Upcoming Virtual Events NIH Virtual SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Therapeutics Summit – NIH The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are co-hosting this scientific summit to discuss progress and remaining challenges…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 27, 2020
Upcoming Virtual Events COVID-19 Summit to be held virtually Nov. 4-5 – Cornell Chronicle Researchers and clinicians from across Cornell’s Ithaca campus, Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech will gather for an online COVID-19 Summit, Nov. 4-5, to share their…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 26, 2020
Featured Headlines More SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections Reported, But Still a Rare Event – The Scientist Repeat COVID-19 cases could offer clues about people’s immunity to the novel coronavirus and how to vaccinate against it.The first indications that reinfection could occur came…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 23, 2020
Featured Headlines Study finds no COVID-19 benefit for convalescent plasma – CIDRAP Convalescent plasma derived from recovered patients provided no benefit over usual care in 464 COVID-19 adult patients in India, according to the results of the first randomized, controlled…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 22, 2020
Featured Headlines FDA OKs Remdesivir, First Drug for COVID-19 – Med Page Today The FDA approved remdesivir (Veklury) on Thursday for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a first for the disease that started a global pandemic. Remdesivir, an antiviral that works…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 21, 2020
Featured Headlines CDC notes ‘distressing trend’ of rising COVID cases – CIDRAP In their first press briefing in more than 2 months, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials warned that the country is approaching a “critical phase” in…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 20, 2020
Featured Headlines Fauci: No Quick End to Pandemic – MedPageToday But NIAID director, in CHEST speech, was optimistic about vaccine prospects. In a sobering message to physicians and their patients, the United States’ top infectious disease official suggests the rampaging…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 19, 2020
Upcoming Virtual Events Webinar: COVID-19: Navigating the COVID-19 Treatment Landscape From antivirals and anti-inflammatory therapy to corticosteroids and convalescent plasma, the treatment landscape for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) evolves each and every day as more and more studies are added…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 16, 2020
Featured Headlines Researchers Blast ‘Dangerous’ COVID-19 Herd Immunity Strategy – MedPageToday Any so-called “herd immunity” strategy based on letting coronavirus infections spread unchecked is not only dangerous, but completely unsupported by scientific evidence, said researchers in an open letter to…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 14, 2020
Featured Headlines Midwestern States Surge Toward Top of All-Time U.S. Covid Cases – Bloomberg North Dakota looks poised to become the No. 1 state in the nation by cumulative Covid-19 cases per capita, having surged past Florida and Mississippi with…