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Apr 2, 2020
These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous
Posted by Ian Hale in categories: biotech/medical, health
Li Wenliang, the doctor in China who raised early awareness of the new coronavirus, died of the virus in February at 34. His death was shocking not only because of his role in publicizing the developing epidemic but also — given that young people do not have a high risk of dying from Covid-19 — because of his age.
Is it possible that Dr. Li died because as a doctor who spent a lot of time around severely ill Covid-19 patients, he was infected with such a high dose? After all, though he was one of the first young health care workers to die after being exposed up close and frequently to the virus, he was unfortunately not the last.
The importance of viral dose is being overlooked in discussions of the coronavirus. As with any other poison, viruses are usually more dangerous in larger amounts. Small initial exposures tend to lead to mild or asymptomatic infections, while larger doses can be lethal.
Apr 2, 2020
Could Ethiopia provide the cure to the rampaging pandemic?
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biotech/medical, health
In a joint press statement, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MoIT) said: “a domestic treatment drug” is being developed by the traditional medicine experts of the country.
The two ministries said the drug was prepared by integrating indigenous traditional medical knowledge with modern science.
The Country says it is developing a cure for Covid-19.
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Apr 2, 2020
Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
Apr 2, 2020
Biotech Pioneer Amgen Joins Hunt for Coronavirus Drug
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Big biotech company Amgen Inc. is joining the race to discover new drugs that can treat the novel coronavirus, the latest drugmaker redirecting resources toward the pandemic.
Amgen, which is partnering with Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. in the effort, is an unlikely hunter of antiviral treatments. The company, a pioneer of biotechnology, is best known for its drugs for cancer, with other products targeting high cholesterol, kidney disease and migraines.
Apr 2, 2020
Coronavirus and the Case for Universal Basic Income | WIRED UK
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biotech/medical, economics
What is Universal Basic Income (UBI) and how could it help us deal with the coronavirus outbreak? What if… we gave people free money?
The idea of a basic income is that everybody would receive a modest amount paid each week or each month without conditions, paid equally to every man and every woman with a smaller amount to pay for every child.
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Apr 2, 2020
Protein mapping finds 69 potential treatments for COVID-19
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
Infectious disease
Protein mapping finds 69 potential treatments for COVID-19.
Many are FDA-approved drugs that could be repurposed.
Apr 2, 2020
‘Build your own little spaceship’ — Chris Hadfield on isolation
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, space travel
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield is spending lockdown searching for a better test for COVID-19, rewiring his stove, and talking to Euronews about what isolation means — and how to deal with it.
Apr 2, 2020
Potential coronavirus vaccine ‘generates enough antibodies to fight off virus’
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: biotech/medical
Dozens of other teams around the world have potential vaccines in development.
But the Pittsburgh research is the first study on a Covid-19 vaccine candidate to be published after critique from fellow scientists at outside institutions.
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Apr 2, 2020
We aren’t just stopping coronavirus. We’re building a new world
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: biotech/medical, economics, transportation
Can we build a better world with the lessons learned around this pandemic?
There is discussion that globalism will give way to community resilience and local digital manufacture, storage and transportation to provide abundant resources for normal and unanticipated needs.
#CommunityResilience #CommunityResourceCentres
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