Tag: Covid-19
The President Tests Positive for Covid-19
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US President Donald J. Trump has tested positive for the presence of the Covid-19 virus in his system. The test was administered on...
Health: Back and Forth and Back Again in the UK
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This spring the United Kingdom, like much of the rest of the world, imposed significant restrictions on the movement of its residents in...
Health: Prescription Deliveries and Mail Delays
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Recent policy changes at and delivery difficulties with the US Postal Service have had an impact on the delivery of prescription medicines. This...
New Woodward Book Chronicles Pandemic Politics
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Bob Woodward, a reporter who has covered politics at the highest levels in the United States since the 1970s, has a new book...
Health: Covid-19 Testing Methods to Change
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The trajectory of the Covid-19 outbreak may change drastically as testing methods change. Ideally, people (at any income level) who are concerned about...
Health: Plasma Therapy for Covid-19
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The US administration recently rolled out, with great fanfare, an emergency authorization for the use of convalescent blood plasma to treat Covid-19. This...
Health: The History of This Plague
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Early in the course of the penetration of the Covid-19 virus into the United States (in February 26-27, 2020), a drug company, Biogen,...
Health: Operation Warp Speed
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What President Donald Trump and his administration call "Operation Warp Speed" is an effort to develop and distribute an effective vaccine for Covid-19...
Health: Covid-19 is a Vascular Condition
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As clinical experience, and research results, expand it becomes ever more clear that the pandemic is for many of its patients, at least...
Health: Hydroxychloroquine Trials Ended
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Hydroxychloroquine is a malarial medicine, approved for medical use in the United States since 1955. It has become a matter of headline controversies,...