Covid-19 Data Science

An article in Nature Reviews drug discovery summarizes current vaccine developments -- 5 in phase 1 clinical trials already and many...

JAMA paper reporting characteristics of NYC hospital system infected — some key statistics: - 94% had comorbidities, most commonly high...

Informative article from Science discussing the many ways this virus attacks the body. Really nasty virus and different from anything...

Article from Boston Globe: Not scientific study but 30% of these seemingly healthy people out in the streets in Chelsea showed antibodies...

New paper on medrxiv yesterday reporting results from (open label) randomized study of Hydroxychloroquine (no Azithromycin) + standard of...

Article looking at immune response and possible immunity or not -- we still have a lot to learn!

One small randomized clinical trial result. 62 patients randomized to best care + placebo or HCQ 200mg 2x/day for 5 days and evaluate for...

You need to google translate this article from Italian, but apparently in one part of Northern Italy, out of 60 healthy blood donors, 40...

Penn Today report: No follow up evidence has emerged supporting the notion that ibuprofen worsens covid infection

This could be very exciting news — studies in Italy found the virus underlying covid-19 is genetically stable, which is encouraging that...

BTW, here is a primate study in which they could NOT be reinfected with the virus underlying covid-19 after clearing. There have been...

Some studies (not peer reviewed yet) are finding some evidence the spread may slow with hotter, more humid weather. Here are two: One Two

Interesting article showing how lung CT scans could be used for COVID-19 diagnosis

This is very interesting! Just published in top medical journal -- some antivirals show activity in vitro (in laboratory test in test...