Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Drinking Surged During The Pandemic; Warning Signs For Problems

Drinking Surged During The Pandemic.  Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?  by KCUR.  Kaiser Health News.  June 24, 2020.

McKinsey: US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis

Survey:  US Consumer Sentiment During The Coronavirus Crisis.  McKinsey & Company.  June 11, 2020.

Isolationist Travel For The Pandemic

The New Escapism:  Isolationist Travel by Elaine Glusac.  The New York Times.  June 24, 2020.

The Concept Of The Second Wave Is Flawed

An Expert Explains:  Why It's Wrong To Talk About A Second Wave Of COVID-19 by Jeremy Rossman.  World Economic Forum,  June 23, 2020.

Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy Results In Avoidance By Nordic Neighbors

Sweden Tries Out A New Status:  Pariah State by Thomas Erdbrink.  The New York Times.  June 22, 2020.

Child Care Centers And Coronavirus: Almost No Recorded Cases Of Child-To-Adult Transmission

What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stand Open During Lockdowns by Anya Kamentz.  NPR.  June 24, 2020.

Older People May Require Different Vaccination Strategy

Covid-19 Vaccine May Not Work For At-Risk Older People, Say Scientists by Sarah Boseley.  The Guardian.  June 23, 2020.

Using Public Restrooms Safely During The pandemic

Public Restrooms:  What You Need To Know About Using Them Safely Amid The Pandemic by Jen Rose Smith.  CNN.  June 23, 2020l

Friday, June 19, 2020

Large Study Supports Safety Of Convalescent Plasma And Effectiveness Early In The Disease

Blood Plasma From People Who Recovered Is A Safe Covid-19 Treatment, Study Says by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  June 18, 2020.

Waste Water Samples Detect Coronavirus Traces In Italy On December 18, 2020.

Coronavirus Was Already In Italy By December, Waste Water Study Finds.  BBC.  June 19, 2020.

Will Developing Countries Get Any Vaccines In Time To Save Lives?

Race For Virus Vaccines Could Leave Some Countries Behind by The Associated Press/NY Times.  June 18, 2020

Chinese Study: Household Transmission Of COVID-19 Could Have Huge Impact On Reducing Covid Cases

Study From Chinese City Of Guangzhou Provides Key Insights On How COVID-19 Spreads In Households by Lancet.  Medical Express.  June 18, 2020.

Fauci: Pervasive "Anti-Science Bias" May Lead Many Americans To Disregard Public Health Experts

Fauci Blames 'Anti-Science Bias' For People Not Following COVID-19 Rules by Aila Slisco.  Newsweek.  June 18, 2020.

Pandemic Results In Delays In Cancer Screenings, Diagnoses, Research, And Treatments

Nation's Cancer Chief Warns Delays In Cancer Care Are likely To Result In Thousands Of Extra Deaths In Coming Years by Laurie McGinley.  The Washington Post.  June 18, 2020.

Coronavirus Pandemic Changing The Prescribing Practices Of Hospitals

U.S. Hospitals In Hard Hit Regions Step Up Use Of Steroids On Sickest COVID-19 Patients by Michael Erman.  Reuters.  June 19, 2020.

Accusations Of Falsification Of COVID-19 Test Results In Clarke County

Georgia Nurses Accuse Hospital Of Manipulating COVID-19 Test Results by Lindsey Basye, Andy Pierrotti. 11 Alive.  June 18, 2020.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Where To Focus, And Not To Focus, Attention To Understand The Epidemic

Amateur Epidemiology Is Deterring Our Covid-19 Response.  Here's What We Should Do Instead by Tom Frieden.  The Washington Post.  June 10, 2020.

Fitness Freed From The Gym? Will Coronavirus Kill The Dedicated Space?

How Fitness Will Change Forever by Michael Owen.  The Atlantic.  May 29, 2020.

Health Is About More Than Simply Avoiding Coronavirus Infection; All Protests Are Not Equal

Public-Health Experts Are Not Hypocrites by Julia Marcus and Gregg Gonsalves.  The Atlantic.  June 11, 2020.

Warning Signals For Georgia Coronavirus

Two And A Half Weeks After Memorial Day, COVID-19 Data Ticks Back Up In Georgia by Erin Peterson.  11Alive Staff.  June 11, 2020.

Emory University Will Require COVID-19 Testing Of Dormitory Residents And Those Taking In-Person Classes

Emory To Require COVID-19 Testing For Face-To-Face Instruction by Eric Stirgus.  Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  June 11, 2020.

Innovative Sex/Dating During The Pandemic

Masks, No Kissing And "A Little Kinky':  Dating And Sex In A Pandemic by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  June 11, 2020.

Molecular Changes Due To Exercises: 9,815 Changes During And After Exercise

A Single Session Of Exercise Alters 9,815 Molecules In Our Blood by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2020.

Using Data, Managing Risk, Developing Good Habits To Live During A Pandemic

5 Rules To Live By During A Pandemic by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  June 9, 2020.

New: Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker by Jonathan Corum And Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2020.

The Personal Activities Of 511 Epidemologists: When They Will Resume Everyday Activities

When 511 Epidemiologists Expect To Fly, Hug And Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again by Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain iller And Quoctrung Bui.  The New York Times.  June 8, 2020.

Friday, June 5, 2020

Not Over In Two Weeks: Long-Term Suffers Of Coronavirus Are Left Out Of Narrative

COVID-19 Can Last For Several Months by Ed Yong.  The Atlantic.  June 4, 2020.

NIH Chief Warns That "Skepticism" May Cause Some To Skip Vaccine

NIH Chief Worried Vaccine "Skepticism" Might Cause Some To Skip Vaccine by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  June 4, 2020.

Five Possible Reasons Georgia Coronavirus Cases Have Not Surged

Why Georgia's Reopening Hasn't Led To A Surge In Coronavirus Cases (So Far) by German Lopez.  Vox.  June 4, 2020.

Retractions Of Two Major Medical Studies Raises Questions About Scientific Research As Pandemic Spreads

Two Huge Covid-19 Studies Are Retracted After Scientists Sound Alarms by Roni Caryn Rabin and Ellen Gabler.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2020.

Middle East, Africa, Latin America, South Asia Hit By Coronavirus; Global Cases Grow By More Than 100,000 A Day

Coronavirus Rips Into Regions Previously Spared by Declan Walsh.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2020.

Some Athletes Who Had Coronavirus Suffer Lingering Lung And Other Health Issues

These Athletes Had The Coronavirus.  Will They Ever Be The Same?  by Andrew Keh.  The New York Times.  May 29, 2020.