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Convalescent plasma: another controversial clash of politics & science

You’d need a pretty big, stiff broom to sweep away all of the hype dished out by the Trump Administration as it announced an Emergency Use Authorization for convalescent plasma – the liquid component of blood that may be tapped for disease-fighting antibodies from people who’ve been infected with COVID-19. Before the announcement was even… Read More »

New helmet and tent aim to protect health care workers from the coronavirus – Science Magazine

Kevin Ward, a University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, emergency medicine physician, tests a negative pressure helmet he helped design. Michigan Medicine and FlexSys, Inc. By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega May. 15, 2020 , 5:05 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. COVID-19 is a threat to the very people fighting it—nurses, doctors, and… Read More »

UK’s coronavirus science advice won’t be published until pandemic ends

By David Adam Patrick Vallance (centre) is the UK’s chief scientific adviserIan Davidson/Alamy Live News Key scientific data and advice the UK government is using to guide its covid-19 response won’t be published until the pandemic ends. Documents used to make decisions and the minutes of meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE)… Read More »

The health carer – Science Magazine

Summary When Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took office as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) on 1 July 2017, he brought an ambitious to-do list: Reform WHO, strengthen evidence-based decision-making, highlight the health impact of climate change, and provide 1 billion more people with health coverage. But now, the rapid spread of a novel coronavirus, declared a Public… Read More »