Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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SN9014: Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: what we know right now | SciShow news

Apr 10, 2020

You might have heard that we found a cure for the COVID-19, and that it comes from a drug we've used for centuries. But let's take a breath and look at the facts.

 

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Intro to viruses, antivirals, and vaccines - Dr. Pamela Bjorkman

Apr 10, 2020

Pamela Bjorkman, the David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Bioengineering, specializes in studying how the immune system reacts to viruses. In this webinar, she gives an introduction to viruses, antivirals, and vaccines in the context of SARS-CoV-2, the novel virus causing the current COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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Article "Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources"
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source says.

by Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek
April 9, 2020

 

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COVID-19: Helping the food industry on the front lines with AI

Apr 10, 2020

Join Josh Bersin (Founder and Dean of the Josh Bersin Academy), Mike Baum (Chief Collaboration Officer at FMI - The Food Industry Association), and Ashutosh Garg (CEO & Co-Founder of Eightfold) as they discuss:

– The impact of COVID-19 on workers today and the ramifications on the future of work
– How AI is helping impacted individuals and companies bridge the gaps
– How you can help

We’ve all been affected by COVID-19. Employers and workers are facing challenges that we’ve never seen. Many organizations are letting employees go. Others can’t hire fast enough.

Eightfold Talent Exchange launched this week to help bridge the gap. The Eightfold Talent Exchange matches recently unemployed staff to the right open jobs with employers who are staffing up to keep our world running. It’s for companies laying off or furloughing their people and those companies that are hiring quickly.

 

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Virologe Streeck kritisiert bei Lanz Corona-Maßnahmen

Apr 1, 2020

Der Virologe Streeck sagt, das Hauptproblem in der aktuellen Diskussion seien fehlende Daten und Fakten, um Entscheidungen zu treffen. Die Wirkung der Maßnahmen vor der Kontaktsperre sei nicht ausreichend überprüft worden, außerdem fehlten Richtlinien für eine Exit-Strategie, so Streeck. Er betont jedoch, es sei zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt auch falsch, alle Maßnahmen wieder zurückzudrehen.

Im stark von Corona-Fällen betroffenen Kreis Heinsberg haben Prof. Streeck und sein Team diverse Oberflächen getestet und kein aktives Virus nachweisen können: Weder auf Handys, Türklinken, Waschbecken noch Katzen, selbst bei hoch infektiösen Familien. Er betont daher, es gebe stand jetzt keine Gefahr, beim Einkaufen, jemand anderen zu infizieren. Die bisherige Forschung zeige: Vor allem große Menschenmengen mit viel Kontakt seien eine Gefahr, also beispielsweise Partys und Fußballspiele.

Prof. Hendrik Streeck ist Direktor des Instituts für Virologie und HIV-Forschung an der Universität Bonn. Er wird mit seinem Team im Kreis Heinsberg jetzt noch genauer untersuchen, wie sich das Virus ausgebreitet hat. Er will auch der Frage nachgehen, wie hoch die Dunkelziffer von nicht erkannten Krankheitsfällen ist. Davon, dass das RKI keine solche Studie geplant hatte, zeigte er sich überrascht.

In der Debatte über Mundschutz positioniert sich Streeck klar und sagt, entlang der Empfehlungen der WHO, dass ein flächendeckender Mundschutz nicht angemessen sei. Vor allem deshalb, weil die Schutzausrüstung etwa bei Menschen im medizinischen Bereich dringender benötigt würde.

Immer auf dem aktuellen Stand bleibt ihr mit unserem Corona-Liveblog auf ZDFheute: https://kurz.zdf.de/INd


Die komplette Folge Markus Lanz vom 31.03.2020 könnt ihr in der Mediathek anschauen. https://kurz.zdf.de/bvNmG
Die weiteren Gäste in der Sendung waren:

Margot Käßmann, Theologin
"Die momentane Situation ist ein seelischer Ausnahmezustand", sagt die Pfarrerin und Autorin. Sie zeigt auf, welche Gefahren, aber auch Chancen die Corona-Krise der Gesellschaft bietet.

Marcel Fratzscher, Ökonom
Der Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung spricht über die Folgen des Stillstandes der Wirtschaft und über die Wirksamkeit der Hilfspakte der Bundesregierung.

Johannes Hano, Journalist
Der ZDF-Auslandskorrespondent wird aus New York in die Sendung geschaltet. Er berichtet über die aktuelle Lage in der Millionenmetropole.

Reinhard Merkel, Strafrechtler
Er ist Mitglied im Deutschen Ethikrat und erläutert das Triage-Verfahren, nach dem Ärzte im Falle von überfüllten Krankenhäusern unter Schwerkranken eine Auswahl treffen müssten.

Foto: Markus Hertich

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Hier auf ZDFheute Nachrichten erfahrt ihr, was auf der Welt passiert und was uns alle etwas angeht: Wir sorgen für Durchblick in der Nachrichtenwelt, erklären die Hintergründe und gehen auf gesellschaftliche Debatten ein. Diskutiert in Livestreams mit uns und bildet euch eure eigene Meinung mit den Fakten, die wir euch präsentieren.

Abonniert unseren Kanal, um nichts mehr zu verpassen.

Immer auf dem aktuellen Stand seid ihr auf http://www.ZDFheute.de

 

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson discharged from hospital, thanks NHS

Streamed live April 12, 2020

 

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Maya Anti-Viral Covid-19 Protective Sticker for Masks Eyal Zussman Technion

Apr 12, 2020

The Maya Anti-Viral Protective Sticker for Masks to protect medical staff and patients from covid-19; by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Prof. Eyal Zussman of the Nano-Engineering Lab in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering together with Dr. Samer Srouji of the Galilee Medical Center.

 

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Why you should wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19?

Apr 12, 2020

How far do droplets travel when you sneeze with and without a mask?

When a person coughs or sneezes, he releases a cloud of droplets into the air. Within seconds, the heavier particles will drop to the ground. Lighter and smaller particles linger on for a while and do not fall immediately to the ground. Those around him may then be exposed to the droplets.

However, when one wears a mask properly, fewer or no droplets are released into the atmosphere when one coughs or sneezes.

A*STAR scientists, in collaboration with SingHealth doctors from the SGH Department of Infectious Diseases; and the Department of respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; designed an experiment to illustrate the importance of wearing a mask.

This experiment shows that wearing a mask is effective at reducing the spread of droplets, and complements safe distancing measures. If the mask used in the video looks familiar to you, we have used a cloth mask distributed by the People’s Association in this experiment.

Leave your home only when absolutely necessary, and put on a mask securely, when you do. If you are ill but asymptomatic, the mask protects others from you, when you are out and about.

 

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Article "COVID-19 robotics resources: ideas for roboticists, users, and educators"

by Sabine Hauert
April 13, 2020

 

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How to wear a mask properly

Apr 13, 2020

Wearing a mask can help keep you and your loved ones healthy, which is why Huawei employee Victor Campo and his family have learned how to wear masks properly. So what are the top tips to getting it right? Watch the video to find out.

 

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How Coronavirus could transform the economy for good

Apr 13, 2020

Top economist Mariana Mazzucato discusses how Coronavirus could transform the economy for good.

 

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COVID-19 Animation: what happens if you get Coronavirus?

Mar 28, 2020

This video animation on COVID-19 and the coronavirus is a collaboration between Nucleus Medical Media and our friends at the What If Channel.

 

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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Emergency medicine in the time of COVID-19

Apr 13, 2020

Emergency medicine is a specialty that prides itself on a mantra: anyone, anything, anytime. The COVID-19 pandemic has put emergency health care providers and first responders on the front lines, fighting the spread of the virus and caring for critically ill patients.

On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Annie Sadosty, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, discusses when patients should come to the emergency room, how to safely care for people with COVID-19, and how teams at Mayo Clinic are collaborating during the pandemic.

 

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Article "Don’t expect AI to solve the coronavirus crisis on its own"
How optimistic should we be about the impact of artificial intelligence in a pandemic?

by Rebecca Heilweil
April 13, 2020

 

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Article "Exclusive: Amazon Is Powering The Coronavirus Diagnostics Of The Future"

by Maneet Ahuja
April 13, 2020

 

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How scammers are using the coronavirus to cash in

Apr 13, 2020

Watch out for these top scams that cybercriminals are using to make money on coronavirus fear and anxiety

 

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Why the new face mask recommendations?

Apr 13, 2020

On April 3rd, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started recommending that people wear a mask over their face when they go out in public. Except, for many of us, this isn’t the message we’ve gotten for the last couple of months. So... what changed?

 

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Is COVID-19 the end of the handshake, as we know it?

Apr 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to accept a "new normal" and change behaviors. One example has been the need to alter how we greet each other. As part of social distancing, health experts have recommended that people to avoid shaking hands, since hands tend to carry a lot of germs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading infectious diseases expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says we've got to break that custom, even after the COVID-19 pandemic. Doing away with handshakes would not only prevent COVID-19, but most likely help to prevent influenza.

Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, says Dr. Fauci is absolutely correct. In fact, it's a topic Dr. Poland has been talking about for years.

 

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Doctors face troubling question: are they treating Coronavirus correctly?

Apr 14, 2020

Doctors say the coronavirus is challenging core tenets of medicine, leading some to abandon long-established ventilator protocols for certain patients. But other doctors warn this could be dangerous.

 

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GSK actions to support the global response to COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020

Emma Walmsley, CEO, discusses GSK's response to COVID-19 including our collaboration with Sanofi to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine, our commitment to access and investment in long-term pandemic preparedness.