You can’t kill coronavirus. That’s OK.
Some viruses look like moon landers. Called phages, they hijack bacteria by landing on the hapless cells and injecting them with a ream of genetic material. Then, the phages use...
FDA now allows treatment of life-threatening COVID-19 cases using blood from patients who have recovered – TechCrunch
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its rules around use of experimental treatments for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to include use of ‘convalescent plasma,’ in cases where...
Nonprofit aims to get COVID-19 field tests, N95 masks and more to healthcare workers without markups – TechCrunch
A new Sydney-based nonprofit volunteer organization called RapidWard launched this week, with a focus on getting critical medical supplies from producers in China to healthcare professionals, doctors, hospitals and governments...
What the 2009 swine flu pandemic can tell us about the future of COVID-19
The first documented case of COVID-19 is thought to have appeared on December 1 2019 in Wuhan, China. Four months later, the world is in the middle of a pandemic...
The most important thing to know about social distancing
You're watching the numbers go up every day. Yet, mayors and governors around the nation have ordered Americans to stay inside. Sports are canceled. Birthday parties are canceled. The Rolling...
FDA updates COVID-19 testing guidelines to allow self-swab tests – TechCrunch
The FDA has updated its guidelines for COVID-19 testing procedures to make the process easier and less uncomfortable for patients, as well as to help limit the impact of testing...
Kinsa’s fever map could show just how crucial it is to stay home to stop COVID-19 spread – TechCrunch
Smart thermometer maker Kinsa has been working on building, accurate, predictive models of how seasonal illnesses like the flu travel in and among communities – and its fever map is...
Moderna could make experimental COVID-19 vaccine available to healthcare workers by fall – TechCrunch
There are some hard limits to the vaccine development process that mean we are not going to see any preventative immune therapies to fight the new coronavirus for at least...
How tech is helping brain-injured patients with decision-making
When a person sustains a severe brain injury that leaves them unable to communicate, decisions about their treatment must be made for them. In some cases, these decisions can mean...
Koalas are being released back into the wild after Australian bushfires
Months after catastrophic bushfires burned large parts of Australia, there's a glimmer of good news in the midst of the globe's other current emergency. Koalas are slowly being released back...