"The take-home message for the general public is that if you’re exposed to someone with Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine is not an effective post-exposure preventive therapy,” the lead author of the study, Dr. David R. Boulware, from the University of Minnesota, said in an interview. Learn more here. Article by Denise Grady
Nearly six in 10 Americans say they are not ready to go back to their pre-pandemic activities like going to stores and restaurants, according to a new ABC News-Washington Post poll. Video Video by ABC News Videos
Take a look at the recent stats on coronavirus in the US. Learn more here. Article by The New York Times
The recent curfew was a historic measure. The last time New York City faced one was in 1945. At the time, the United States was fighting World War II and facing a coal shortage, and the federal government ordered a midnight curfew on all “places of entertainment” to curb energy use. Learn more here. Reporting [...]
The AMA Journal of Ethics hosts Ethics Talks every week. In this Ethics Talk, the journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Arthur Caplan about the development, production, and use of potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2. Learn more here. Article by AMA Journal of Ethics
President Trump said Friday the U.S. would halt its funding of the World Health Organization and pull out of the agency, accusing it of protecting China as the coronavirus pandemic took off. Learn more here. Article by Andrew Joseph and Helen Braswell
The article looks at Trump's rationale for holding funding for WHO, the international body leading the global health response to the CoVid-19 pandemic. Learn more here. Article by Helen Branswell
Professor Arthur Caplan is Director of Medical Ethics at New York University and says there is no guarantee a vaccine for COVID-19 will even be found, let alone able to be distributed to the world's population. Learn more here. Article by Sammi Taylor
Take a look at Dr. Caplan's perspective on a challenge study to create a vaccine fast during a pandemic. Learn more here. Article by Art Caplan
More than one million people around the world have been deemed recovered from the coronavirus, but beating the initial sickness may be just the first of many battles for those who have survived. Learn more here. Article by Lisa Du
