that would be containable or would disappear,” said Adalja at Johns Hopkins. “It spreads too efficiently between humans. That’s all it needs to do.”
— With assistance by Jason Gale, Corinne Gretler, John Lauerman, and James Paton
BioHazard2020 I Will Fear No More
BioHazard2020 I Will Fear No More
Jun. 9, 2020 5:29 PM ET|About: AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), AZN, BMY, GILD, GSK, MRK, MRNA, RHHBY
Summary
We seem to have entered into what I’ll call the “404 Pandemic”.
significant positive product news on the medical biotech front during May & June 2020.
The Camden NJ waterfront and the city of Camden NJ has come a long way from where it was, but it has taken many years to achieve it’s current level.
Many segments of American cities population were already disconnected from the economic growth and success in America.
The Importance of Placemaking.
https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5205071-danwatson888/5458301-biohazard2020-i-will-fear-no
Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six U.S. states as reopening accelerates
PUBLISHED WED, JUN 17 20206:11 AM EDTUPDATED WED, JUN 17 20209:21 AM EDT
Prognosis
California Has Biggest Jump in Cases; Texas Record: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJune 17, 2020, 6:55 PM EDT Updated on June 18, 2020, 2:41 PM EDT
TOPICAL
COVID-19: Spike in new cases continues Tuesday, as Oklahoma reports another new high
By Harrison Grimwood Tulsa World Jun 17, 2020
University of Oxford-Led Covid-19 Vaccine Trials in Brazil
Brazil becomes first country to test Oxford vaccine outside the UK,
with funding from the Lemann Foundation
https://fundacaolemann.org.br/noticias/university-of-oxford-led-covid-19-vaccine-trials-in-brazil
The Data Are In: It’s Time for Major Reopening
Four new analyses of actual results show how the initial projections overestimated the value of lockdowns.
By David R. Henderson and Jonathan Lipow June 15, 2020 7:36 pm ET
Covid-19 Doctors: Fatigued, Mourning and Bracing for More
We’re keeping empty units available. The virus is still here.
By Daniela J. Lamas Dr. Lamas is a critical care doctor.
June 16, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/opinion/coronavirus-hospital-second-wave.html
On the Future, Americans Can Agree: It Doesn’t Look Good
Battered by a health crisis and fury about racial injustice, voters are mourning the past, worried about the present and fearful of what comes next.
By Lisa Lerer and David Umhoefer June 12, 2020 Updated 5:22 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/politics/election-coronavirus-protests-unemployment.html
How the coronavirus transformed human activities globally
By Pablo Robles | Published June 2, 2020
Prognosis
N.J. Will Enter Second Reopening Stage on June 15, Governor Says
By Elise YoungJune 11, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT
Decoding Covid-19
Seven human coronaviruses in seven graphics
By Pablo Robles | March 16, 2020
As of today, 7,384,438 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed, resulting in 417,028 fatalities worldwide.
Saying Goodbye During the Coronavirus Pandemic in “The Last Call”
June 11, 2020
Quarantine fatigue: Governors reject new lockdowns as virus cases spike
State officials, reluctant to damage reopening economies, contend they are better equipped for a new wave of cases.
By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN and DAN GOLDBERG
06/10/2020 07:55 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/quarantine-governors-lockdowns-coronavirus-312146
Tracking the Spread of the
Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.
Updated: June 11, 2020, 3:09 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-united-states-coronavirus-outbreak/?srnd=premium
Covid-19: our explanatory graphics collection
By SCMP GRAPHICS
Prognosis
Record Jump in Texas; WHO Warns on Latin America: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJune 9, 2020, 6:42 PM EDT Updated on June 10, 2020, 5:38 PM EDT
Coronavirus hospitalizations rise sharply in several states following Memorial Day
Hospitalizations for the virus are on the rise in North Carolina and several other states. (Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal/AP)
By Samantha Pell, Candace Buckner and Jacqueline Dupree June 9, 2020 at 9:40 p.m. EDT
As of Tuesday, at least 110,000 people in the United States have died of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and almost 2 million cases have been reported.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/09/coronavirus-hospitalizations-rising/
Lancet retracts major Covid-19 paper that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs
PUBLISHED THU, JUN 4 2020 4:09 PM EDT Andrew Joseph
‘Out Of Control’: 80% Of Americans Say Country Is Off The Rails
"It's one of the few things Americans can agree upon".
https://heisenbergreport.com/2020/06/07/out-of-control-80-of-americans-say-country-is-off-the-rails/
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.
ALEXIS C. MADRIGALROBINSON MEYERJUNE 7, 2020
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/06/america-giving-up-on-pandemic/612796/
One Hospital. One Virus. The Fear Won’t End for These Doctors.
June 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007179767/coronavirus-hospital-philadelphia.html
Inexpensive steroid shows treatment benefit in severely ill COVID-19 patients
Jun. 16, 2020 9:02 AM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
Dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19
RESEARCHSCIENCEHEALTHCORONAVIRUS
In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone
Prognosis
Beijing Reports 31 New Cases; Japan Export Slumps: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsJune 16, 2020, 6:49 PM EDT Updated on June 16, 2020, 9:02 PM EDT
China’s economic recovery from coronavirus in doubt as Beijing outbreak forces businesses to ‘wait and see’
- China has reported over 100 cases that can be traced back to the sprawling Xinfadi food market since Thursday, forcing Beijing into a ‘wartime’ contingency mode
- Coronavirus outbreak came at the same time data appeared to be showing signs of recovery within the world’s second largest economy
Frank Tang in Beijing
Published: 7:15pm, 16 Jun, 2020
One Hospital. One Virus. The Fear Won’t End for These Doctors.
June 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007179767/coronavirus-hospital-philadelphia.html
United States passes 100,000 coronavirus deaths
United States passes 100,000 coronavirus deaths
By Marcelo DuhaldePublished May 28, 2020
The United States reached a grim milestone with a confirmed death toll much higher than any other country in the world
The United States surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths on May 27, 2020 - defying President Donald Trump’s predictions a month earlier it faced about 60,000 to 70,000 dead.
Coronavirus deaths in US top 100,000
The US has passed 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in less than four months.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52821090
Coronavirus: From 'We've shut it down' to 100,000 US dead
Jon Sopel North America editor 27 May 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52775216
Loved and Lost: Portraits of our NJ family, friends and neighbors taken by coronavirus
NorthJersey.com Published 12:33 p.m. ET April 22, 2020 | Updated 10:42 a.m. ET May 28, 2020
Rebuilding America: Supermarkets have probably changed forever
David P. Willis, Asbury Park Press Published 5:02 a.m. ET May 28, 2020 | Updated 7:13 a.m. ET May 28, 2020
Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook
The 69-page document, finished in 2016, provided a step by step list of priorities – which were then ignored by the administration.
By DAN DIAMOND and NAHAL TOOSI 03/25/2020 08:00 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/25/trump-coronavirus-national-security-council-149285
Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Suggests Radical Changes to the American Office Space
More than 100 scientists are questioning an influential study on the use of malaria drugs to treat Covid-19. The G.O.P. is pressuring North Carolina’s governor to approve a safety plan for its convention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/coronavirus-us-usa.html
Prognosis
Scientists Question Study Linking Malaria Drugs to Covid Risks
By John LauermanMay 29, 2020, 5:47 AM EDT
- WHO halted an arm of global drug trial based on concerns
- Letter calls for more transparency in data and analysis
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests
By Josh Katz, Denise Lu and Margot Sanger-Katz April 28, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/28/us/coronavirus-death-toll-total.html
All 50 States Have Eased Restrictions, but Rules Vary Widely
Coronavirus Live Updates: All 50 States Have Eased Restrictions, but Rules Vary Widely
Connecticut’s stay-at-home-order lifts today, making it one of the last states to return to business. The C.D.C. released more detailed guidance, once rejected by the White House, for reopening schools and businesses.
The coronavirus has killed at least 91,900 people in the United States, according to a New York Times database, and sickened more than 1.5 million.
'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science
By Robert Kuznia, Curt Devine and Nick Valencia, CNN
Updated 10:58 AM ET, Wed May 20, 2020
White House was focused on China instead of Europe, source says
Trump administration has sidelined the CDC in coronavirus response, sources say
If US had started social distancing a week earlier, about 36,000 fewer people would have died, study says
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN
Updated 11:30 AM ET, Thu May 21, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/us-social-distancing-study-trnd/index.html
Economics
America Has Opted for a Bad Recession
The coronavirus dilemma isn’t about lives versus the economy.
By Narayana KocherlakotaMay 22, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
Will the Coronavirus Kill What’s Left of Americans’ Faith in Washington?
In 2019, just 17 percent of Americans said they trusted the federal government to do the right thing. The pandemic appears to be eroding their faith even more.
By Sabrina Tavernise May 23, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/coronavirus-government-trust.html
The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do Right Now
Our nation is rising, however imperfectly, to meet the challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic. That needs to be said more often.
The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
May 24, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/opinion/coronavirus-us.html
Conor Sen and Noah Smith
Prognosis
Why New York Suffered When Other Cities Were Spared by Covid-19
The mayor, the CDC and a New York disease expert weigh in
By Drew Armstrong, Henry Goldman, and Keshia ClukeyMay 28, 2020, 9:51 AM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-28/why-was-new-york-hit-so-badly-with-covid-19
PoliticsBeijing Warns Americans Are Pushing Countries Towards ‘New Cold War’
U.S. Hits Back at China’s Alleged Attempts to Restrict Airlines
Xi Says China Won’t Return to Planned Economy, Urges Cooperation
How China Pounced on Hong Kong While Covid Overwhelmed the World
Tear gas fired, arrests made as thousands protest against Beijing’s planned national security law for Hong Kong
- Police say at least 180 people arrested in crackdown as protesters spread out along streets of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai
- Top Chinese officials seek to ease fears about new law’s impact on local freedoms but remain stern about seeing it implemented
Published: 1:10pm, 24 May, 2020
‘Political virus’ is spreading in US along with Covid-19, says Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
- Minister uses annual press conference to reach out to friends and neighbours, but hits out at ‘political forces’ in America that he says are undermining relationship
- Despite criticisms of US, Wang insists Washington and Beijing should look for ways to avoid a new cold war
Published: 4:59pm, 24 May, 2020
PoliticsChina Strongly Condemns U.S. Blacklisting Dozens of Its Firms
China Warns U.S. Politicians Pushing Nations Into ‘New Cold War’
China Says Hong Kong Judiciary to Stay Independent Under New Law
Hong Kong Protests Roar Back After China Tightens Grip on City
China’s Wolf Warrior diplomats battle on Twitter for control of coronavirus narrative
- Donald Trump’s favourite social media platform is the latest arena for back-and-forth blame game between US and China
- The real audience for strident Chinese diplomacy is probably at home, in an effort to fuel nationalist sentiment, analysts say
Sarah Zheng Published: 11:25am, 23 Mar, 2020
France is no longer allowing hydroxychloroquine as a treatment.
Time is running out for the free world to speak up.
Will President Trump Stand With Hong Kong?
Time is running out for the free world to speak up.
The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. May 27, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opinion/china-hong-kong-law-protests.html
As Protests Engulf the United States, China Revels in the Unrest
Chinese officials and state media are seizing on the moment to tout Beijing’s authoritarian system and condemn American hypocrisy — a narrative that ignores many of their own issues.
By Javier C. Hernández June 2, 2020U pdated 8:22 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/world/asia/china-george-floyd.html
An Incalculable Loss New York Times May 24 2020
AN INCALCULABLE LOSS
The New York Times May 24 2020
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The descriptions of the lives of a thousand people in the United States who died because of the coronavirus were drawn from hundreds of obituaries, news articles and paid death notices that have appeared in newspapers and digital media over the past few months. They have been lightly edited for clarity.
They were compiled from the following publications:
Acadia Parish Today The Ada News The Advocate T Akron Beacon Journal Th e Albany Herald The Alliance Review The Argus Leader The Arizona Republic The Asbury Park Press The Asheville Citizen-Times The Associated Press The Baltimore Sun The Barre-Montpelier Times ArgusThe Battle Creek Enquirer
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The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier The Waxahachie Daily Light
Daily death data is from a New York Times database of reports from state and local health agencies.
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Additional research by Yuriria Avila, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Penn Bullock, Sophia June, Lauren Leatherby, Alex Lemonides, Denise Lu, Aimee Ortiz, Anjali Singhvi and Chi Zhang. Additional editing by Jason Bailey, Eric Morse and Alison Peterson.
Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Death Toll, Highest in World, Surpasses 100,000
Scientists are revising the timeline of how the virus spread. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she would direct public school districts to share federal aid with private schools.
The House of Representatives held its first partly remote vote on Wednesday, using a new proxy voting system instituted for the pandemic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html
China’s New Outbreak Shows Signs the Virus Could Be Changing
World
China’s New Outbreak Shows Signs the Virus Could Be Changing
Bloomberg NewsMay 20, 2020, 2:02 AM EDT Updated on May 20, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT
- Patients in new cluster take longer to show symptoms, recover
- Uncertainty over virus mutation is hindering control efforts
Second Waves That Are Hard to Trace Plague Asia’s Virus Recovery
Over 100 Million in China’s Northeast Face Renewed Lockdown
Let’s Remember That the Coronavirus Is Still a Mystery
Respond to it with humility, and apprehension, too.
Opinion Columnist
May 20, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/opinion/us-coronavirus-reopening.html
Chinese agency world’s biggest funder of coronavirus research, Oxford study finds
- National Natural Science Foundation of China has given financial support to 124 studies published in top journals, researchers say
- That was more than the US Department of Health and National Institutes of Health combined
- Seven of the 10 most prolific institutes that also owned the research were from China. The Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Wuhan University, both in Wuhan, were at the top of the list. Harvard Medical School, the only American institute in the top 10, ranked third. Other Chinese institutes included the University of Hong Kong, Zhejiang University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Fudan University.
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 5:15am, 22 May, 2020
There is "little evidence" coronavirus is under control in most states, report says
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-spread-fauci-989c3082-5194-418c-9962-825cde5e9656.html
Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line
By Chris MorrisBBC Reality Check
When you talk to intensive care doctors across the UK, exhausted after weeks of dealing with the ravages of Covid-19, the phrase that emerges time after time is, "We've never seen anything like this before."
https://www.bbc.com/news/52760992
Here’s How Wuhan Tested 6.5 Million for Coronavirus in Days
The Wuhan government is close to completing its citywide testing drive. Thousands of medical and other workers were mobilized in a feat that some health experts and residents questioned.
By Sui-Lee Wee and Vivian Wang May 26, 2020, 6:50 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/world/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-tests.html
Wuhan Tests Millions in 12 Days as China Fears Second Virus Wave
Bloomberg NewsMay 26, 2020, 4:46 AM EDT
- Wuhan found 206 asymptomatic patients from 6.68 million people
- Mass testing campaign launched after several cases found
No Covid-19 cure but Chinese herb capsule shortens fever, fatigue and coughing: research
- Zhong Nanshan among notable researchers to publish study of Lianhuaqingwen capsules in treatment of symptoms
- Herbal compound has met resistance in the West with US and Canadian authorities warning against use as a treatment
Phoebe Zhang in Shenzhen Published: 6:00pm, 27 May, 2020
Donald Trump blames China’s ‘incompetence’ for ‘mass worldwide killing’
Donald Trump blames China’s ‘incompetence’ for ‘mass worldwide killing’ in early morning tweet
- With his heated rhetoric, the US president appears to be making attacks on Beijing a centrepiece of his November re-election bid
- The White House has also suggested, without offering evidence so far, that the virus originated in a laboratory and was accidentally released
Published: 9:50pm, 20 May, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/opinion/trump-biden-china.html
In China’s Crisis, Xi Sees a Crucible to Strengthen His Rule
China’s leader is using the country’s success — and the criticism against it — to urge the party and the people to weather tough days ahead.
By Steven Lee Myers and Chris Buckley May 20, 2020 6
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/world/asia/coronavirus-china-xi-jinping.html
China to propose hugely controversial national security law in Hong Kong
By James Griffiths and Steven Jiang, CNN
Updated 12:30 PM ET, Thu May 21, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/asia/hong-kong-npc-article-23-intl-hnk/index.html
Bill to delist Chinese stocks moving at ‘warp speed’ as a crackdown gains bipartisan support
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 21 20201:09 PM EDT Thomas Franck@TOMWFRANCK
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/bill-that-could-delist-chinese-stocks-in-the-us-moving-at-warp-speed.html
PoliticsHong Kong Opposition Decries China’s Planned Power Grab in City
Senators Propose Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong
Traders Bet on More Pain for Hong Kong With FX Forwards, ETFs
Pelosi Says House Will Review Bill to Delist Chinese Companies
Two Sessions 2020: Beijing ‘out of patience’ after long wait for Hong Kong national security law, plans to proscribe secession, foreign interference and terrorism in city
- Amid hostile political environment in deeply divided city, resolution for law will be presented as motion to National People’s Congress on Friday
- Opposition politicians warn that enacting the legislation through promulgation is akin to announcing the death of ‘one country, two systems’
Published: 1:58pm, 21 May, 2020
Coronavirus poses test for Russia and China’s friendship
- Moscow and Beijing have become increasingly close in recent years, but border closures and imported cases have ‘cast a shadow’ over their relationship
- One observer said the two countries have ‘passed this test so far’ but a thaw between the US and Russia may pose a challenge for the future
Kristin Huang and Laura Zhou in Beijing
Published: 10:00pm, 17 May, 2020
Russia summits are on the cards for Xi Jinping in July
- Moscow preparing to go ahead with meetings of BRICS emerging economies and SCO security bloc in St Petersburg as planned
- It would be the Chinese president’s first overseas trip since the coronavirus hit and could be a boost for the alliance amid growing backlash over pandemic
Laura Zhou in Beijing
Published: 11:00pm, 20 May, 2020
Germany’s Lessons for China and America
Better to love your country with a broken heart than love it blind.
By Roger Cohen Opinion Columnist May 22, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/opinion/coronavirus-germany-china-america.html
US slaps sanctions on 33 Chinese companies and institutions, dialling up the tension amid the lowest point in US-China relations
- Two dozen companies and institutions including the tech giant Qihoo 360 Technology were placed on the first so-called entity list for “supporting procurement of items for military end-use in China”
- Nine entities were put on a second list for their alleged roles in rights violations in the Xinjiang region
Cheryl Arcibal Published: 6:00pm, 23 May, 2020
U.S. Raises Ante in Vaccine Race With $1.2 Billion for Astra
By John Lauerman and Suzi RingMay 21, 2020, 2:18 AM EDT Updated on May 21, 2020, 6:50 AM EDT
- Astra to deliver 300 million doses to the U.S. by October
- U.S. funding for Astra follows previous deal with Sanofi
AstraZeneca scores first supply deal for COVID vaccine
May 21, 2020 4:24 AM ET|About: AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)|By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3576640-astrazeneca-scores-first-supply-deal-for-covid-vaccine
AstraZeneca advances response to global COVID-19 challenge as it receives first commitments for Oxford’s potential new vaccine
PUBLISHED21 May 2020
This announcement contains inside information
21 May 2020 07:00 BST
Company working on a number of agreements in parallel to ensure broad and equitable supply of the vaccine throughout the world at no profit during the pandemic
First agreements to supply at least 400 million doses; Company has total capacity sourced for one billion doses through 2020 and into 2021; continues to increase capacity further
More than $1bn US BARDA investment to support development and production of the vaccine
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AZN
Oxford, AstraZeneca Begin Advanced Trials of Covid Vaccine
By John LauermanMay 22, 2020, 3:47 AM EDT
May 22, 2020 - Health
Fauci on Moderna vaccine: "I'm cautiously optimistic"
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-fauci-vaccine-moderna-faf27af3-ee23-4b0c-9ab9-d0d8b3f06655.html
Prognosis
Oxford University Vaccine Trials Run Into Hurdle
By Anchalee WorrachateMay 24, 2020, 5:08 AM EDT
- Falling rate of infection means success rate may drop to 50%
- It’s ambitious to expect vaccine in September, professor says
Why American life went on as normal during the killer pandemic of 1969
May 16, 2020 | 10:23am | Updated
Vaccine trial shows promising results
By Wang Xiaodong | China Daily | Updated: 2020-05-24 09:50
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/24/WS5ec7e423a310a8b241157b7c.html
Cuomo, de Blasio blame ignorance, but not themselves, in wake of damning report
By ANNA GRONEWOLD, SALLY GOLDENBERG and ERIN DURKIN
05/21/2020 02:58 PM EDT Updated 05/21/2020 04:30 PM EDT
Xi Jinping says China must strengthen health system after coronavirus pandemic
- Chinese leader says overhaul of monitoring and warning systems are needed after the Covid-19 outbreak exposed shortcomings
- System has been hampered by lack of staff and resources and president said it must be strengthened at the grass-roots level
Sidney Leng Published: 11:08pm, 24 May, 2020
Coronavirus: 'Baffling' observations from the front line
By Chris MorrisBBC Reality Check
When you talk to intensive care doctors across the UK, exhausted after weeks of dealing with the ravages of Covid-19, the phrase that emerges time after time is, "We've never seen anything like this before."
https://www.bbc.com/news/52760992
NJ coronavirus update: Cases up to 155,092 as deaths rise to 11,144 statewide (May 25)
NorthJersey.comPublished 1:09 p.m. ET May 23, 2020 | Updated 1:05 p.m. ET May 25, 2020
Coronavirus latest: WHO pauses trial of Trump-backed drug hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
- British PM’s top aide Dominic Cummings refuses to resign over lockdown breach allegations
- Trump defends decision to play golf as US death toll rises; Spain revises death toll down by nearly 2,000
Compiled by SCMP’s Asia desk and Agencies
Published: 1:37am, 26 May, 2020
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
Biotech-WAR$™ Biohazard2020 Peace Be Still
Biotech-WAR$™ Biohazard2020 Peace Be Still
May 11, 2020 1:11 PM ET|About: Amgen Inc. (AMGN), BGNE, BMY, LLY, REGN, VIR, WXXWY
Summary
staggering and growing rift between the world’s 2 economic powerhouses.
there are some China based biotech companies that should be considered as strong investments going forward.
biotech investments are critical and important for the health of all countries.
at this point I do not think the origins of the virus matter much as the USA/China relationship could not get much worse.
When Did the Coronavirus Arrive in the U.S.? Here’s a Review of the Evidence.
By Mike Baker
May 15, 2020 SEATTLE
Was the virus here in January? In December? Earlier? Here’s a look at the evidence of how the virus emerged from China and landed in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-first-case-snohomish-antibodies.html
From ‘Respect’ to ‘Sick and Twisted’: How Coronavirus Hit U.S.-China Ties
A sharp escalation of tensions over the handling of the pandemic has raised the specter of a new Cold War.
By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers
Published May 15, 2020Updated May 17, 2020, 1:06 a.m. ET
Pressed for an inquiry into the virus’s origin, China floats its own theories.
Pandemic Shatters World Order, Sowing Anger and Mistrust
Pandemic Shatters World Order, Sowing Anger and Mistrust
China Faces Angry World Seeking Virus Answers at Key WHO Meeting
Vaccine Nationalism Puts Global Advocate on Covid Front Line
Chinese Political Extravaganza Focuses on Growth
China Faces Angry World Seeking Virus Answers at Key WHO Meeting
By Karen Leigh and Jason ScottMay 16, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
- U.S., Australia, EU to pressure Beijing on virus probe, Taiwan
- China likely to prevail thanks to its economic influence
PoliticsTrump Aide Accuses China of Using Air Travelers to ‘Seed’ Virusan hour ago
Americans Are Giving Made-in-China the Cold Shoulder
I'VE CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT CHINA. AMERICA SHOULD TOO. | OPINION
JIM DEMINT , CHAIRMAN, CONSERVATIVE PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE
ON 5/15/20 AT 9:00 AM EDT
We gave China a chance. They blew it. It's time to face the fact this so-called "partner" is in reality a corrupt, aggressive and vicious rival—strategically, militarily and economically. It's time for Congress to face that fact and act upon it.
https://www.newsweek.com/ive-changed-my-mind-about-china-america-should-too-opinion-1504210
Wuhan lab staff should clear up coronavirus rumours and lies and defend institute’s name, says scientist
- Former staff member says the virology institute is at the centre of a smear campaign and staff should be proactive in clearing its reputation
- Zhao Fei says it is important during the pandemic for the lab to reveal the truth promptly and openly, despite the fear of criticism
Published: 3:29pm, 18 May, 2020
Tracking coronavirus’ global spread
Tracking coronavirus’ global spread
Since December, the virus has spread to nearly every continent and case numbers continue to rise
By Henrik Pettersson, Byron Manley and Sergio Hernandez, CNN
Last updated: May 13, 2020 at 9:45 p.m. ET.
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How Many Covid Deaths? Don’t Ask President Trump
The president has expressed skepticism about the fatality figures reported to him by his own experts.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/opinion/coronavirus-us-death-toll.html
Fight Over Virus’s Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle
May 9, 2020
By Matthew Rosenberg and Jim Rutenberg
Published May 9, 2020Updated May 11, 2020
America’s True Covid Toll Already Exceeds 100,000
The reported numbers leave out thousands of deaths clearly resulting from the pandemic.
By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist May 13, 2020
U.S. Deaths Are Up Sharply, Though Covid-19’s Precise Toll Is Murky
Disease caused by the new coronavirus is a leading cause of death in the U.S., especially among middle-aged men and blacks
By Paul Overberg and Jon Kamp | Graphics by Brian McGill
May 15, 2020 11:14 am ET
China confirms unauthorised labs were told to destroy early coronavirus samples
China confirms unauthorised labs were told to destroy early coronavirus samples
- National health authority says this was done for biosafety reasons and to ‘prevent secondary disasters caused by unidentified pathogens’
- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Beijing declined to provide samples and destroyed them at the start of the outbreak
Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing
Published: 8:04pm, 15 May, 2020
Chinese magazine Caixin reported in February that some hospitals had sent samples to private gene sequencing companies to identify the mystery virus early in the outbreak. Some of those results came back as early as December 27 and were identified as being from the same coronavirus family as Sars, the report said. One company had been told to destroy all virus samples, according to the report.
The National Health Commission started investigating the virus on December 31 and informed the World Health Organisation of the outbreak the same day. On January 3, it ruled out that the virus was a known pathogen causing respiratory disease, and on January 9, it said the illness was caused by a novel coronavirus. It was later named Sars-CoV-2, and the disease it causes Covid-19.
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Russian Deaths Rise; India Is New Asian Hot Spot: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsMay 15, 2020, 7:38 PM EDT Updated on May 16, 2020, 5:35 AM EDT
How Coronavirus Spreads through the Air: What We Know So Far
The virus that causes COVID-19 can persist in aerosol form, some studies suggest. But the potential for transmission depends on many factors, including infectiousness, dose and ventilation
- By Tanya Lewis on May 12, 2020
Prognosis
Over 100 Million in China’s Northeast Face Renewed Lockdown
Bloomberg NewsMay 18, 2020, 2:58 AM EDT Updated on May 18, 2020, 5:42 AM EDT
- Conditions return to height of China’s epidemic in February
- Frustration as restrictions tighten again after earlier easing
Coronavirus patient puzzles New York doctors with rare symptoms
- There were no telltale signs of the virus in lung scans or swabs of the upper respiratory tract, new study says
- It took a highly invasive test to confirm the case of Covid-19, with the results coming back just before the man left hospital
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 11:00pm, 19 May, 2020
Coronavirus Vaccine From Moderna Shows Early Signs of Viral Immune Response
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Coronavirus Vaccine From Moderna Shows Early Signs of Viral Immune Response
By Robert LangrethMay 18, 2020, 7:35 AM EDT Updated on May 18, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
- Shares rise to record; first vaccine result in humans
- Company plans to take shot into phase 3 testing in July
Moderna Announces Positive Interim Phase 1 Data for its mRNA Vaccine (mRNA-1273) Against Novel Coronavirus
Mon May 18, 2020 7:30 AM|Business Wire|About: MRNA
After two doses all participants evaluated to date across the 25 µg and 100 µg dose cohorts seroconverted with binding antibody levels at or above levels seen in convalescent sera
mRNA-1273 elicited neutralizing antibody titer levels in all eight initial participants across the 25 µg and 100 µg dose cohorts, reaching or exceeding neutralizing antibody titers generally seen in convalescent sera
mRNA-1273 was generally safe and well tolerated
mRNA-1273 provided full protection against viral replication in the lungs in a mouse challenge model
Anticipated dose for Phase 3 study between 25 µg and 100 µg; expected to start in July
Conference call to be held on Monday, May 18 at 8:30 a.m. ET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)
Moderna’s Work on a Potential Vaccine Against COVID-19
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How Coronavirus Spreads through the Air: What We Know So Far
The virus that causes COVID-19 can persist in aerosol form, some studies suggest. But the potential for transmission depends on many factors, including infectiousness, dose and ventilation
By Tanya Lewis on May 12, 2020
Coronavirus particles spread by talking can remain in the air for up to 14 minutes, researchers find
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The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission
View ORCID ProfileValentyn Stadnytskyi, View ORCID ProfileChristina E. Bax, View ORCID ProfileAdriaan Bax, and Philip AnfinrudPNAS first published May 13, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006874117
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COVID-19: First convalescent plasma transfusion in Canada takes place in Montreal
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Published Friday, May 15, 2020 9:59AM EDTLast Updated Friday, May 15, 2020 7:38PM EDT
Prognosis
U.S. Deaths Surpass 90,000; Early Vaccine Promise: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsMay 17, 2020, 5:36 PM EDT Updated on May 18, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
Jonathan Bernstein
“US using coronavirus to escalate new Cold War with China:
This is one of three parts of “US using coronavirus to escalate new Cold War with China: Exclusive with founder of The Grayzone”
1. US media-NGO-politician institution weaves coronavirus conspiracy: Exclusive with Grayzone founder
2. Unpacking lies that aim to deceive US into war with China: Exclusive with Grayzone founder
https://www.globaltimes.cn//special-coverage/Coronavirus-Outbreak.html
Coronavirus: China, US consumers turn on each other’s goods as pandemic drives commercial nationalism
- Deutsche Bank survey shows 41 per cent of Americans will not buy ‘Made in China’ products again, while 35 per cent of Chinese will avoid US goods
- Trump’s election-year broadsides and China’s assertive diplomacy boost distrust between the two powers
Published: 10:15pm, 19 May, 2020
What Happens to Hong Kong Now?
What could China’s move to strengthen control over Hong Kong with new security laws yield? And why did it propose this now? Some answers on these and other issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/world/asia/china-hong-kong-national-security-law.html
May 11, 2020 06:30 AMBUSINESS & TECH
In Depth: Widespread Covid-19 Testing Set to Become the New Normal in China
By Ding Jie, Zhao Jinzhao, Su Huixian, Ma Danmeng and Han Wei
May 14, 2020 08:14 PMECONOMY
China’s Pigs Gobble Up Brazilian Soybeans
By Huang Shulun and Tang Ziyi
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-05-14/chinas-pigs-gobble-up-brazilian-soybeans-101554173.html
In 3 Key States That Elected Trump, Bitter Divisions on Reopening
By Kay Nolan, Julie Bosman and Campbell Robertson
May 14, 2020Updated 8:09 p.m. ET
WAUKESHA, Wis
With Democratic governors and Republican legislatures, ending stay-at-home orders mixes health guidance and partisan politics. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/us/coronavirus-wisconsin-pennsylvania-michigan.html
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Thousands of Kids, No COVID-19? NH Daycare Centers Remain Open During Lockdown
Posted to Education May 13, 2020 by Kim Haas
While schools have been closed and businesses shuttered, some New Hampshire daycare centers have remained open with special dispensation from the state, caring for up to 6,000 children.
What We Know About Your Chances of Catching the Virus Outdoors
A stir-crazy nation wonders: Is it safe to stroll on the beach in a deadly pandemic? How about a picnic in the park? Or coffee with a friend at an outdoor table? The risk is in the details.
By Michael Levenson, Tara Parker-Pope and James Gorman
May 15, 2020Updated 7:36 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-what-to-do-outside.html
Isolation can affect the overall health of seniors
Doctors should remember to ask: 'Do you feel lonely?'
https://www.tmc.edu/news/2019/11/isolation-can-affect-the-overall-health-of-seniors/
Donald Trump threatens to ‘cut off’ China ties, doesn’t want to speak to Xi Jinping
Coronavirus: Donald Trump threatens to ‘cut off’ China ties, doesn’t want to speak to Xi Jinping
- US president says ‘ink barely dry’ on trade deal when ‘plague came over’
- In interview with Fox Business, Trump focused more on China’s response to outbreak than on its origin
Published: 1:52am, 15 May, 2020
Trump Says He Doesn’t Want to Talk to Xi as China Tensions Rise
By Mario ParkerMay 14, 2020, 7:32 AM EDT Updated on May 14, 2020, 8:31 AM EDT
- President muses about severing trade ties with China
- Trump says U.S. is looking at Chinese companies on exchanges
Trump turns up election strategy nonsense with China 'cut-off' threat: Global Times editorial
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/5/15 5:26:01
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188451.shtml
Politics
Virus Revives Worst-Case Scenarios for U.S.-China Relationship
Bloomberg NewsMay 14, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT Updated on May 14, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
- Ties go from ‘best’ to ‘breaking point’ in just four months
- Phase-one trade deal becomes key barometer of relations
Trump's China-bashing tactic helps his reelection bid, poisons relationship
By Li Hong Source:Global Times Published: 2020/5/9 11:04:52
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187814.shtml
The Reason Donald Trump Will Take a Pill But Not Advice
He has often paid the price for ignoring experts. But he can also turn it into personal victories.
By MICHAEL KRUSE 05/19/2020 07:18 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/19/donald-trump-pill-coronavirus-268786
RUSSIA WILL OPPOSE ANY 'MOCK TRIAL' OF WHO, CHINA OVER CORONAVIRUS, SENATE SPEAKER SAYS
BY DAVID BRENNAN ON 5/19/20 AT 6:21 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-oppose-mock-trial-who-china-coronavirus-senate-speaker-1505021
Dr. Rick Bright told a House subcommittee that he believed that “by not telling America the truth or being totally transparent,” the Trump administration had failed to prepare the public.
A whistle-blower tells a House panel that lives were lost because the administration did not heed warnings about the virus.
A whistle-blower tells a House panel that lives were lost because the administration did not heed warnings about the virus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/us/coronavirus-news-updates.html
5/14/2020 2:53PM
‘Window of Opportunity Is Closing’ to Combat Pandemic
Rick Bright, a Health and Human Services vaccine specialist, said Thursday that the coronavirus is likely to return this fall and without better planning the U.S. could face its “darkest winter in modern history.” Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
https://www.wsj.com/video/window-of-opportunity-is-closing-to-combat-pandemic/2199D087-0D1C-405F-B070-B42101DC2CA7.html
The most remarkable part of Rick Bright's testimony: His claims about the government's lack of COVID-19 preparedness went largely uncontested, even by the president’s allies.
Politics
China Gives Fresh Details of Virus Response, Denies Cover Up
Bloomberg NewsMay 15, 2020, 3:31 AM EDT Updated on May 15, 2020, 4:47 AM EDT
- Level of infectiousness not known early on: health official
- China faces blame over delay in making information public
Coronavirus: Shulan goes into lockdown as fears grow over China’s northeast cluster
- Villages and residential compounds sealed off and only one person per household can go out every two days to buy supplies
- At least 34 infections in Jilin province and neighbouring Liaoning are linked to a case in the small city
Laura Zhou in Beijing
Published: 8:34pm, 18 May, 2020
‘We Don’t Have a Master Plan’
Coronavirus Live Updates: Whistle-Blower Warns Congress, ‘We Don’t Have a Master Plan’
A whistle-blower, Dr. Rick Bright, told a House subcommittee that the administration was too slow to prepare for the pandemic or warn Americans of its severity. Senator Richard M. Burr stepped aside as the Intelligence Committee chairman during an F.B.I. review of his stock sales amid the outbreak.
Ousted virus expert Rick Bright warns of "darkest winter in modern history"
BY GRACE SEGERS
MAY 14, 2020 / 11:49 AM / CBS NEWS
HHS Vaccine Expert Details Complaint in House Testimony
Rick Bright says a lack of preparation by the Trump administration is causing the U.S. to face ‘unprecedented illness and fatalities’ and a resurgence of coronavirus as early as this fall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hhs-vaccine-expert-to-detail-complaint-in-house-testimony-11589450402?mod=hp_lead_pos6
Ousted HHS official warns pandemic could get far worse: ’2020 will be the darkest winter in modern history’ without coordinated coronavirus plan
PUBLISHED WED, MAY 13 202012:40 PM EDTWilliam Feuer@WILLFOIA
The Richest Neighborhoods Emptied Out Most as Coronavirus Hit New York City
By Kevin QuealyMay 15, 2020
May 16, 2020,08:13pm EDT
13 Sailors On The USS Theodore Roosevelt Have Tested Positive For Covid-19 A Second Time
Rachel SandlerForbes StaffBusinessI cover breaking news.
‘This Is a Science-Fiction Screenplay’: Europeans Re-Emerge to a New Normal
As Europe’s cities flicker back to life, anxious locals contemplate their future
By Marcus Walker May 19, 2020 5:30 am ET
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Biotech-WAR$™ Biohazard2020 Peace Be Still
Biotech-WAR$™ Biohazard2020 Peace Be Still
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Summary
staggering and growing rift between the world’s 2 economic powerhouses
there are some China based biotech companies that should be considered as strong investments going forward.
biotech investments are critical and important for the health of all countries
at this point I do not think the origins of the virus matter much as the USA/China relationship could not get much worse.
Biotech-WAR$™ Biohazard2020 Peace Be Still
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New Chinese Covid-19 cases raise fears of fresh wave of infections as disease returns to Wuhan
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New Chinese Covid-19 cases raise fears of fresh wave of infections as disease returns to Wuhan
- Shulan city in country’s northeast goes into ‘wartime mode’ after a spike in cases, while the capital of Hubei province records six cases in a residential community
- Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first identified, says it has sacked an official for mishandling disease controls
Published: 7:30pm, 11 May, 2020
Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm
Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home. That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops. Not to mention the tax base.
By Matthew Haag
May 12, 2020Updated 2:59 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/nyregion/nyc-commercial-real-estate-coronavirus.html
Coronavirus: Africa, at first spared, now confronts outbreaks all over the continent
- Since May 1, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana have all more than doubled their coronavirus cases
- ‘Covid-19 could become a fixture in our lives for the next several years unless a proactive approach is taken,’ WHO’s director for Africa said
Published: 4:09am, 14 May, 2020
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India's Jubilant signs licensing deal for Gilead's COVID-19 drug
Gilead inks deal to sell remdesivir in 127 countries
May 12, 2020 2:14 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3573501-gilead-inks-deal-to-sell-remdesivir-in-127-countries
https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19
May 07, 2020
Gilead Announces Approval of Veklury® (remdesivir) in Japan for Patients With Severe COVID-19
-- Exceptional Approval is Based on Data from Global Clinical Trials and Gilead’s Compassionate Use Program --
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2020-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD)
https://www.gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-releases/2020/5/gilead-announces-approval-of-veklury-remdesivir-in-japan-for-patients-with-severe-covid19
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About 100 children in N.Y. are suspected of having a rare illness tied to the virus.
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About 100 N.Y. Children Treated for Illness Tied to Virus: Live Updates
“This is a truly disturbing situation,” Governor Cuomo said of the rising number of cases of the mysterious inflammatory syndrome.
New Jersey now has a higher rate of new virus infections and deaths than New York and Connecticut, Gov. Philip D. Murphy said.
Children Gravely Ill With Covid-19 Often Had Other Medical Conditions
A study of 48 young I.C.U. patients in U.S. hospitals found that two died. Eighteen of the children were put on ventilators.
By Pam Belluck
Published May 11, 2020 Updated May 13, 2020, 7:12 a.m. ET
CDC Confirms COVID Link to Inflammatory Syndrome in Kids; 147 Potential Cases in NYC
Up to 147 cases have been identified in New York City alone, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday
By Melissa Russo • Published May 18, 2020
The world is grappling with the unintended consequences of fighting the virus.
Millions of children could die of preventable diseases as health services are overtaxed.
Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York
BY JAKE DOBKIN, CLARISA DIAZ AND ZACH GOTTEHRER-COHENMAY 13, 2020 1:40 P.M. • 498 COMMENTS
https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-statistics-tracking-epidemic-new-york
Some reopening states are already claiming victory over the coronavirus. But the real consequences won’t be clear for weeks.
Doctors Fret as Coronavirus Keeps Heart, Stroke Patients Away From ER
Fewer patients seeking help for emergency treatments and regular conditions raises concerns about long-term health
By Denise Roland
, Ian Lovett and Sarah Toy May 14, 2020 7:00 am ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/doctors-fret-over-lower-er-attendance-during-pandemic-11589454002
Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership on Virus in Virtual Commencement Speech
The virus has “torn back the curtain on the idea that the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” the former president said. “A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/barack-obama-2020-commencement-graduation-speech.html
Fauci Enters Quarantine as U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 80,000
Fauci Enters Quarantine as U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 80,000
Vice President Mike Pence plans to be at the White House on Monday after his press secretary tested positive for the virus.
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, Staff Writer May 11, 2020, at 9:18 a.m.
Fauci, CDC and FDA Chiefs Testify on Covid-19 Response, Outlook
May 12, 2020 — 10:00 AM EDT
New York Sent Recovering Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes: ‘It Was a Fatal Error’
The state reversed its policy after mounting criticism and deaths. The mandate is part of broader scrutiny of weaknesses at long-term care facilities that have made them hot spots for Covid-19.
By Anna Wilde MathewsMay 14, 2020 11:39 am ET
A Study Said Covid Wasn’t That Deadly. The Right Seized It.
How coronavirus research is being weaponized.
By Aleszu Bajak and Jeff Howe
Mr. Bajak and Mr. Howe teach journalism at Northeastern University.
May 14, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-research-misinformation.html
Photos: America at Standstill
All the Covid-19 Symptoms You Didn’t Know About
All the Covid-19 Symptoms You Didn’t Know About
And some you might be aware of.
By Jason Gale and Ari Altstedter
May 11, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
May 07, 2020 07:49 PM OPINION
Covid-19 Experts: ‘No Chance’ Pandemic Will End This Summer
Coronavirus may never go away, World Health Organization warns
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52643682
5/14/2020 6:53AM
Coronavirus Update: The Virus May Be Here to Stay, Warns WHO
A World Health Organization official warns that the coronavirus may stay forever, the Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down the state’s stay-at-home order, and a study raises accuracy concerns about a coronavirus test used by White House officials. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday reports. Photo: Ipa/Zuma Press
Coronavirus: ousted US vaccine director Rick Bright predicts ‘darkest winter’ if pandemic response lags
- Official, who says he was sidelined after refusing to push Trump-backed Covid-19 treatment, is expected to sound alarm when testifying before Congress
- Bright filed whistle-blower complaint following removal as head of agency charged with developing coronavirus vaccine
Published: 5:23am, 14 May, 2020
Why are men more likely to get Covid-19? High levels of enzyme ACE2 may make infection easier
Why are men more likely to get Covid-19? High levels of enzyme ACE2 may make infection easier
- Men’s blood has more ACE2, the enzyme that helps the virus infect cells, a possible explanation forwhy men are more vulnerable, a study shows
- The study also showed that using ACE inhibitors, a common drug prescribed for heart failure, diabetes and kidney disease, does not increase infection risk
Published: 5:29pm, 11 May, 2020
May 09, 2020 12:09 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE
New Study Finds Eyes Are an Important Route for Coronavirus to Infect Humans
(The Straits Times) — The eyes are a key route by which the novel coronavirus infects humans, a study by the University of Hong Kong has found, in addition to the upper respiratory tract, which includes the nose, mouth and throat.
Sperm containing coronavirus raises possibility of sexually transmitted Covid-19, Chinese study shows
- Doctors at Shangqiu Municipal Hospital found 16 per cent of men hospitalised with disease tested positive for Sars-Cov-2 in their semen
- Researchers caution that the findings are preliminary and far from conclusive
Published: 1:38am, 8 May, 2020
Coronavirus ‘close relative’ found in bats in China
- New virus has key feature in common with pandemic pathogen, suggesting that Sars-CoV-2 did not escape from lab, researcher says
- But genome differences make the newly discovered virus less of a threat to humans
Published: 8:00pm, 12 May, 2020
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3084054/coronavirus-close-relative-found-bats-china
Don’t Be Fooled by America’s Flattening Curve
By Nathaniel LashMay 6, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-deaths-statistics.html
U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks
U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks
Iran and other nations are also looking to steal data and exploit the pandemic with attacks on infrastructure, officials say.
By David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth
Published May 10, 2020Updated May 11, 2020, 10:39 a.m. ET
Politics
Trump Says He Doesn’t Want to Talk to Xi as China Tensions Rise
By Mario ParkerMay 14, 2020, 7:32 AM EDT Updated on May 14, 2020, 8:31 AM EDT
- President muses about severing trade ties with China
- Trump says U.S. is looking at Chinese companies on exchanges
Politics & Policy
Does Donald Trump Want to Be Re-Elected?
The president’s inattention to the coronavirus doesn’t suggest someone desperate to win in November.
By Jonathan BernsteinMay 15, 2020, 7:33 AM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-15/does-donald-trump-want-to-be-re-elected
Thousands are dying each week, the economy is cratering, and the president is at a total loss.
MAY 12, 2020
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-has-no-plan/611506/
Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Coverup
05.01.2020 07:00 AM
Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Coverup
The dawn of a pandemic—as seen through the news and social media posts that vanished from China’s internet.
Coronavirus science latest updates: vaccines, treatments, reinfection and researche
Coronavirus science latest updates: vaccines, treatments, reinfection and research
- We highlight our latest coverage on the race to develop a vaccine, possible treatments, and more
- When the virus jumped to humans, who is hit hardest and how it affects our immune system are among the recent developments
Published: 3:30pm, 23 Apr, 2020
Coronavirus Live Updates: Fauci to Warn of ‘Needless Suffering and Death’ if States Open Too Soon
The United States’ top infectious disease expert is expected to testify at a Senate hearing that moving too quickly to ease restrictions could undermine the country’s quest to return to normalcy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/coronavirus-updates.html
Multiple vaccines and global approach needed to fight coronavirus, say top US scientists
- The researchers, including White House task force member Anthony Fauci, set out why coordinated international approach is necessary
- The paper goes against Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach
Published: 9:00pm, 12 May, 2020
Trump is all about Trump.
Trump Has Lost the Plot
The president is talking about things most Americans can’t comprehend, let alone care about.
11:11 AM ET
David Frum Staff writer at The Atlantic
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Trump Abruptly Ends Briefing After Exchange With Reporter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYSmv-mx1z0
De Niro: Trump 'doesn't care' about Covid deaths
Robert De Niro on coronavirus lockdown and US politics
Robert De Niro spoke to the BBC about life in New York during the outbreak and the country's leadership.
The ‘American Way of Life’ Is Shaping Up to Be a Battleground
There are limits to what ordinary people are willing to endure to secure their employers’ bottom line.
Contributing Opinion Writer
May 14, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/opinion/coronavirus-reopen-workers.html
Hailing COVID-19 heroes on Intl Nurses Day
Hailing COVID-19 heroes on Intl Nurses Day
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-12 11:37
Photos by Zhu Xingxin / China Daily
Design by He Xiaoyu / chinadaily.com.cn
Five minutes in the car to cry.’ Hospital workers share the inside story of their fight to stop COVID-19
Story by Michael L. Diamond and Mike Davis, Asbury Park Press | Photography by Peter Ackerman, Tanya Breen and Brian JohnstonUpdated 5:30 p.m. EDT May 7, 2020
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
Evidence Links Coronavirus, China Lab ?
European Union backs international inquiry into origins of coronavirus outbreak
- The bloc says it and its member states will co-sponsor a draft resolution on a ‘independent review’ into the Covid-19 pandemic at the World Health Assembly
- China has so far resisted calls for an investigation, saying it would become the target of a ‘blame game’
Published: 10:00pm, 5 May, 2020
Democrats demand intel on coronavirus origins
By NAHAL TOOSI and NATASHA BERTRAND
05/06/2020 06:15 PM EDT
Some in the Trump administration suspect that China is covering up a lab accident. Democrats want to see the intelligence.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/06/democrats-demand-intel-on-coronavirus-origins-240852
Trump officials try to enlist foreign allies in pressure campaign against China over coronavirus response
By Vivian Salama, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 6:48 PM ET, Tue May 5, 2020
Pompeo says the US can't be certain coronavirus outbreak originated in Wuhan lab
By Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Mike Conte, CNN
Updated 11:57 AM ET, Wed May 6, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/politics/pompeo-wuhan-lab/index.html
It's time US focused on the struggle against a real enemy — the virus: China Daily editorial
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-06 20:31
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/06/WS5eb2ae0da310a8b241153c4b.html
APRIL 21, 2020
U.S. Views of China Increasingly Negative Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Republicans more negative than Democrats toward China, though unfavorable ratings have climbed among both parties
BY KAT DEVLIN, LAURA SILVER AND CHRISTINE HUANG
Pompeo Says Evidence Links Coronavirus, China Lab: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsMay 2, 2020, 5:41 PM EDT Updated on May 3, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said “enormous evidence” exists that the coronavirus began in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and he accused the government in Beijing of covering up what happened.
Fauci dismisses claim Chinese lab produced coronavirus
By AI HEPING in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-05 23:46
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/05/WS5eb18a3ba310a8b241153770.html
Trump Promises ‘Conclusive’ U.S. Report on Virus’s China Origins
By Jordan Fabian, Jennifer Jacobs, and Iain MarlowMay 3, 2020, 10:20 AM EDT Updated on May 4, 2020, 5:01 AM EDT
- President ratchets up criticism of Beijing’s virus response
- Stops short of backing Pompeo claim on government lab’s role
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Accuses China of a Cover-Up
Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated as President Trump said the U.S. death toll could reach 100,000. The Supreme Court will hear cases remotely for the first time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/coronavirus-updates.html
Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus
As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China.
By Steven Erlanger May 3, 2020Updated 7:35 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/europe/backlash-china-coronavirus.html
China pushes back against US claims that coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab
By Nectar Gan, CNN
Updated 5:16 AM ET, Mon May 4, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/asia/china-us-coronavirus-spat-intl-hnk/index.html
By Joby Warrick, Ellen Nakashima, Ellen Nakashima National security reporters Shane Harris and Anna Fifield April 30, 2020 at 7:29 p.m. EDT
Chinese lab conducted extensive research on deadly bat viruses, but there is no evidence of accidental release
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Summary
there is no evidence that the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) now known as = COVID-19 is or was created from a biological weapons lab or any virology lab anywhere
There is hope with one new med previously intended for another disease – Ebola. Remdesivir (GS-5734, Nuc inhibitor).
Thankfully there are many companies that are developing vaccines for COVID-19.
The virus is “simply a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein,”.
Chinese virologist at centre of ‘coronavirus came from a laboratory’ claim denies defecting
Chinese virologist at centre of ‘coronavirus came from a laboratory’ claim denies defecting
- ‘No matter how difficult things are, there will not be a ‘defector’ situation,’ Shi Zhengli says on WeChat
- Dismissal comes amid online rumours she and her family were seeking refuge at US embassy in Paris
Published: 4:29pm, 2 May, 2020
Shi Zhengli, a renowned researcher of bat coronaviruses, wrote on WeChat on Saturday that she and her family had not fled the country, despite coming under heavy scrutiny amid concerns that the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic had originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in central China where she works.
Wuhan nurses celebrate Intl Nurses Day
Wuhan nurses celebrate Intl Nurses Day
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-12 14:58
Nurses at the Sino-French New City Branch of Wuhan Tongji Hospital recite the Nightingale Pledge to mark International Nurses Day in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on May 12, 2020. [Photo by Ke Hao/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Coronavirus: Four nurses on four continents tell their story
12 May 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52616933
How coronavirus became a pandemic
How coronavirus became a pandemic
Counting the coronavirus crisis
By Adolfo Arranz, Yaser Ibrahim and Pablo Robles UPDATED DAILY
Many countries use their own criteria to count the number of Covid-19 cases, but 4,178,136 people have been officially confirmed to have been infected, with 286,349 fatalities, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
China-linked hackers are targeting organisations researching the Covid-19 pandemic, US officials say.
Coronavirus: US accuses China of hacking coronavirus research
‘Five minutes in the car to cry.’
‘Five minutes in the car to cry.’ Hospital workers share the inside story of their fight to stop COVID-19
Story by Michael L. Diamond and Mike Davis, Asbury Park Press | Photography by Peter Ackerman, Tanya Breen and Brian JohnstonUpdated 5:30 p.m. EDT May 7, 2020
U.S. first up to receive Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine But no
HEALTH NEWSMAY 14, 2020 / 3:07 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Sanofi says COVID-19 vaccine will be available worldwide simultaneously
PARIS (Reuters)
French Drug Giant to Give U.S. Preference on Covid Vaccine
By James Paton, Riley Griffin, and Cynthia KoonsMay 13, 2020, 9:11 AM EDT
- Funding for research boosts U.S. push to reopen economy
- French company’s chief seeks to raise awareness in Europe
U.S. first up to receive Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine - CEO Hudson
May 13, 2020 10:18 AM ET|About: Sanofi (SNY)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
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Sanofi and GSK team up to develop COVID-19 vaccine
Apr. 14, 2020 7:17 AM ET|About: Sanofi (SNY)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
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France Says ‘Unacceptable’ For U.S. to Get Sanofi Vaccine First
By Phil SerafinoMay 14, 2020, 3:30 AM EDT
Coronavirus: The lost six weeks when US failed to contain outbreak
Coronavirus: The lost six weeks when US failed to contain outbreak
Having watched Asian and European countries struggle against Covid-19, the US was slow to ramp up testing and order its residents to stay at home. We look at this crucial time period and what exactly was done to prevent the outbreak.
Produced by the BBC's Franz Strasser, narrated by Hannah Long-Higgins
12 May 2020
The coronavirus ‘may never go away,’
The coronavirus ‘may never go away,’ a top W.H.O. official said, warning against expecting a quick vaccine.
Politics
Connecticut Governor Says Days of Commuting to NYC May End
By Martin Z Braun and David WestinMay 13, 2020, 2:32 PM EDT Updated on May 13, 2020, 4:07 PM EDT
- Lamont echoes Wall Street CEOs predicting less real estate
- Connecticut will begin to reopen May 20 and test 42,000 a week
Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War
THE SHIFT
Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War
Social media is already filling up with misinformation about a Covid-19 vaccine, months or years before one even exists.
By Kevin Roose
May 13, 2020Updated 2:07 p.m. ET
New Jersey Moves Toward Reopening After 60% Drop in Revenue
Economics
New Jersey Moves Toward Reopening After 60% Drop in Revenue
By Elise YoungMay 13, 2020, 1:00 PM EDT Updated on May 13, 2020, 2:24 PM EDT
- Governor sets May 18 for retail pickup, construction work
- State lost $3.5 billion last month as virus hammered economy
New Jersey Shore Will Be Open for Memorial Day, Murphy Says
By Elise YoungMay 14, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT Updated on May 14, 2020, 1:41 PM EDT
- Each beach must set capacity limits, impose social distancing
- Organized games, fireworks, concerts still banned: governor
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
BioHazard2020 Won’t Stop Now
BioHazard2020 Won’t Stop Now
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Summary
The unfortunate truth is that the COVID-19 virus, will not just go away.
many vaccine candidates are in progress/development/clinical trials.
The virus continues to work its utmost damage among us all.
there is a now a new Biotech-War$ emerging and it is more complicated then the original.
BioHazard2020 & Biotech-WAR$™ Graves Into Gardens
BioHazard2020 & Biotech-WAR$™ Graves Into Gardens
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11 states should create a new entity = Biotechnology States of America.
Covid-19 remains a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
The political storm created by the Covid-19 virus is very real.
The economic and human loses from this event will impact America and the world for a long time.
Ruxolitinib (Jakafi®) may help prevent another complication of Covid-19.
Unfavorable views of China continue to climb
APRIL 21, 2020
U.S. Views of China Increasingly Negative Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Republicans more negative than Democrats toward China, though unfavorable ratings have climbed among both parties
BY KAT DEVLIN, LAURA SILVER AND CHRISTINE HUANG
Unfavorable views of China continue to climb
A Pew Research poll last month showed that two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of China. That data was bolstered by internal polling conducted by the Republican National Committee that showed similarly negative views on China among voters in several key battleground states, a source familiar with the polling said.
APRIL 17, 2020
U.S. VIEWS OF CHINA INCREASINGLY NEGATIVE AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Negative views of China across many groups within U.S.
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
Veklury® (remdesivir)
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
May 07, 2020
Gilead Announces Approval of Veklury® (remdesivir) in Japan for Patients With Severe COVID-19
-- Exceptional Approval is Based on Data from Global Clinical Trials and Gilead’s Compassionate Use Program --
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2020-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD)
Gilead Announces Approval of Veklury® (remdesivir) in Japan for Patients With Severe COVID-19
Thu May 7, 2020 11:45 AM|Business Wire|About: GILD
Gilead Sciences Update On The Company’s Ongoing Response To COVID-19
https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19
Remdesivir Emergency Use
For U.S. Healthcare Professionals only.
Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers
Fact Sheet for Patients and Caregivers
FDA Emergency Use Authorization Letter
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HHS announces shipments of donated remdesivir for hospitalized patients with COVID-19
May 9, 2020
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
NEW BRUNSWICK — A $750 million free-standing Cancer Pavilion has been announced in a public-private partnership that will feature New Jersey’s only oncology inpatient hospital.
RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Middlesex County government, the New Brunswick Development Corp. and the city of New Brunswick are all involved in the plans for a 12-story structure that will span more than 510,000 square feet.
Read More: Middlesex County unveils plan for $750M cancer hospital | https://nj1015.com/middlesex-county-unveils-plan-for-750m-cancer-hospital/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Director Steven Libutti said the pandemic has helped emphasize a critical need for keeping cancer patients as protected as possible.
Read More: Middlesex County unveils plan for $750M cancer hospital | https://nj1015.com/middlesex-county-unveils-plan-for-750m-cancer-hospital/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
Bloomberg NewsMay 6, 2020, 6:56 PM EDT Updated on May 7, 2020, 5:10 PM EDT
Fauci Enters Quarantine as U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 80,000
Vice President Mike Pence plans to be at the White House on Monday after his press secretary tested positive for the virus.
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, Staff Writer May 11, 2020, at 9:18 a.m.
Tracking Covid-19 cases in the US
Since January, novel coronavirus has spread to nearly every state and territory
By Sergio Hernandez, Sean O’Key, Amanda Watts, Byron Manley and Henrik Pettersson, CNN
Last updated: May 7, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. ET
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/
China backs WHO investigating origin of Covid-19, hits out at US ‘politicising issue’
- Global health body says it is talking to Beijing about another mission to the country to look into potential animal source of outbreak
- Foreign ministry accuses Washington of ‘untruthful and insincere remarks’ and rejects inquiry with ‘presumption of guilt’
Phoebe Zhang in Shenzhen
Published: 8:17pm, 7 May, 2020
The Virus Is Winning
Magical thinking won’t protect us.
Opinion Columnist
May 6, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-us.html
the virus that has made tremendous progress, eclipsing heart disease to become the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. In less than two months, we have lost more Americans to the coronavirus than in the Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined.
And Trump and Pence still seem oblivious.
The same number of people could die from ‘deaths of despair’ as have already died in the U.S. from coronavirus, new study finds
Published: May 9, 2020 at 8:14 p.m. ETBy
‘More Americans could lose their lives to deaths of despair, deaths due to drug, alcohol, and suicide, if we do not do something immediately’
China Study Finds 5% to 15% of Covid-19 Cases Are Reactivated
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
U.S. Covid-19 Cases Rise 2.4%, Deaths Top 75,000: Virus Update
China Study Finds 5% to 15% of Covid-19 Cases Are Reactivated
Bloomberg NewsMay 7, 2020, 7:43 AM EDT
China Study Finds 5% to 15% of Covid-19 Cases Are Reactivated
France had Covid-19 in November, hospital says after analysis of chest scans
- Study finds person who had the disease 10 weeks earlier than the country detected cases
- Contagion believed to have spread slowly until the end of February before accelerating rapidly
Published: 9:38pm, 8 May, 2020
Coronavirus: Two antibodies identified for potential drug treatment by Chinese scientists
- The antibodies were found to work together as a team to prevent the virus from binding to a host cell
- Researchers say that could help target different strains that evolve as virus spreads
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 11:00pm, 8 May, 2020
Virus Pushes America’s Hospitals to the Brink of Financial Ruin
5/8/2020, 5:00:00 PM
Coronavirus: How lockdown is being lifted across Europe
10 May 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-52575313
Why are men more likely to get Covid-19? High levels of enzyme ACE2 may make infection easier
- Men’s blood has more ACE2, the enzyme that helps the virus infect cells, a possible explanation forwhy men are more vulnerable, a study shows
- The study also showed that using ACE inhibitors, a common drug prescribed for heart failure, diabetes and kidney disease, does not increase infection risk
Published: 5:29pm, 11 May, 2020
Malaria drug fails to show benefit in COVID-19 study
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
Malaria drug fails to show benefit in COVID-19 study
May 8, 2020 11:02 AM ET|About: Tekla World Healthcare... (THW)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
Malaria drug Trump touted as ‘game changer’ for coronavirus treatment fails in new study
BY MICHELLE FAY CORTEZ AND BLOOMBERG
May 7, 2020 11:31 PM EDT
https://fortune.com/2020/05/07/trump-coronavirus-malaria-drug-fails-study/
MAY 8, 2020 / 3:10 AM / UPDATED 12 HOURS AGO
Malaria drug touted by Trump for coronavirus fails another test
(Reuters)
Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
List of authors.
- Joshua Geleris, M.D.,
- Yifei Sun, Ph.D.,
- Jonathan Platt, Ph.D.,
- Jason Zucker, M.D.,
- Matthew Baldwin, M.D.,
- George Hripcsak, M.D.,
- Angelena Labella, M.D.,
- Daniel Manson, M.D.,
- Christine Kubin, Pharm.D.,
- R. Graham Barr, M.D., Dr.P.H.,
- Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, M.D., M.P.H.,
- and Neil W. Schluger, M.D.
May 7, 2020
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2012410
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2012410?query=featured_home
Child Sicknesses, Deaths From Mysterious Illness Linked to Coronavirus, Cuomo Says
Three children in New York have died from a little-known condition that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says is linked to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
By Andrew Soergel, Senior Writer, Economics May 9, 2020, at 5:30 p.m.
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from combating coronavirus
Coronavirus Live Updates: Federal Watchdog Says Whistle-Blower Should Be Reinstated as It Investigates
The U.S. shed a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April. Big cities are the primary generators of new cases. An aide to the vice president tested positive on Friday and President Trump will be tested daily after a valet fell ill.
RIGHT NOW
A federal watchdog has found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Trump administration retaliated against a health official by removing him from an agency combating the coronavirus.
‘Found Unresponsive at Home’: Grim Records Recount Lonely Deaths
By Patricia Mazzei, Rebecca Halleck and Richard A. Oppel Jr.
May 8, 2020 Updated 1:51 p.m. ET
Records kept by medical examiners in Florida offer a window into how the coronavirus has killed more than 1,600 people there. Many died at home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/coronavirus-florida-medical-examiner-records.html
Associated Press
Public health experts worry that the CDC is being sidelined by the Trump administration
Published: May 8, 2020 at 7:07 p.m. ETBy
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Decades of relevant experience are being wasted, outside experts fear
MAY 9, 2020 / 5:29 PM / UPDATED
Major U.S. airlines endorse temperature checks for passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Coronavirus Live Updates: Political Divides Drive Dispute Over Assistance for States
Infections in the White House stir concerns about how to keep workplaces safe as the economy reopens. Officials are under pressure to restart the economy, but many states are moving too quickly, researchers say.
The metro region of Washington, D.C., has become a hotbed of virus cases, just as thousands of employees are under pressure to return to work.
A divide between red states and blue states is driving the congressional dispute over aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/us/coronavirus-updates.html
FDA OKs emergency use of COVID-19 test with saliva specimens
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
FDA NEWS RELEASE
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First Diagnostic Test Using At-Home Collection of Saliva Specimens
For Immediate Release:May 08, 2020
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples for COVID-19 testing. Specifically, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for their COVID-19 laboratory developed test (LDT), which had been previously added to the high complexity molecular-based LDT “umbrella” EUA, to permit testing of samples self-collected by patients at home using the Spectrum Solutions LLC SDNA-1000 Saliva Collection Device. This announcement builds on last month’s EUA for the first diagnostic test with a home-collection option, which uses a sample collected from the patient’s nose with a nasal swab and saline.
FDA OKs emergency use of COVID-19 test with saliva specimens
May 8, 2020 12:33 PM ET|About: Abbott Laboratories (ABT)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
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A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
4 p.m.: New Jersey reports 1st child death
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19, marking the state's first death of a child due to the virus, according to Gov. Phil Murphy.
At least 2 kids die from illness linked to COVID-19 in New York
At least two children have died from illness linked to COVID-19 in New York. Adriana Diaz reports.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/at-least-2-kids-die-from-illness-linked-to-covid-19-in-new-york/
How Lessons From Ebola Can Help Fight COVID-19
An infectious disease specialist in Atlanta is drawing on his experiences treating Ebola patients while caring for those with COVID-19.
By Gaby Galvin, Staff Writer
May 8, 2020, at 6:07 a.m.
By Matthew Rosenberg and Jim Rutenberg
May 9, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
Donald Trump is making China the bogeyman in an election year – sound familiar?
A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey with underlying conditions has died of COVID-19,
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
Opinion
Hans-Georg Moeller
Donald Trump is making China the bogeyman in an election year – sound familiar?
- In 2016, Trump pinned US socio-economic woes on China and won the election. This year, he is pinning Covid-19 on China to distract Americans from his policy failures. Will ‘Getting tough on China’ get him re-elected?
Published: 1:00am, 9 May, 2020
An Epidemic of Hardship and Hunger
Why won’t Republicans help Americans losing their jobs?
By Paul Krugman
Opinion Columnist
May 7, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-republicans-jobs.html
‘Second Wave’ of Job Losses Prompts Comparisons to the Great Depression
A handful of statistical quirks kept the unemployment rate from surging even higher last month, and analysts fear the economy has a long road to recovery.
By Andrew Soergel, Senior Writer, Economics May 8, 2020, at 5:07 p.m
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
- Xi urges cooperation against virus in message to Kim; Indonesia deaths near 1,000
- UK to quarantine incoming travellers for 14 days; 6 killed in protest over food distribution in Afghanistan
Compiled by SCMP’s Asia desk and Agencies
Published: 12:45am, 9 May, 2020
May 07, 2020 07:49 PMOPINION
Covid-19 Experts: ‘No Chance’ Pandemic Will End This Summer
The World Doesn’t Yet Know Enough to Beat the Coronavirus
The urge to reopen society far outpaces scientific discovery. Ten scientists offer a plan to close the gap.
6:00 AM ETHarold VarmusProfessor at Weill Cornell Medicine
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/lack-testing-holding-science-back/611422/
Coronavirus: Nearly half of state deaths are among senior care home patients and staff
15% percent of nursing homes in the state did not report numbers to the California Department of Public Health
By THOMAS PEELE | tpeele@bayareanewsgroup.com and ANNIE SCIACCA | asciacca@bayareanewsgroup.com |
Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 8, 2020 at 10:26 a.m. | UPDATED: May 8, 2020 at 8:11 p.m.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump’s Support Among Seniors Slips as Pandemic Becomes More Political
At least 25,600 people have died from the coronavirus at nursing homes in the U.S., according to a Times database. Three children have died of a mysterious syndrome linked to the virus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-news-updates.html
The novel coronavirus belongs to a group of viruses that are found in bats
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
The novel coronavirus belongs to a group of viruses that are found in bats
WHO expert: novel coronavirus origins linked to bats
By Angus McNeice in London | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-09 03:14
The novel coronavirus belongs to a group of viruses that are found in bats, an expert from the World Health Organization said at a press briefing amid international debate on the origins of the disease.
Western officials, researchers cast doubt on China lab virus leak theory
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-09 15:58
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/09/WS5eb66298a310a8b2411547e8.html
Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next.
Nine disasters we still aren’t ready for.
By GARRETT M. GRAFF
05/07/2020 08:26 PM EDT
Updated: 05/08/2020 08:45 AM EDT
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Has Trump Reached the Lying-to-Himself-and-Believing-It Stage of the Coronavirus Pandemic?
The reality—in both public-health and crass political terms—doesn’t look good for the President.
May 8, 2020
Poll: 1 in 4 Americans Say They Will Not Get a Coronavirus Vaccine
Experts say a vaccine for the coronavirus will likely be available in early or mid-2021.
By Claire Hansen, Staff Writer May 8, 2020, at 1:07 p.m.
Ibiza of the Alps Under Scrutiny as Emails Tell New Virus Tale
By Hugo Miller and Boris GroendahlMay 9, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- Outbreak investigation continues as at least two lawsuits loom
- Ischgl wants to tame apres-ski scene, mindful virus may return
Trump's Covid-19 response is a 'chaotic disaster'
Coronavirus latest: sombre Victory Day in Russia as cases rise; Seoul orders nightspots to close
The novel coronavirus belongs to a group of viruses that are found in bats
Obama: Trump's Covid-19 response is a 'chaotic disaster'
Former President Barack Obama slammed President Donald Trump's coronavirus pandemic response during a web call with people who worked in his administration that was obtained by Yahoo News and verified by CNN. CNN's Kristen Holmes reports.Source: CNN
Hydroxychloroquine Fails to Help Coronavirus Patients in Largest Study of the Drug to Date
BY ALICE PARK
MAY 7, 2020 7:21 PM EDT
n a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists led by a team at Columbia University found that people infected with COVID-19 taking hydroxychloroquine do not fare better than those not receiving the drug.
https://time.com/5833945/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-study/
Trump administration announces plan for distributing remdesivir after chaotic rollout
HHS will ship 14,400 vials of the drug to state health departments, putting the onus on them to decide which hospitals get some of the country's limited supply.
By RACHEL ROUBEIN and ZACHARY BRENNAN
05/09/2020 12:19 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/09/remdesivir-distribution-plan-coronavirus-245887
Melinda Gates gives Trump administration 'D-minus' for coronavirus response
The co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation cited a lack of national coordination.
By MYAH WARD
05/07/2020 07:06 PM EDT
Melinda Gates on Thursday gave the Trump administration low marks for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, adding that more money is needed for testing and vaccine development in the United States and across the world.
Gates — co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has donated billions of dollars to health research — gave the administration a “D-minus” grade for its handling of the outbreak, citing a lack of a coordinated, national response. She said governors were stepping up with “50 different homegrown state solutions,” instead of a national response coming from the top.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/07/melinda-gates-coronavirus-trump-d-243695
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
As the coronavirus raged in mainland China, a Shanghai-based American packed her two daughters off to her native United States. But after witnessing the two countries’ markedly different approaches, she found herself rushing them back
Published: 5:00am, 3 May, 2020
It's time US focused on the struggle against a real enemy — the virus: China Daily editorial
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-06 20:31
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/06/WS5eb2ae0da310a8b241153c4b.html
WHO, China in Discussions to Investigate Origin of Coronavirus
The World Health Organization said it is critical to track down the animal source of the virus.
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, Staff Writer May 6, 2020, at 3:08 p.m.
A coronavirus vaccine may be available in record time, but experts predict pandemonium during the rollout
Sarah Kramer May 5, 2020, 2:35 PM
https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-predict-chaos-during-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-2020-5
Murphy extends restrictions as N.J. adds 308 virus deaths.
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Murphy extends restrictions as N.J. adds 308 virus deaths.
Gov. Philip D. Murphy said on Wednesday that he was extending New Jersey’s public health emergency order for 30 days.
The people in power don't look like the people hit hardest by Covid-19
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN
Updated 3:47 PM ET, Wed May 6, 2020
Tyson's move and President Donald Trump's recent order compelling meat-processing to remain open have set off fresh debate among Smith and others who worry that the race to reopen the economy will impose a grave burden on people of color, who are getting sick and dying at higher rates than the rest of Americans. Civil-rights groups, meanwhile, warn of battles ahead over a push to limit pandemic-related lawsuits against companies.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/politics/black-leaders-confront-covid-19/index.html
Noah Feldman
America Has No Plan for the Worst-Case Scenario on Covid-19
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-06/america-has-no-plan-for-the-worst-case-scenario-on-covid-19?srnd=premium
N.Y. Deaths Top 20,000 With Recovery Proving Stubbornly Slow
By Keshia ClukeyMay 7, 2020, 1:02 PM EDT Updated on May 7, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT
- State’s daily fatality toll stuck above 200 for the past week
- Cuomo lauds positive results from tests of health-care workers
Virus Survey Finds Most Patients Retired or Unemployed
Why an American mother rushed her daughters back to Shanghai during the Covid-19 outbreak
Virus Survey Finds Most Patients Retired or Unemployed
Virus Survey Finds Most Patients Retired or Unemployed: Live Updates
Hospitals in New York State reported that only 17 percent of recently admitted patients were working, Governor Cuomo said.
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Gov. Philip D. Murphy said that another 308 people had died in New Jersey. A total of 8,549 residents in the state have been killed by the virus.
CDC official says US missed chances to curb contagion
By Ai Heping in New York and Chen Weihua in Brussels | China Daily | Updated: 2020-05-04 07:46
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/04/WS5eaf57d5a310a8b24115353e.html
Opinion:
Why COVID-19’s impact on the job market is far worse for older workers
Published: May 6, 2020 at 9:24 a.m. ETBy
Kerry Hannon
The extraordinary hit to the economy will be deeper and take longer to bounce back
Moderna cleared for Phase 2 study of COVID-19 vaccine
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Virus Survey Finds Most Patients Retired or Unemployed
Moderna shares surge after FDA approves coronavirus vaccine for phase 2 trial
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 7 20207:17 AM EDTUPDATED 8 MIN AGOWilliam Feuer@WILLFOIA
- The Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate for phase 2 trial, the company announced Thursday.
- The company said it will begin the next round of trials with 600 participants shortly and is finalizing plans for a phase 3 trial as early as this summer
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=MRNA
Moderna and Switzerland’s Lonza strike a deal on a potential coronavirus vaccine
PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 1 20205:48 AM EDT
Moderna cleared for Phase 2 study of COVID-19 vaccine
May 7, 2020 7:30 AM ET|About: Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)|By: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3571075-moderna-cleared-for-phase-2-study-of-covidminus-19-vaccine
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MRNA
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Sinovac Announces First Animal Study Results of Vaccine Against COVID-19 Published in SCIENCE
Wed May 6, 2020 10:30 AM|Business Wire|About: SVA
--- Inactivated vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 shows good safety and efficacy on Rhesus Macaques
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA)
Rapid development of an inactivated vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/05/05/science.abc1932
http://www.sinovac.com/?optionid=754&auto_id=899
http://www.sinovac.com/?optionid=439
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200506005601/en/
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
May 6, 2020 10:44 AM ET|About: Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
U.S. Cases Rise 1.9% Again, Below Week’s Average: Virus Update
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine shows positive effect in preclinical study
Follow the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/recovery-tracker/?srnd=premium
Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks
The coronavirus outbreak in New York City became the primary source of infections around the United States, researchers have found.
By Benedict Carey and James Glanz
May 7, 2020Updated 8:36 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/new-york-city-coronavirus-outbreak.html
Most States That Are Reopening Fail to Meet White House Guidelines
By Keith Collins and Lauren LeatherbyMay 7, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/07/us/coronavirus-states-reopen-criteria.html
Coronavirus Live Updates: 3.2 Million More Claim Unemployment Benefits in the U.S.
In many states, more than 25 percent of workers are unemployed. President Trump has encouraged governors to relax social-distancing rules, even though most states do not meet the guidelines set forth by the White House because documented cases are still growing.
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An additional 3.2 million people filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total tally over seven weeks to more than 33 million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/coronavirus-updates.html
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Thu May 7, 2020 7:00 AM|PR NewswirePR Newswire
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -
https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home.html
Thermo Fisher launches initiative to support COVID-19 research
May 7, 2020 7:13 AM ET|About: Thermo Fisher Scientif... (TMO)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TMO
‘This is a Time for Survival’
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
‘This is a Time for Survival’
A restaurant owner in small-town Michigan wonders whether the government is as much of a threat as the coronavirus itself.
MAY 7, 2020 | HARTLAND, MICHIGAN
Dear Washington,
"I don’t see customers as red or blue. I see the color green. I’ve turned away candidates trying to host political events here. No thank you. That’s like hanging a Michigan flag outside. Or hanging a Sparty flag outside."
Joe Mackle
Trump administration shelves CDC guide to reopening country: AP
Published: May 7, 2020 at 8:41 a.m. ETBy
https://www.businessinsider.com/
Trump officials reportedly dispute the US COVID-19 death toll,
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SARS-CoV-2 GlobalAccess Sequencing Program
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Trump officials reportedly dispute the US COVID-19 death toll, floating a far-fetched theory that hospitals may be inflating cases to get more funding
- President Donald Trump believes that the US coronavirus death count is being exaggerated, Axios reported Wednesday, citing unnamed senior administration officials.
- The sources said some of the president's aides believed that hospitals might be misdiagnosing patients with the novel coronavirus to get a 20% bonus from Medicare.
- Medicare is offering the bonus to hospitals treating coronavirus patients because they have had to postpone a lot of the normal care that contributes to a health system's revenue.
- Misdiagnosing a patient is fraud, and there is no public evidence to show hospitals have been abusing this system.
- Experts believe that the coronavirus death toll is being underreported, if anything.
White House not on board with CDC reopening guidelines
May 7, 2020 11:38 AM ET|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3571329-white-house-not-on-board-cdc-reopening-guidelines
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Coronavirus: US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
- Tensions between Washington and Beijing ‘not conductive to the cooperative spirit we need today’, Nicolas Chapuis says
- But EU, China working hard to reschedule a bilateral summit – on hold since February – ahead of a planned leaders’ meeting in September, envoy says
Published: 9:30pm, 7 May, 2020
“We are seeing high levels of tensions, strategic, economic, political, growing day after day. It is our opinion that these tensions are not conducive to the cooperative spirit we need today,” ambassador Nicolas Chapuis told an online press briefing.
Seaside Heights Boardwalk ‘Will Look Very Different’ This Summer, As State Restrictions Expected
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Seaside Heights Boardwalk ‘Will Look Very Different’ This Summer, As State Restrictions Expected
Seaside Heights Boardwalk ‘Will Look Very Different’ This Summer, As State Restrictions Expected
By Daniel Nee - May 7, 2020
“I believe they are going to be looking for a 50 percent reduction in beach and boardwalk density,” Vaz said, based on rumbling he’s heard from Trenton. “They are very worried about boardwalks across the state. They seem to understand that we can control density on the beach very easily because there are gates and we sell badges, but there is an overwhelming concern about how boardwalks operate.”
‘Five minutes in the car to cry.’ Hospital workers share the inside story of their fight to stop COVID-19
Story by Michael L. Diamond and Mike Davis, Asbury Park Press | Photography by Peter Ackerman, Tanya Breen and Brian Johnston Updated 3 hours ago
White House Rejected C.D.C. Reopening Guidelines, Asking for Revisions
Coronavirus US-China rivalry hampering global efforts to fight Covid-19, EU ambassador to China says
Seaside Heights Boardwalk ‘Will Look Very Different’ This Summer, As State Restrictions Expected
Coronavirus Live Updates: White House Rejected C.D.C. Reopening Guidelines, Asking for Revisions
Another 3.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits, and in some states, more than 25 percent of workers are unemployed. The governor of Texas said people would not be jailed for defiantly reopening businesses.
We Knew the Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed
The vulnerabilities that Covid-19 has revealed were a predictable outgrowth of our market-based health care system.
Dr. Rosenthal is a contributing Opinion writer.
May 6, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-health-care-market.html
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
More than 65,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the US -
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
More than 65,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the US -
More than 65,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the US -
Johns Hopkins University
As elsewhere the real figure will be higher
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 65,000
Texas officials reported more than 1,100 new cases on Friday as Gov. Greg Abbott allowed retail stores and restaurants to reopen with capacity limits.
By Elliott Davis, Contributor May 2, 2020, at 11:41 a.m.
Cuomo Says Police to Enforce Social Distancing; Deaths Rise
By Ian FisherMay 2, 2020, 11:07 AM EDT Updated on May 2, 2020, 2:01 PM EDT
- Governor says New York won’t open prematurely; Risks too high
- New virus deaths rise to 299 after nearly a week of decline
Is America’s “One Nation Indivisible” Being Killed Off by the Coronavirus?
By Robin Wright
May 2, 2020
CDC: Nearly 5,000 Meat Processing Workers Infected by COVID-19
The data comes amid worries that the coronavirus pandemic could endanger workers and constrict the nation’s food supply.
By Gaby Galvin, Staff Writer
May 1, 2020, at 2:32 p.m.
Nearly 5K Meat Plant Workers Infected
‘We Had to Do Something’: Trying to Prevent Massive Food Waste
Some producers acknowledge the efforts are “just a drop in the bucket” of what farmers can’t sell and are destroying instead.
By Michael Corkery and David Yaffe-Bellany
May 2, 2020, 4:00 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/business/coronavirus-food-waste-destroyed.html
Coronavirus vaccine: WHO to issue guidelines on proposed use of human challenge trials
- Advocates say tests in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the pathogen that causes Covid-19 will help to speed up the development of a vaccine for it
- But some scientists are concerned about the ethical and medical implications of using such methods
Published: 7:00pm, 2 May, 2020
Alameda, Santa Clara counties show largest coronavirus surges in latest county figures
Almost 4 dozen new cases in East Bay county, another 32 in South Bay
By ANGELA RUGGIERO | aruggiero@bayareanewsgroup.com
| Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2020 at 2:28 p.m. | UPDATED: May 3, 2020 at 11:33 p.m.
Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
More than 65,000 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the US -
Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus
As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China.
May 3, 2020Updated 7:35 a.m. ET
BRUSSELS
Profits and Pride at Stake, the Race for a Vaccine Intensifies
Governments, companies and academic labs are accelerating their efforts amid geopolitical crosscurrents, questions about safety and the challenges of producing enough doses for billions of people.
By David E. Sanger, David D. Kirkpatrick, Carl Zimmer, Katie Thomas and Sui-Lee Wee
Published May 2, 2020Updated May 3, 2020, 12:53 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/politics/vaccines-coronavirus-research.html
Coronavirus journal Wuhan Diary continues to upset Chinese nationalists
- At least two academics have been put under investigation for supporting Fang Fang’s work, an English-language version of which is set to be published next month
- Backlash comes despite Amazon saying the work praised the ‘courage, resilience and perseverance of Wuhan’s 9 million residents’
Published: 8:00am, 3 May, 2020
Nomads Canteen in San Clemente leads call for businesses to open back up.
Latest on the novel coronavirus outbreak
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-03 07:00
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/03/WS5e8ecc13a3105d50a3d15085.html
Lies never to be allowed to distort true history of global COVID-19 fight
Lies never to be allowed to distort true history of global COVID-19 fight
Xinhua | Updated: 2020-05-03 07:26
-Like the rest of the world, China is a victim of the pandemic, not an accomplice with the virus.
-There are neither rational nor legal grounds for US politicians' accusations regarding China's response. It is only an absurd claim featuring typical US bullying.
-In just over three months, the United States' death toll in the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded that in the Vietnam War. It is the American people that suffer the most, and it is the US politicians' tilted focus on their re-election, instead of their people, that led to the misery.
BEIJING
Xinhua | Updated: 2020-05-03 07:26
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/03/WS5eae0193a310a8b241153402.html
NEW YORK
On Wednesday morning, the system, a 24-hour mainstay, closed for overnight disinfection.
May 6, 2020Updated 10:44 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/nyregion/nyc-subway-close-coronavirus.html
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
Biggest daily rise in Russia coronavirus cases
Russia records more than 10,000 people testing positive although the death rate is low.
WORLDBiggest daily rise in Russia coronavirus cases
UK death toll - officially 28,131 - could be nearer 30,000, says head of national statistics office
Almost half of England's doctors may be buying their own protective equipment or relying on donations, survey says
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52519440
MELISSA QUINN CBS NEWS
May 3, 2020, 12:45 PM
Scott Gottlieb says coronavirus mitigation "didn't work as well as we expected" in reducing cases
How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take?
APRIL 30, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-covid-vaccine.html
The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump
The president created a leadership vacuum. China intends to fill it.
6:45 AM ET
This time, Americans are doing … nothing. Or to be more specific, because plenty of American governors, mayors, doctors, scientists, and tech companies are doing things, the White House is doing nothing. There is no presidential leadership inside the United States; there is no American leadership in the world.
Anne Applebaum Staff writer at The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/time-americans-are-doing-nothing/611056/
By MELISSA QUINN CBS NEWS
May 3, 2020, 12:08 PM
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker faults White House for shortages in coronavirus testing
Washington — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said Sunday he believes the White House should have stepped in earlier to ensure states have the supplies needed for coronavirus testing, especially as states begin looking toward a reopening of their economies and an easing of restrictions.
All roads into Gallup, New Mexico, are closed over "uninhibited" COVID-19 spread
BY AUDREY MCNAMARA
UPDATED ON: MAY 2, 2020 / 9:44 AM / CBS NEWS
'So many more deaths than we could have ever imagined.' This is how America's largest city deals with its dead
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
Updated 8:40 PM ET, Sun May 3, 2020
New York (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/03/us/coronavirus-funerals-bodies/index.html
Coronavirus NJ: 33 more deaths in Monmouth and Ocean counties; death toll at 900
Ken Serrano, Asbury Park Press
Published 2:54 p.m. ET May 6, 2020
Seven more big cats test positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
Russia records its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases
Seven more big cats test positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo
Following a National Geographic inquiry, the zoo confirms that four more tigers and three lions have the virus. This comes the same day as two pet cats in New York become the first in the U.S. to test positive.
BY NATASHA DALY
PUBLISHED APRIL 22, 2020
Editor’s note: This story was first published on April 5, 2020. It was updated on April 22 with the news that four additional tigers, three lions, and two domestic cats also tested positive for the coronavirus.
New York Partners With Six States to Purchase Coronavirus Tests, Medical Equipment
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the partnership will help prevent price gouging and save taxpayer money.
By Alexa Lardieri, Staff Writer May 3, 2020, at 5:20 p.m.
GOV. ANDREW CUOMO announced on Sunday that New York is launching a "regional buying consortium" with six other states to purchase medical supplies and coronavirus tests in order to "increase market power and bring down prices."
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are teaming up to buy $5 billion worth of medical equipment and supplies, including personal protective equipment, COVID-19 testing kits and ventilators.
Trump predicts that the U.S. death toll could reach 100,000.
Opinion
Abacus by Neil Newman
Post-coronavirus, expect manufacturing to make a mass exodus from China
- Firms across the world are rethinking their supply chains as they discover that links to the world’s factory are more fragile than they bargained for
- Drugs are a particularly sensitive area: no nation wants to depend on supplies from a potential adversary that can use delivery as a strategic weapon
Published: 7:00am, 4 May, 2020
NJ schools closed for rest of the school year due to coronavirus crisis
Stacey Barchenger and Greg Tufaro, Trenton Bureau
Published 11:49 a.m. ET May 4, 2020 |
Updated 1:18 p.m. ET May 4, 2020
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
The sands were mostly empty, though people sporadically lounged there, some with beach umbrellas set up. And many others were biking, walking and jogging along the pathways.
Rural Counties Seeing Faster Growth in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
Cases and deaths per capita in largely rural communities are outpacing growth in urban areas, a new analysis shows.
By Gaby Galvin, Staff Writer
April 30, 2020, at 4:34 p.m.
May 02, 2020 04:00 PMECONOMY
In Depth: China’s Recovery From Coronavirus Epidemic Better Than Expected, PBOC Chief Says
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China’s rebound from the Covid-19 epidemic has so far been better than expected and economic growth in the second half of the year will continue to gradually improve to “more or less the potential growth rate,” central bank Governor Yi Gang said, although he cautioned that much will depend on how the rest of the world recovers.
Speaking at an online roundtable organized by Caixin on April 17, Yi said that throughout the outbreak of the virus, China’s strategy was to make safeguarding lives the top priority, which inevitably had a significant impact on the economy. Macroeconomic policy was focused on stabilizing employment and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) played its role by supporting companies, especially small and midsized enterprises, and trying to help them in terms of cash flow.
Covid-19 hits African-Americans hardest in ‘potential catastrophe of inequality’, US study finds
- Infection rate 80 per cent higher than among Caucasians, with other ethnic minorities also more likely to contract disease, researchers in Texas say
- Finding highlights social divide and inequalities between the communities and could be happening in other US cities
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 9:00pm, 1 May, 2020
Fears Mount About Inflation Returning With a Vengeance
By Catherine Bosley and Anchalee Worrachate
May 3, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
- Aftermaths of major conflicts tend to feature surging prices
- Policy makers are more worried about deflation for now
Global Race for a Vaccine Intensifies
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
Huntington Beach: Helicopter, police, lifeguards on patrol to discourage sunbathers & surfers
With Pressure Growing, Global Race for a Vaccine Intensifies
Governments, companies and academic labs are accelerating their efforts amid geopolitical crosscurrents, questions about safety and the challenges of producing enough doses for billions of people.
WASHINGTON
By David E. Sanger, David D. Kirkpatrick, Carl Zimmer, Katie Thomas and Sui-Lee Wee
May 2, 2020Updated 3:50 p.m. ET
Vaccine Development, Testing, and Regulation
Vaccine development is a long, complex process, often lasting 10-15 years and involving a combination of public and private involvement
https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation
Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak
By The Visual & Data Journalism Team
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105
Coronavirus: California records most single-day deaths in over a week
The number of patients in intensive care units remained unchanged Friday
By LEONARDO CASTAÑEDA | lcastaneda@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2020 at 9:41 a.m. | UPDATED: May 2, 2020 at 12:19 p.m.
Where did it go wrong for the UK on coronavirus?
Analysis by Luke McGee and Mick Krever, CNN
Updated 1:28 PM ET, Fri May 1, 2020
London (CNN)The British government has claimed a win in its battle against coronavirus.
Lives to remember: Those we've lost to coronavirus
UPDATED ON: MAY 2, 2020 / 1:22 PM / CBS NEWS
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/coronavirus-deaths-global-pandemic-lives-we-lost/
Trump to replace Health Inspector General who criticized coronavirus response
BY GRACE SEGERS
MAY 2, 2020 / 4:47 PM / CBS NEWS
Trump Promises ‘Conclusive’ U.S. Report on Virus’s China Origins
By Jordan Fabian, Jennifer Jacobs, and Iain MarlowMay 3, 2020, 10:20 AM EDT Updated on May 4, 2020, 5:01 AM EDT
- President ratchets up criticism of Beijing’s virus response
- Stops short of backing Pompeo claim on government lab’s role
Buffett cautions on ‘extreme consequences’ from the Fed’s recent moves
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Buffett cautions on ‘extreme consequences’ from the Fed’s recent moves
PUBLISHED MON, MAY 4 202010:07 AM EDT UPDATED Jeff Cox
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- Warren Buffett said he worries about the “extreme consequences” of Federal Reserve action to prop up corporate debt.
- The Berkshire Hathaway chief mostly praised the central bank but said it’s hard to tell what the outcome of its moves will be.
- Buffett played a major role during the Great Recession but has largely avoided buying during the coronavirus crisis.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says "nobody knows" when pandemic will end
MAY 4, 2020 / 3:19 PM / CBS NEWS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-nobody-knows-pandemic-end/
Michigan governor says "some of the worst racism" fueled protests over coronavirus response
MAY 4, 2020 / 12:00 PM / CBS/AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michigan-protests-racism-governor-whitmer/
May 01, 2020 03:40 AMECONOMY
Trucks Are Closing a 6,000-Mile Beijing-to-Berlin Transport Gap
(Bloomberg) — The race to revive trade between Asia’s largest economy and manufacturers in Europe has created a 6,000-mile shipping route involving hundreds of trucks.
Read this before you venture out in public
By Scottie Andrew, CNN
Updated 2:23 AM ET, Fri May 1, 2020
(CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/health/how-to-go-out-in-public-wellness-trnd/index.html
Associated Press
Two doctors dead, one in intensive care after mysterious incident at Russian hospital
Published: May 6, 2020 at 10:10 a.m. ETBy
Media reports say all three have come under pressure from their superiors over working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic
MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russian doctors have died and one remains in the intensive care unit in serious condition after falling out of windows in hospitals under mysterious circumstances.
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Vir and Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development Candidate, VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2 for the Treatment of COVID-19
Mon May 4, 2020 7:30 AM|Business Wire|About: ALNY, VIR
− Highly Potent and Broadly Cross-Reactive RNAi Therapeutic Development Candidate Selected Only Three Months After Program Initiation −
− Companies Expect to Start Human Clinical Trials at or Around Year-End 2020 –
SAN FRANCISCO & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR) and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALNY)
https://www.alnylam.com/alnylam-rnai-pipeline/
Vir and Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development Candidate, VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2 for the Treatment of COVID-19
May 04, 2020
https://investors.alnylam.com/press-release?id=24796
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200504005207/en/
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VIR
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ALNY
The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June.
Vir & Alnylam Identify RNAi Therapeutic Development- VIR-2703 (ALN-COV), Targeting SARS-CoV-2
The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June.
Coronavirus Live Updates: Daily Death Toll Will Nearly Double by June, Trump Administration Models Predict
Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate. The Supreme Court hears a case remotely for the first time. An internal government report projects about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month.
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New York’s governor provided new details on seven requirements that regions must meet to reopen. New York City is meeting only three.
The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June.
As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths over the next several weeks. The daily death toll will reach about 3,000 on June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times, nearly double the current number of about 1,750.
California to begin reopening at end of this week, Newsom says
Clothing, bookstores and sporting goods stores among those allowed to operate in limited capacity
By MAGGIE ANGST | mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com and FIONA KELLIHER | fkelliher@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 4, 2020 at 12:38 p.m. |
UPDATED: May 5, 2020 at 6:57 a.m.
Coronavirus: Newsom slams Northern California counties as “making a big mistake” for opening restaurants, gyms, salons and spas
Governor says more gradual easing will begin Friday
By PAUL ROGERS | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com and FIONA KELLIHER | fkelliher@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 5, 2020 at 2:07 p.m. | UPDATED: May 6, 2020 at 6:19 a.m.
American Meat Workers Are Starting to Quit With Plants Reopening
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/u-s-meat-workers-are-quitting-as-virus-ridden-plants-reopen?srnd=premium
Three hospital workers gave out masks. Weeks later, they were all dead.
Three hospital workers gave out masks. Weeks later, they were all dead.
The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June.
Three hospital workers gave out masks. Weeks later, they were all dead.
By Nicole Hong
May 4, 2020Updated 11:48 a.m. ET
Coronavirus: China and US in ‘new Cold War’ as relations hit lowest point in ‘more than 40 years’, spurred on by pandemic
- US-China relations have nosedived to their lowest point in decades, ex-officials on both sides say
- Donald Trump has threatened to scrap the phase one trade deal and increase tariffs, while Chinese media have stepped up attacks on US political figures
Finbarr Bermingham and Cissy Zhou
Published: 11:00pm, 5 May, 2020
Coronavirus: China hid details of outbreak to hoard medical supplies, DHS report says
- US Department of Homeland Security report says China dramatically increased its imports and decreased its exports of medical supplies in January
- China first notified the World Health Organisation (WHO) of an unknown pneumonia-like disease on December 31, 2019
Published: 9:59am, 4 May, 2020
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
The report says that in January of this year, Beijing dramatically increased its imports and decreased its exports of medical supplies.
05/03/2020 06:44 PM EDT
Updated: 05/03/2020 08:58 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/03/dhs-china-hiding-coronavirus-info-supplies-233185
May 06, 2020 06:38 PM BUSINESS & TECH
China’s Return to Work Takes Symbolic Step Forward With Shanghai Disneyland Reopening
By Yang Ge
2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled
Three hospital workers gave out masks. Weeks later, they were all dead.
2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled
2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled
On the front line of the city’s battle against the pandemic, bus drivers are struggling to come to terms with their role as essential workers.
May 5, 2020, 3:00 a.m. ET
the latest daily reported death total for the UK (29,427) is now higher than the total for Italy (29,315)
The UK has reached this figure faster in its epidemic than Italy, but there are caveats to the comparison
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52539905
14:10
Empty terminals and no queues
Ed Habershon
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52539905
Live Reporting
Edited by Paulin Kola and Alex Kleiderman
Coronavirus: Nurse and parents with Covid-19 die weeks apart
Three members of the same family have died within weeks of each other after contracting coronavirus.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-52545623
NJ coronavirus cases at 130,593 as deaths rise to 8,244 on Tuesday (May 5)
NorthJersey.com
Published 12:12 p.m. ET May 4, 2020 |
Updated 1:37 p.m. ET May 5, 2020
What Iceland Can Teach the World About Minimizing COVID-19
The CEO of deCODE genetics discusses how officials in that country have tackled the coronavirus pandemic, and what scientists are learning about the virus.
By Thomas K. Grose, Contributor May 4, 2020, at 7:00 a.m.
Here is a map of all of the coronavirus cases, deaths in each NJ county
NorthJersey.com
Published 9:33 a.m. ET April 20, 2020 |
Updated 8:04 a.m. ET May 6, 2020
New Illness in N.Y. Children May Be Linked to Virus
Three hospital workers gave out masks. Weeks later, they were all dead.
2 Die From the Virus at a Bronx Bus Depot, and Drivers Are Rattled
New Illness in N.Y. Children May Be Linked to Virus: Live Updates
Fifteen pediatric patients, many of whom have had the coronavirus, have been hospitalized in the city with a mysterious inflammatory syndrome.
15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19
The health authorities in New York City issued an alert saying that the children had a syndrome that doctors do not yet fully understand.
Coronavirus cure: When will we have a drug to treat it?
By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent
30 April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52354520
The reality of the virus in the U.S. is an unrelenting crush of cases and deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-live-news.html#link-486b4759
Coronavirus Live Updates: White House Says Task Force Will Wind Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-live-news.html
While Trump touted reopening, his team was sounding alarms
Tapes of conference calls of FEMA and HHS officials across the country reveal widespread worries about new waves of Covid-19 infections.
By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN and ADAM CANCRYN
05/06/2020 04:30 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/06/trump-fema-hhs-coronavirus-response-239652
US ignored coronavirus warnings, says ousted vaccine director Rick Bright in whistle-blower complaint
- Top health official Alex Azar and others reacted with hostility and played down threat when alerted about pandemic, document states
- Bright previously said he was removed from post for refusing to push Trump-backed drugs for treatment of Covid-19
Published: 6:55am, 6 May, 2020
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COVID-19 resource links via Google
Coronavirus: The lives lost in a single day
Coronavirus: The lives lost in a single day
By Alice CuddyBBC News 30 April 2020
Each day brings confirmation of hundreds more coronavirus deaths in the UK, each one marking a devastating loss for a family or community somewhere in the country.
Your Life or Your Livelihood
Your Life or Your Livelihood: Americans Wrestle With Impossible Choice
As states begin to loosen restrictions, the act of reopening will be carried out not by governors or the president, but the millions of individuals being asked to do it.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Jack Healy and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
May 1, 2020
novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 病毒：新型冠状病毒 2019-nCoV
How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads
How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads
By Jonathan Corum and Carl ZimmerApril 30, 2020
Note: The four letters of DNA are A, C, G and T. In RNA molecules like the coronavirus genome, the T (thymine) is replaced with U (uracil).
Sources: Trevor Bedford, Sidney Bell et al., Nextstrain.org; Vaughan Cooper; Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche et al., medRxiv; Nature; New England Journal of Medicine. Cahill-Keyes World Map projection by Gene Keyes.
Coronavirus: the disease Covid-19 explained
Coronavirus: the disease
Covid-19 explained
The Covid-19 outbreak caused China to put much of the country into lockdown but the virus has spread rapidly around the world. Many countries are quarantining travellers from overseas. Find out how it all began.
BY SCMP GRAPHICS UPDATED DAILY
Symptoms of Coronavirus
Watch for symptoms
People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness.
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms or combinations of symptoms may have COVID-19:
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Or at least two of these symptoms:
- Fever
- Chills
- Repeated shaking with chills
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Sore throat
- New loss of taste or smell
This list is not all inclusive. Please consult your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or concerning to you.
Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.
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Gilead Sciences = Positive Data Emerging From NIAID Study of Antiviral Remdesivir for COVID-19
CREDIT RSSMAY 5, 2020 / 6:16 PM / UPDATED
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O)
Gilead in talks to expand global supply of COVID-19 drug remdesivir
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-int/gilead-in-talks-to-expand-global-supply-of-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN22H327
Japan to approve Gilead's remdesivir tomorrow, Abe says
May 6, 2020 7:26 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3570803-japan-to-approve-gileads-remdesivir-tomorrow-abe-says
How Remdesivir, New Hope for Covid-19 Patients, Was Resurrected
The drug failed as a treatment for hepatitis and Ebola. With federal funding, scientists trained it on the coronavirus.
By Gina Kolata May 1, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/health/coronavirus-remdesivir.html
April 29, 2020
Gilead Sciences Statement on Positive Data Emerging From National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Study of Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir for COVID-19
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 29, 2020-- Gilead Sciences. Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD)
April 29, 2020
Gilead Announces Results From Phase 3 Trial of Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir in Patients With Severe COVID-19
-- Study Demonstrates Similar Efficacy with 5- and 10-Day Dosing Durations of Remdesivir --
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 29, 2020-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD)
Gilead Says Remdesivir Hit Primary Target in Covid-19 Study
By Timothy Annett and John LauermanApril 29, 2020, 8:31 AM EDT Updated on April 29, 2020, 8:48 AM EDT
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GILD
Fauci gives his blessing to remdesivir
Apr. 29, 2020 12:22 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3566138-fauci-gives-blessing-to-remdesivir
FDA nod on Gilead's COVID-19 drug remdesivir imminent - NYT
Apr. 29, 2020 2:19 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
Coronavirus Live Updates: F.D.A. Plans to Announce Emergency Use of New Drug
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/us/coronavirus-usa-cases-deaths.html
https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19
Fauci expresses optimism about 'significant, positive' data from a trial of the possible Covid-19 treatment remdesivir
By Jamie Gumbrecht, Betsy Klein and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 3:38 PM ET, Wed April 29, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/health/gilead-sciences-remdesivir-covid-19-treatment/index.html
Gilead CEO Says Over 50,000 Remdesivir Courses Ready to Ship
FDA Moving at ‘Lightning Speed’ on Gilead Drug, Commissioner Says
By Anna Edney April 30, 2020, 9:17 AM EDT Updated on April 30, 2020, 10:32 AM EDT
Commissioner Hahn says agency wants to see totality of data
Several different pathways available for review, Hahn says
Remdesivir wins emergency use authorization from FDA
May 1, 2020 3:46 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3567792-remdesivir-wins-emergency-use-authorization-from-fda
Gilead CEO sees virus patients getting remdesivir this week
May 3, 2020 12:01 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Liz Kiesche, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3568006-gilead-ceo-sees-virus-patients-getting-remdesivir-this-week
API Sourcing: The Supply Side for US-Marketed Drugs
active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) supplied for US-marketed drugs
API Sourcing: The Supply Side for US-Marketed Drugs
By Patricia Van Arnum - DCAT Editorial Director
November 20, 2019
Opinion
Abacus by Neil Newman
Post-coronavirus, expect manufacturing to make a mass exodus from China
- Firms across the world are rethinking their supply chains as they discover that links to the world’s factory are more fragile than they bargained for
- Drugs are a particularly sensitive area: no nation wants to depend on supplies from a potential adversary that can use delivery as a strategic weapon
Neil Newman Published: 7:00am, 4 May, 202
This concern has been highlighted by the United States Food and Drug Administration, which estimates that 72 per cent of active drug ingredients used in the making of finished drugs in the US come from foreign sources.
Coronavirus Genome
Labs Across U.S. Join Federal Initiative to Study Coronavirus Genome
The project, announced by the C.D.C., will help trace patterns of transmission, investigate outbreaks and map how the virus is evolving, which can affect a cure.
By Sheri Fink April 30, 2020
Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus
Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus
Tracking your daily symptoms can help you and your doctors make better decisions about whether a hospital visit is needed.
By Tara Parker-Pope April 30, 2020
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AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
Oxford University announces landmark partnership with AstraZeneca for the development and potential large-scale distribution of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
30 April 2020
The drug company will make and distribute the potential coronavirus vaccine.
AstraZeneca teams up with Oxford U. on COVID-19 vaccine
Apr. 30, 2020 6:38 AM ET|About: AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3566711-astrazeneca-teams-up-oxford-u-on-covidminus-19-vaccine
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AZN
AstraZeneca, Oxford University Partner to Develop, Manufacture Coronavirus Vaccine
The university and the drugmaker began human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine last week.
By Alexa Lardieri, Staff Writer April 30, 2020, at 11:00 a.m.
Trump and Kushner Engage in Revisionist History in Boasting of Success Over Virus
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
Trump and Kushner Engage in Revisionist History in Boasting of Success Over Virus
“We did all the right moves,” the president said Wednesday. “The federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story,” said his son-in-law.
By Peter Baker
April 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States exceeded one million. The American death toll surpassed that of the Vietnam War. And the economy was reported to have shrunk by nearly 5 percent. But the White House on Wednesday declared its response to the crisis “a great success story.”
Opinion
SCMP Editorial
US numbers tell true story of war on virus
- With American deaths greater than those suffered in the Vietnam conflict, Donald Trump has to learn from better prepared East Asian countries and remain vigilant
Published: 8:36pm, 30 Apr, 2020
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3082373/us-numbers-tell-true-story-war-virus
Pandemic has exposed unpreparedness of US
By Rod P. Kapunan | China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-04-30 08:51
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/30/WS5eaa210ea310a8b241152cd1.html
Such noises grow louder as the US lays bare its failure to effectively cope with the pandemic while China manages to curb domestic cases, with Wuhan clearing its last hospitalized patient on April 26.
Not long ago, US officials were still boasting about their control of the virus. It is most disheartening that soon afterward, the pandemic exposed the unpreparedness of the US. Their arrogance that "the virus is Asian" and their own health systems are stronger led them astray.
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
By Jessica LussenhopBBC News
17 April 2020
How did the biggest cluster in the US emerge in a corner of South Dakota? Infections spread like wildfire through a pork factory and questions remain about what the company did to protect staff.
The Smithfield pork plant, located in a Republican-led state that is one of five in the US that has not issued any kind of shelter-in-place order, has become a microcosm illustrating the socioeconomic disparities laid bare by the global pandemic. While many white-collar workers around the country are sheltering in place and working from home, food industry workers like the employees at Smithfield are deemed "essential" and must remain on the front lines.
Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery
By Maggie Fox, CNN
Updated 7:50 PM ET, Thu April 30, 2020
(CNN)The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday.
They said government officials should stop telling people the pandemic could be ending and instead prepare citizens for a long haul.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/health/report-covid-two-more-years/index.html
Schools in N.Y. State Close Till End of Academic Year: Latest Updates
Governor Cuomo said it was impossible to reopen schools “in a way that would keep our children and students and educators safe.”
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New Jersey reported 311 more virus deaths, the second straight day the state reported more deaths than New York.
Trump and Kushner show depth of disconnect with Americans on the front lines
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
Trump and Kushner show depth of disconnect with Americans on the front lines
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 8:05 AM ET, Thu April 30, 2020
Wuhan shows the world that the end of lockdown is just the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis
Analysis by David Culver, CNN
Updated 8:39 AM ET, Thu April 30, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/asia/wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html
Coronavirus: Armed protesters enter Michigan statehouse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496514
Why Trump Was Deaf to All the Warnings He Received
The president’s incuriosity and paranoia hobbled his response.
APRIL 29, 2020
David A. Graham Staff writer at The Atlantic
The Washington Post reports that the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, an intelligence report on national-security threats, mentioned the coronavirus “more than a dozen” times in January and February, a period during which the Trump administration was doing little to prepare for a pandemic, and when the president himself was often downplaying the threat the virus posed to the United States. The oversight would come as a surprise if not for the long line of warnings that the president is known to have ignored.
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
Amid a Rising Death Toll, Trump Leaves the Grieving to Others
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died from the coronavirus, emphasizing confidence about the future rather than dwelling on the present.
By Peter Baker
April 30, 2020, 6:56 p.m. ET
As the death toll from the coronavirus over eight weeks surpasses the total American military casualties in eight years of major combat in Vietnam, Mr. Trump has led no national mourning. In his daily news conferences, he makes only perfunctory references to those who have died as he stiffly reads opening remarks, exhibiting more emotion when grieving his lost economic record than his lost constituents.
Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn.
The city’s turbulent history has forged an irreverent, anti-authoritarian and, in some ways, cynical character. Can that survive the coronavirus?
Photographs by Nadia Shira Cohen
May 1, 2020Updated 12:08 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/world/europe/italy-rome-coronavirus-lockdown.html
Protesters take demands to reopen US to the streets | WNT
May 1, 2020
ABC NewsABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfCST_MPFs
Coronavirus Pandemic Likely to Last Two Years
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 62,700 Americans who have died
Coronavirus Pandemic Likely to Last Two Years, Report Says
By John LauermanMay 1, 2020, 4:11 AM EDT
May 01, 2020 01:35 PM
New Reports on Virus in Kids Fuel Uncertainty on Schools
Medical staff suffering insomnia while treating coronavirus cases likely also to be depressed and anxious, research shows
- Frontline medical staff who regularly lost sleep during the peak of the pandemic in China are, according to a study, more likely to feel depressed and anxious
- Suggested strategies to overcome sleep disorders include stress relief to overcome negative thoughts and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
Published: 5:30pm, 1 May, 2020
Pandemic experts issue sobering warning about future
Coronavirus: US intelligence debunks theory it was 'manmade'
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Coronavirus: US intelligence debunks theory it was 'manmade'
Coronavirus: US intelligence debunks theory it was 'manmade'
The US intelligence community has determined Covid-19 "was not manmade or genetically modified", though it is still investigating the virus' origins.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that senior White House officials have asked the US intelligence community to investigate whether the virus came from a Wuhan research laboratory.
Intelligence agencies have also been tasked with determining if China and the WHO withheld information about the virus early on, unnamed officials told NBC News on Wednesday.
White House Blocks Fauci From Testifying to Congressional Panel
By Erik Wasson and Jennifer JacobsMay 1, 2020, 6:19 PM EDT
- Appropriations subcommittee had asked him to appear next week
- White House says appearance would be ‘counter-productive’
Why so many US nurses are out of work
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Coronavirus: US intelligence debunks theory it was 'manmade'
Coronavirus: Why so many US nurses are out of work
By Aleem MaqboolBBC News
29 April 2020
At a time when medical professionals are putting their lives at risk, tens of thousands of doctors in the United States are taking large pay cuts.
And even as some parts of the US are talking of desperate shortages in nursing staff, elsewhere in the country many nurses are being told to stay at home without pay.
Coronavirus: in a pop-up lab in Beijing, this firm is trying to clean up China’s murky face mask industry
- Smart Air launched as an air purifier provider and tested masks for the notorious Beijing smog, but the Covid-19 pandemic changed that
- After coronavirus hit, the firm opened a makeshift lab in Beijing to test the 2020’s hottest commodity: face masks
Published: 6:15pm, 1 May, 2020
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Large number of non-symptomatic cases will concern authorities as they seek to lift lockdown
Yuan Yang and Nian Liu in Beijing and Jane Pong in Hong Kong
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Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China showed no symptoms of the illness when they were diagnosed, according to data that are likely to complicate moves by governments around the world to lift strict lockdown measures.
Organizers are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to "fully reopen" the state immediately.
Britain’s coronavirus death toll now world’s third-worst
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China show no symptoms
Britain’s coronavirus death toll now world’s third-worst
- UK records 26,097 coronavirus deaths as of April 28
- Toll includes deaths outside hospital settings for the first time
Published: 3:33pm, 30 Apr, 2020
As coronavirus tsunami leaves China, wave of infections may be far from over
- China seems to be over the worst while other countries are at different stages, creating challenges for managing lockdowns and reopening
- But health experts differ on what point the pandemic is at, with one saying it’s still early days and ‘we don’t really know what the full scope will be’
Published: 7:00pm, 1 May, 2020
Chinese virologist at centre of ‘coronavirus came from a laboratory’ claim denies defecting
- ‘No matter how difficult things are, there will not be a ‘defector’ situation,’ Shi Zhengli says on WeChat
- Dismissal comes amid online rumours she and her family were seeking refuge at US embassy in Paris
Published: 4:29pm, 2 May, 2020
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
By Elise YoungApril 29, 2020, 12:23 PM EDT Updated on April 29, 2020, 2:04 PM EDT
- Infections are increasing at slower rate than a month ago
- New Jersey has been under stay-at-home lockdown since March 21
Nearly All NYC-Area COVID-19 Hospitalizations Had Comorbidities
The most common preexisting conditions among the patients were diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
Apr 24, 2020
Covid Exit Strategy Depends on Getting Vaccine to Whole World
By James Paton May 1, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
- Health groups push for measures to overcome access hurdles
- Competing global interests snarl vaccine supply priorities
Apr 29, 2020 07:05 AM SOCIETY & CULTURE
The Medical Mystery of Positive Covid-19 Tests in Recovered Patients
By Ma Danmeng, Huang Shulun and Han Wei
Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
New Jersey Governor to Reopen State Parks, Golf Courses After Criticism
Annals of EpidemiologyMay 4, 2020 Issue
Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not
The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.
April 26, 2020
In early March, as Dow Constantine was asking Microsoft to close its offices and putting scientists in front of news cameras, de Blasio and New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, were giving speeches that deëmphasized the risks of the pandemic, even as the city was announcing its first official cases. De Blasio initially voiced caution, saying that “no one should take the coronavirus situation lightly,” but soon told residents to keep helping the city’s economy. “Go on with your lives + get out on the town despite Coronavirus,” he tweeted on March 2nd—one day after the first covid-19 diagnosis in New York. He urged people to see a movie at Lincoln Center. On the day that Seattle schools closed, de Blasio said at a press conference that “if you are not sick, if you are not in the vulnerable category, you should be going about your life.” Cuomo, meanwhile, had told reporters that “we should relax.” He said that most infected people would recover with few problems, adding, “We don’t even think it’s going to be as bad as it was in other countries.”
Senior Living: The do’s and dont’s to prevent the spread of coronavirus
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BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer announce completion of dosing for first cohort of Phase 1/2 trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidates in Germany
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BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
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BIONTECH AND PFIZER ANNOUNCE REGULATORY APPROVAL FROM GERMAN AUTHORITY PAUL-EHRLICH-INSTITUT TO COMMENCE FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL OF COVID-19 VACCINE CANDIDATES
First COVID-19-related clinical trial to start in Germany
Initial dose escalation phase to target dose range of 1µg to 100µg
Clinical supply from BioNTech’s GMP-certified mRNA production facilities in Europe
Four vaccine candidates to enter clinical development
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 6:27amEST
MAINZ, Germany, and NEW YORK, USA, April 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3565740-covidminus-19-vaccine-be-ready-for-emergency-use-fall
BioNTech, Pfizer stocks rally after first participants in U.S. trial of COVID-19 vaccine were dosed
Published: May 5, 2020 at 6:57 a.m. ETBy
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests
BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests
By Josh Katz, Denise Lu and Margot Sanger-KatzApril 28, 2020
40,000 Missing Deaths:
Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Outbreak
By Jin Wu, Allison McCann, Josh Katz and Elian PeltierUpdated April 27, 2020, 3:00 P.M. E.T.
We’ve Lost Time in the Race for a Covid-19 Cure
A rush to test drugs quickly, rather than carefully, has hindered the hunt for a proven, evidence-based treatment.
By Lionel LaurentApril 29, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
Nose is a point of entry for coronavirus as West reinforces early Chinese research
- European team builds on Chinese findings from patient’s nose sample
- Nasal vulnerability means masks are crucial protection for medical staff and the public
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 11:00pm, 24 Apr, 2020
China lab refutes COVID-19 conspiracy theories as virus origin remains unclear
Updated: 2020-04-29 02:17
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/29/WS5ea87348a310a8b2411526f7.html
Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 10:41 AM ET, Wed April 29, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-pence/index.html
This is where all 50 states stand on reopening
By Alaa Elassar, CNNUpdated 10:30 PM ET, Mon April 27, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-coronavirus-trnd/
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend
Story by Ed Yong
7:00 AM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/pandemic-confusing-uncertainty/610819/
Coronavirus particles linger in the air in medical settings, research shows
BioNTech and Pfizer complete dosing for first cohort of phase 1/2 trial for COVID-19 vaccine
Coronavirus particles linger in the air in medical settings, research shows
Coronavirus particles linger in the air in medical settings, research shows
- Two hospitals in Wuhan were tested during the central Chinese city’s disease outbreak, adding to understanding of how the virus spreads
- While some areas showed traces of the virus, levels in ICUs and uncrowded public spaces were low
Published: 6:00pm, 29 Apr, 2020
Coronavirus may exploit our own immune system against us, find researchers
- Scientists speculate that virus might be exploiting our normal protective response
- Knowing how infected cells work can help understand the virus life cycle: researcher
Published: 11:00pm, 27 Apr, 2020
The virus behind the Covid-19 global pandemic
may be infecting humans by exploiting a key part of our body’s defence system, according to a new study.
Researchers have built on previous findings the new coronavirus targets and then enters cells mainly through the ACE2 receptor
, aided by an enzyme known as TMPRSS2.
Coronavirus: US expected to approve use of remdesivir after trials show it helped Covid-19 patients
- Food and Drug Administration seen to allow emergency use of Gilead Sciences’ experimental drug after clinical trials show it is effective
- US President Donald Trump hails data as good news, though top disease expert Anthony Fauci says results need to be further analysed
Published: 1:12am, 30 Apr, 2020
Did Gilead’s anti-coronavirus drug work or flop in its Wuhan clinical trial? Wall Street analysts are divided in their assessment
- A report that showed that the drug had not made any significant difference in the fatality or improvement in patients was removed by the World Health Organisation
- Gilead and scientists involved in the trial dispute how the results should be interpreted. Now Wall Street analysts covering Gilead are weighing in
Published: 12:00pm, 24 Apr, 2020
260,000 Words, Full of Self-Praise,
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
Coronavirus particles linger in the air in medical settings, research shows
260,000 Words, Full of Self-Praise, From Trump on the Virus
By Jeremy W. Peters, Elaina Plott and Maggie HabermanApril 26, 2020
Three journalists from The New York Times reviewed more than 260,000 words spoken by President Trump during the pandemic. Here’s what we learned.
How Trump and His Team Covered Up the Coronavirus in Five Days
The president and senior officials manipulated Americans and played down the severity of the pandemic.
By Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin
Mr. Goodman is a professor at New York University School of Law, where Ms. Schulkin is a student.
April 28, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/coronavirus-trump-coverup.html
Opinion
The White House leaves a leadership vacuum in the midst of a pandemic.
Coronavirus outbreak in France did not come directly from China, gene-tracing scientists say
- Researchers conclude that the virus was circulating undetected in France in February
- Findings highlight the difficulties governments face in tracing the source of coronavirus outbreaks
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 10:15pm, 28 Apr, 2020
'Possible Covid': Weary EMS Crews
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
www.nytimes.com › fdny-coronavirus-paramedics New York's ambulance workers have weathered the peak of the ... For seven and a half hours, the two New York City paramedics had worked a ...
By Ali Watkins
Photographs by Erin Schaff
April 27, 2020, 3:00 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/nyregion/fdny-coronavirus-paramedics.html
Coronavirus: the disease
Covid-19 explained
The Covid-19 outbreak caused China to put much of the country into lockdown but the virus has spread rapidly around the world. Many countries are quarantining travellers from overseas. Find out how it all began.
BY SCMP GRAPHICS UPDATED DAILY
VER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL
Job or Health? Restarting the Economy Threatens to Worsen Economic Inequality
The coronavirus recession has exacerbated the racial and income divides in America. Lifting restrictions too soon will make them worse and leave workers with a bleak choice.
April 27, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/business/economy/coronavirus-economic-inequality.html
How China Is Attempting to Prevent a Second Wave of Infections
Bloomberg NewsApril 28, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
- Bans on foreigners, 35-day quarantines for domestic travelers
- Cities take different approaches in push to return to normal
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
Wuhan lab coronavirus conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities
- The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been at the centre of a number of Covid-19 conspiracy theories, including one that the virus accidentally escaped
- The facility has the highest possible levels of security to stop deadly pathogens escaping and accidents are rare in such labs
Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing
Published: 6:00am, 28 Apr, 2020
Despite recent suggestions that
may somehow have escaped from the lab, it – and other similar facilities – have strict precautions in place to prevent such an occurrence.
Coronavirus: Wuhan lab at centre of conspiracy theory targeted by hackers
- Staff email addresses and login credentials reportedly leaked and circulated online, but it’s not clear who was behind it
- WHO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and US CDC among those hit by the cyberattacks
Liu Zhen in Beijing
Published: 9:33pm, 24 Apr, 2020
Finding patient zero 'extremely difficult'
By ZHANG ZHIHAO | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-04-28 07:00
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/28/WS5ea76404a310a8b2411521c3.html
U.S. death toll exceeded 50,000.
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Urges Some Governors to Consider Reopening Schools; White House Outlines Testing Plan
The C.D.C. added six new Covid-19 symptoms, as the U.S. death toll exceeded 50,000. Oil prices plummeted. Texas moved to reopen as other states gradually allowed some businesses to restart.
RIGHT NOW
The White House released a blueprint for helping states conduct more tests, after intense criticism from governors who have said the federal government has fallen short.
Here’s what you need to know:
- In a call with governors, Trump suggests some states should reopen schools before the end of the academic year.
- After costly delays, the Trump administration pledges to help states conduct more tests.
- Texas, the nation’s second most-populous state, moves to reopen.
- Barr tells prosecutors to look out for unconstitutional state and local virus orders.
- As more states let businesses reopen, challenges persist.
- The known death toll in the U.S. exceeds 50,000.
- Congress plans to return to session next week despite stay-at-home orders.
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
By Gerald Porter Jr. and Michael SassoApril 27, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT
- Few customers opt to dine in on the first day it’s offered
- Company shuttered 700 locations due to Covid-19 outbreak
Coronavirus latest: Trump says ‘we are not happy with China’ as US cases near 1 million, 56,000 dead
- US president suggested that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak
- Next year’s Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over: Games chief
Compiled by SCMP’s Asia desk and Agencies
Published: 12:59am, 28 Apr, 2020
Europe’s canceled summer holiday
The coronavirus pandemic looms over one of the Continent’s most vital economic sectors.
By PAOLA TAMMA
04/27/2020 10:57 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/europes-canceled-summer-holiday-214063
What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine
For a Glimpse at What Reopening Looks Like, Head to Waffle House
What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine
Coronavirus ChroniclesMay 4, 2020 Issue
What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine
Medicine is a system for delivering care and support; it’s also a system of information, quality control, and lab science. All need fixing.
April 27, 2020
What Went Wrong with Coronavirus Testing in the U.S.
March 16, 2020
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-went-wrong-with-coronavirus-testing-in-the-us
Prognosis
Virus Likely to Keep Coming Back Each Year, Say Top Chinese Scientists
Bloomberg NewsApril 27, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT
- New virus is different from SARS with symptom-free infections
- Summer won’t necessarily lead to fewer cases: China expert
California’s Closed, Texas Open and States Go Their Own Way
4/28/2020, 10:05:55 AM
How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?
How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?
What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine
How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?
March 8, 2020
In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead
As scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to be effective in monkeys.
April 27, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html
Coronavirus: Donald Trump cuts US research on bat-human transmission over China ties
- Move comes after reports that millions of dollars from government grants had been sent to Wuhan Institute of Virology
- Lab is at centre of conspiracy theories alleging that Covid-19 outbreak began when virus escaped facility
Published: 7:48am, 28 Apr, 2020
Trump and Kushner Engage in Revisionist History in Boasting of Success Over Virus
“We did all the right moves,” the president said Wednesday. “The federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a great success story,” said his son-in-law.
By Peter Baker
April 29, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/us/politics/trump-kushner-coronavirus-revisionist-history.html
Sixteen COVID-19 rumors about China
How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?
The Coronavirus through a Nurse’s Lens
Sixteen COVID-19 rumors about China (Part One)
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-04-28 08:2
Editor's note:
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc around the world, there has been much misinformation surrounding public discourse about the origin and transmission of the COVID-19 virus (also called SARS-CoV-2). Lies, rumors and conspiracy theories have been widely circulating on social media and some established media.
The motives behind these actions are varied, some are aimed at slandering political and ideological opponents, others target specific countries, ethnicities and religions. China is often at the receiving end of this "infodemic" of misinformation.
The following are the 16 most common rumors about the COVID-19 epidemic related to China, recently compiled and published by the Chinese embassy in Germany. All of these rumors were debunked one by one based on scientific knowledge and facts, with hope to make public discourse around the topic more informed, honest, and truthful. The original version was published in Chinese and German. China Daily did some minor editing and updated a few figures in translation.
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/28/WS5ea77894a310a8b241152248.html
Sixteen COVID-19 rumors about China (Part Two)
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-04-29 06:30
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/29/WS5ea8ae6ea310a8b24115270a.html
The Coronavirus through a Nurse’s Lens
How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?
The Coronavirus through a Nurse’s Lens
U.S. Passes 1 Million Known Coronavirus Cases
- The United States surpassed 1 million known cases of the coronavirus, but the true number of infections is much higher.
- President Trump suggested reopening school districts before the summer to governors, but only a few states are considering it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/coronavirus-updates.html
‘Life Has to Go On’: How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown
The country was an outlier in Europe, trusting its people to voluntarily follow the protocols. Many haven’t, but it does not seem to have hurt them.
By Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson
April 28, 2020, 11:38 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-herd-immunity.html
What You Need to Know About the Covid-19 Antibody Test
Our ability to test for coronavirus antibodies is growing, but what we can do with that information is still limited.
By Tim Herrera
April 29, 2020, 4:51 p.m. ET