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Covid-19 Data Science
Finding the signal in the noise of Covid-19
Reporting and balanced evaluation of research results, data sets, applications and models, and commentaries related to Covid-19 and its underlying virus, SARS-Cov-2

Cell paper sheds may shed light on why some SARS-CoV-2 patients do better.
Science magazine discusses a paper just published in Cell describes a study that shows CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells in the immune system of...

>50% of USA and European COVID-19 mortalities are from Nursing Homes/Long-term Care Facilities
Here is an interesting report presenting a state-by-state count of nursing home mortality. It shows that across all states, >53% of all...

Study suggests travel from NYC likely seeded much of USA SARS-CoV-2 spread
An interesting article in the NY Times makes the claim that much of the SARS-CoV-2 spread in the USA relates back to an outbreak in NYC...

An attempt at careful estimation of infection and mortality rates of COVID-19 in NY
Worldometers.info that provides real-time statistics about world population and other things put up a description of how they are...

Estimating the Incidence, Hospitalization, ICU and Death Rate of SARS-CoV-2 in France by Age/Sex
Nice paper in Science reporting estimates of proportion of infected, hospitalized, ICU, and death rate in France, split out by age and...

Report from Large NY Observational Study on HCQ
A JAMA paper was just published that reports results from a large observational cohort study in NYC area. The first author is Eli...

Do masks slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2?
A recent article was posted on line (not peer reviewed yet) from late last month performing an epidemiological model based analysis...

Blood thinners may improve survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
A Mount Sinai study published in the American Journal of Cardiology demonstrates that hospitalized patients given blood thinners have...

Large Study Identifies Key Risk Factors of COVID-19 Death in Hospitalized Patients
This medRxiv paper (not peer reviewed yet) presents a cohort study of >17 million medical records that includes >5500 COVID-19 related...

Some new research results on Hydroxychloroquine
This treatment is so controversial. Too bad the president pushed it so hard and oversold it, but I think we have to be careful not to...

German antibody study finds that number infected about 10x the number of confirmed cases
This German study using blood antibody tests of a random sample of residents in a German town estimated that the true case rate is about...

Some positive preliminary results from trial on Kevzara, IL-6 inhibitor, to limit cytokine storm
Regeneron and Sanofi provided interim update in randomized phase 2/3 trial of Kevzara, and IL6-inhibitor. They decided moving forward to...

Positive results for exceptionally well designed study of Remdesivir!
NIH reports results from an interim data analysis from a large randomized trial of remdesivir. Some specifics: * The trial is called the...

Covid Trial Explorer
Great website that summarizes all the ongoing clinical trials internationally on covid-19. Very handy source!

Effect of Sunlight on Virus?
The US Department of Homeland Security has done a laboratory study "mimicking natural sunlight" and suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 does not...

Website for collaborative review of COVID-19 literature
A collaborative review of the emerging COVID-19 literature and ongoing chat Great idea!

Oxford group progressing fast in development of Coronavirus vaccine
NY Times article report on progress of an Oxford group, one of many rapidly developing potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Their results were...

Positive randomized clinical trial results for immune modulator tocilizumab
Report has emerged of results from a randomized clinical trial of immune modulators designed to block the cytokine storm that can lead to...

Promising new approach using heartburn medication quietly studied at NYC hospital
Article in Sciencemag.org This article describes newly reported efforts to study famotidine, the active compound in OTC heartburn drug...


























