Tag Archives: COVID19

How to have a happy COVID-19 holiday

It’s the eternal parental problem – but with a difference. Where do we take the kids this holiday and what do we pack? How does COVID-19 change those choices? As the school holidays beckon, the virus intrudes. Wherever you go – a “staycation” or on a trip – the rules apply: keep your distance from… Read More »

Tenet cites dramatic rebound of patient volume post COVID-19 slump

Dive Brief: Dallas-based Tenet told investors Tuesday patient volumes at its hospitals have dramatically ramped back up following steep declines throughout March and April. Hospital surgeries, which were down 55% in April compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, returned to about 95% pre-COVID levels during the first half of June. Recovery efforts include securing personal protective equipment… Read More »

China’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in human trials, CNBG says

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine has triggered antibodies in clinical trials and the company plans late-stage human trials in foreign countries. No vaccines have been solidly proven to be able to effectively protect people from the virus that has killed more than 400,000 people, while… Read More »

Could Mouthwash Be an Ally in Fighting COVID-19?

New research1,2,3 shows many dental mouthwashes destroy the lipid layer of coronaviruses and reduces the replication of the virus in the throat and salivary glands, making mouthwash a potentially useful prophylactic against COVID-19. As noted by the authors:4 “Emerging studies increasingly demonstrate the importance of the throat and salivary glands as sites of virus replication… Read More »

New studies are estimating spending on COVID-19

In a new report published by the Brookings Institution, Matthew Fiedler, a fellow in economic studies at the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, and Zirui Song, M.D. ’10, Ph.D. ’12, assistant professor of health care policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, estimate national health care spending for COVID-19 care and discuss… Read More »