(Timeline)
Here are selected news stories relative to the Covid-19 pandemic (and directly or indirectly the science behind it) for the month of September 2020, starting with the most recent news. (Let me know if you hit a paywall or if you find scientific misinformation.)
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September 30, 2020
SciAm: One in Seven Dire COVID Cases May Result from a Faulty Immune Response
AP: Mild to severe: Immune system holds clues to virus reaction
Science: ‘Provocative results’ boost hopes of antibody treatment for COVID-19
nature: COVID has killed more than one million people. How many more will die?
September 28, 2020
SciAm: Could Exposure to the Common Cold Reduce the Severity of COVID-19 Infection?
September 26, 2020
The Economist: Covid-19 has reversed years of gains in the war on poverty
September 24, 2020
Science: Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients
Science: COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ This scientist is fighting to be counted
September 23, 2020
STAT: Fast, low-cost testing is essential for averting a second wave of Covid-19
SciAm: COVID-19 Testing Lab Shows How Colleges Can Reopen Safely
September 22, 2020
STAT: The Road Ahead: Charting the coronavirus pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
September 21, 2020
STAT: Give teachers high priority access to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines
September 20, 2020
BBC: Singapore rolls out Covid tracing tokens
September 19, 2020
DW: Germany sees highest infection rate since April
September 18, 2020
DW: Coronavirus: India’s public health system on the verge of collapse
BBC: Covid-19 Singapore: A ‘pandemic of inequality’ exposed
NatGeo: Why misinformation about COVID-19’s origins keeps going viral
September 16, 2020
Science: Eli Lilly reports first, promising results for an antibody against COVID-19
nature: Fast coronavirus tests: what they can and can’t do
September 15, 2020
Science: As evidence builds that COVID-19 can damage the heart, doctors are racing to understand it
nature: How COVID-19 can damage the brain
SciAm: NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
SciAm: COVID-19’s Other Unnecessary Death Toll
PopSci: Google search data can help pinpoint COVID-19 hotspots before they flare up
STAT: How New Mexico Controlled the Spread of COVID-19
September 14, 2020
nature: The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers
STAT: STAT’s Helen Branswell answers your questions about Covid-19, reinfection, and vaccine efficacy (VIDEO)
DW: Predicting how severe your COVID-19 infection will be (AUDIO)
STAT: Bill Gates slams ‘shocking’ U.S. response to Covid-19 pandemic
SciAm: Coronavirus Vaccine U.K. Trial Restarts, But Scientists Question Lack of Transparency
September 11, 2020
nature: China’s coronavirus vaccine shows military’s growing role in medical research
STAT: The ethics of pausing a vaccine trial in the midst of a pandemic: a conversation with Ruth Faden
nature: ‘We didn’t model that people would go to a party if they tested positive’
September 10, 2020
STAT: The lessons we’ve learned from the Covid-19 response, according to Anthony Fauci
NatGeo: Private autopsies are on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic
PopSci: Wearing a mask could protect you from COVID-19 in more ways than you think
Updated on April 20, 2022
September 9, 2020
SciAm: Coronavirus: How It Infects Us and How We Might Stop It
Harvard: COVID-19 and Blood Clots
- Patients with severe COVID-19 with high levels of blood clotting protein factor V are at a higher risk for dangerous blood clots.
STAT: Coming to terms with the real bioterrorist behind Covid-19: nature
NatGeo: Dozens of COVID-19 vaccines are in development. Here are the ones to follow.
Updated on October 29, 2021
STAT: Believers need to be as prepared for a Covid-19 vaccine as anti-vaxxers are against it
BBC: Coronavirus: Oxford University vaccine trial paused after participant falls ill
Medscape: Paul Offit’s Biggest Concern About COVID Vaccines
CSM: What nursing homes need: Lockdown safety – and room for hugs
September 8, 2020
nature: The coronavirus is mutating — does it matter?
Science: Why COVID-19 is more deadly in people with obesity—even if they’re young
FT: What bats can teach us about developing immunity to Covid-19
NatGeo: How to safely go to the dentist during the pandemic
BBC: Coronavirus: UK case rises are ‘concerning’, says minister
CSM: How a pandemic exposed – and may help fix – inequalities in education
September 7, 2020
SciAm: An Immune Protein Could Prevent Severe COVID-19—if It Is Given at the Right Time
(September 2020 issue)
September 6, 2020
SciAm: Coronavirus and the Flu: A Looming Double Threat
September 4, 2020
STAT: ‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart
nature: Coronavirus reinfections: three questions scientists are asking
Science: As the pandemic erodes grad student mental health, academics sound the alarm
Science: Can you catch COVID-19 from your neighbor’s toilet?
September 2, 2020
NYT: Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Sickest Patients, Studies Show
NYT: With 1,000 Student Infections, U. of South Carolina Urges Vigilance
Updated Sept. 11, 2020
PopSci: Herd immunity alone won’t stop COVID-19. Here’s why.
September 1, 2020
NYT: Where Is America’s Groundbreaking Covid-19 Research?
- Here is a comparison of Covid-19 research in the US and in Britain.
nature: How many people has the coronavirus killed?
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©2020 Dr. Michael Herrera