Questions About Airway Management In Treating Coronavirus Patients
Doctors are learning new and innovative ways to treat COVID-19 patients. Emergency physician Dr. Richard Levitan answers questions about those treatments.
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Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Can Miss The Mark
Antibody tests to detect past exposure to the coronavirus will soon be everywhere. But even the best ones can provide wrong answers surprisingly often — and give false assurance.
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Virtual Medical Appointment
What if you don't have COVID-19 symptoms, but do have a fierce earache or infected bug bite or a child with a sudden rash? These days, many more people are getting diagnosed via calls or video chats.
Coronavirus Vaccine? Two Pharmaceutical Giants Collaborating To Develop One
Pharmaceutical companies GSK and Sanofi are partnering to work on several vaccine candidates to fight the coronavirus.
Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 'Contact Tracers' To Battle COVID-19
"I know we will succeed somewhat and we will fail somewhat," says one of the plan's chief architects. "We won't be able to find every single person — but we will hopefully prevent a lot of deaths."
Special Report: Coronavirus — The Week's Best from NPR News
When will the worst of the pandemic pass? What's next in the government response? What can you do for your mental well-being during the crisis? NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro has some answers.
Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Hundreds Of U.S. Clinical Trials To A Halt
COVID-19 has led to the suspension of many clinical studies of experimental treatments. About a quarter of the stopped trials involved new cancer treatments, an NPR analysis finds.
More Questions About The Search For Coronavirus Medical Treatments
An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the search for medical treatments to fight the coronavirus.
Questions About The Search For A Coronavirus Vaccine
An NPR science correspondent answers listener questions about the search for a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.
Early Experience With Remdesivir To Treat Severe COVID-19 Published
A study involving 53 patients seriously ill with COVID-19 found that some of them got better. But there was no comparison group, so strong conclusions weren't possible.