President Trump’s health secretary voiced optimism on Sunday that vaccines and treatments would soon save the day, but governors and experts issued bleak warnings about the public letting down its guard.
The president is charging into uncharted territory, against the advice of doctors who warned against leaving the hospital and about the random and often lethal nature of Covid-19.
President Trump yet again downplayed the deadly threat of the coronavirus, with remarks that medical professionals called “dangerous” and “utterly irresponsible.”
As the president begins his fourth day in the hospital with the coronavirus, the number of new cases reported daily across the United States is slowly rising.
Outside experts pointed to the therapies as signs that the president’s health may not be as good as his doctors said. His age, weight and gender put him at high risk.
Gina KolataMore confusion over Trump's illness
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A so-called monoclonal antibody lowered blood levels of the coronavirus and prevented hospitalizations. The research has not yet been vetted by independent experts.
Researchers discovered a way to awaken dormant stem cells and transform them into cartilage. If the technique works in humans, it may help ease debilitating joint pain.
Researchers are testing an experimental drug to halt sudden outbreaks. The trial may bring a new type of treatment for the virus.
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Gina KolataResearchers have steered clear of nursing homes, but they are covid hotspots. Now there's a large clinical trial asking if outbreaks in nursing homes can be stopped.
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A clinical trial showed that remdesivir helped hospitalized patients. Now researchers are asking whether when the drug is paired with another antiviral drug, patients will recover faster.
As the coronavirus spread on the Fort Apache reservation in Arizona, medical teams sought out residents who might have been exposed. The effort paid off in unexpected ways.
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Gina Kolataan unexpected benefit of contact tracing
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