The news from the labs has not been good…
Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug once thought to be the best hope for a coronavirus treatment, was found to have serious drawbacks.
A study using 368 Veterans Affairs patients showed that using hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 sufferers didn’t reduce the need for ventilators. And it was associated with higher risk of death.[1]
Another study found hydroxychloroquine led to potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms in coronavirus patients.… Read More
The disease spread quickly, killing thousands of Americans a day.
Doctors had no effective treatments. There was no vaccine.
Parts of the country were locked down. The economy ground to a halt. Politicians were divided on whether to enforce quarantines or go about business as usual.
The year was 1918. Spanish flu was ravishing the nation. Although today’s COVID-19 crisis seems unprecedented, it’s not.… Read More
Most of us understand by now that COVID-19 is a disease of the lungs. It kills by destroying lung function.
But what you may not know is that our lungs are not only under assault from the coronavirus…a second factor is at work here. The air we breathe is also damaging our health.
Two new studies reveal that air pollution in the U.S.… Read More
The coronavirus crisis has left us with two food options: We can cook at home or we can order prepared takeout/delivery food.
But is the second option safe? What if the restaurant cook has the virus? Could it be passed on to us?
Professor Don Schaffner specializes in microbial risk assessment at Rutgers University. He ordered Thai takeout recently. And he intends to continue to do it throughout the pandemic. … Read More
By now, most of us know that older people are at greater risk from coronavirus. And so are people who are obese, diabetic, or have lung or heart disease.
But there’s another risk factor that may be more dangerous than any of these.
Smokers are 14 times more likely to develop pneumonia and get severely sick from COVID-19, according to a study from China[1]
This isn’t surprising when you consider that COVID-19 is primarily a disease of the lungs.… Read More
We sit at home and wait. We watch friends, family, and the famous fall ill.
And still we wait.
As coronavirus spreads, the world is impatiently anticipating a medical game changer…something that will reliably cure or prevent COVID-19. Something that will allow us to get back to normal.
Two drugs used to treat malaria and lupus, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, have gotten a lot of media attention as potential COVID-19 treatments.… Read More