Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)


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?
 

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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

Apple & Google contact tracing system, explained

Apr 16, 2020

Apple and Google are working together in the face of a global pandemic. To track and fight new cases of coronavirus, the companies plan to create a new system for public health apps, eventually built straight into iOS and Android. The system can track the people you have come in contact with via Bluetooth. If one of those people is diagnosed with COVID-19, you'll be alerted and told to self-isolate.
 

COVID-19: Will social distancing be the new normal? A Mayo Clinic expert discusses the future

Apr 17, 2020

As some states look toward relaxing restrictions and social distancing measures, such as stay-at-home orders, new projections suggest social distancing may need to continue through 2022. Researchers predict that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will return every winter, and that prolonged or intermittent social distancing strategies could limit the strain on health care systems.

Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic COVID-19 expert, predicts that the COVID-19 pandemic will change many aspects of U.S. culture in the future, including the need to always practice social distancing measures.
 

The doctor vlogging from the frontlines of COVID-19

Apr 17, 2020

Ed Hope is a Junior Doctor working at an emergency ward at a UK hospital and this is his second video diary from the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic. The situation is worsening on Ed’s night shifts and he shares what he sees and experiences, as well as his and fellow health workers’ worries about the virus.
 

Apr 18, 2020

In episode 5 of World vs Virus podcast, Adam Grant, bestselling author, podcast host and Professor of Management and Psychology at the Wharton School, has advice for employers and employees on coping with COVID-19 lockdown, finding JOMO (the joy of missing out), and how we might achieve 'post-traumatic growth'.

World vs Virus is a weekly podcast breaking down the latest news, research, and analysis of the COVID-19 coronavirus, from the World Economic Forum.
 
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