To Fight Coronavirus Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria and Ebola
Despite flimsy evidence, trying these drugs in humans is the only way to know if they will work against COVID-19
Despite flimsy evidence, trying these drugs in humans is the only way to know if they will work against COVID-19
They aim for clarity amid confusion surrounding the outbreak
The World Health Organization chose the name based on the type of virus and the year the first cases were seen
Whenever there’s a new outbreak, scientists rush to calculate a number called R0, or R-naught
The novel coronavirus outbreak raises questions about how such pathogens evolve and what makes infections mild or severe
Infectious disease surveillance networks already exist, but they can be highly porous
CDC officials raised the possibility that the coronavirus could become a pandemic, but hoped it would not be
The declaration was made because of the risk the virus poses to countries outside China, where limited person-to-person spread has occurred
The case involved the husband of an infected woman who recently traveled to China
We need to treat it as the deadly biological threat it is
The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines
The parallel dos and don’ts for the two viruses are striking
Although scientists have learned a lot so far, there is still much they do not know about the novel virus spreading in China and other countries
If the virus cannot be contained, it could start regularly circulating in the population like other common respiratory viruses
The country has shut down all travel to and from Wuhan and nearby cities in an attempt to curb the spread of a new virus
The patient had recently returned to Chicago from Wuhan
Evidence suggests at least one Chinese patient ignited a chain of human-to-human transmission
A genetic analysis suggests a reptilian reservoir, but researchers doubt the coronavirus could have originated in animals other than birds or mammals
The agency’s director-general said it is an emergency in China, but not yet globally
Federal disease agency director Anthony Fauci discusses the novel pathogen that has, so far, sickened hundreds in Asia and one person in the U.S.
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