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Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatments

MIT Technology
October 24, 2020

In the past month, US President Donald Trump and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie were diagnosed with covid-19 and spent time in the hospital, just like tens of thousands[1]…

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Rapid covid tests can work—if you avoid making the White House’s mistakes

MIT Technology
October 7, 2020

And yet the rapid test has led to false negatives (reports that you don’t have the virus when you really do). That means some people would have been unknowingly spreading…

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This scientist made a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission

MIT Technology
October 2, 2020

Why did you make this document instead of going down the traditional science publishing route? Science publishing is very slow. For the scale of the pandemic, people need information today.…

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A city in Brazil where covid-19 ran amok may be a ‘sentinel’ for the rest of the world

MIT Technology
September 22, 2020

What happens when a major city allows the coronavirus to rage unchecked? If the Brazilian city of Manaus is any answer, it means about two-thirds of the population could get…

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AstraZeneca has paused its vaccine trial after a participant fell ill

MIT Technology
September 9, 2020

The news: AstraZeneca has paused its global Phase 3 covid-19 vaccine trial after a UK participant fell seriously ill. It’s unclear if the suspected “serious adverse reaction” was a result…

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How does loneliness affect our brains?

MIT Technology
September 4, 2020

Long before the world had ever heard of covid-19, Kay Tye set out to answer a question that has taken on new resonance in the age of social distancing: When…

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The “staged rollout” of gene-modified babies could start with sickle-cell disease

MIT Technology
September 3, 2020

In a high-level report precipitated by the birth of CRISPR babies[1] in China in 2018, scientists say the technology’s next medical use should be narrowly restricted to prospective parents who…

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Hong Kong researchers say they’ve found the world’s first case of covid-19 reinfection

MIT Technology
August 24, 2020

The 33-year-old-man arrived by plane in Hong Kong on August 15. After disembarking, he headed to one of the airport’s covid-19 testing stations. Someone swabbed his throat, and then he…

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The US just approved the use of plasma from covid-19 survivors as a treatment

MIT Technology
August 24, 2020

The US has approved wide emergency use of blood plasma from covid-19 survivors as a treatment for coronavirus infection, despite limited evidence it helps. Blood drug: The therapy, which the…

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Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatments

Rapid covid tests can work—if you avoid making the White House’s mistakes

This scientist made a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission

A city in Brazil where covid-19 ran amok may be a ‘sentinel’ for the rest of the world

AstraZeneca has paused its vaccine trial after a participant fell ill

How does loneliness affect our brains?

The “staged rollout” of gene-modified babies could start with sickle-cell disease

Hong Kong researchers say they’ve found the world’s first case of covid-19 reinfection

The US just approved the use of plasma from covid-19 survivors as a treatment

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