Dr. Barry Bloom, who has fought infectious diseases around the world, discusses the impacts – both direct and indirect – that the Covid-19 pandemic will have on children around the world if timely interventions aren’t made.
The Covid-19 crisis appears to have spawned renewed interest in repurposing of drugs. Scientists are canvassing extensive libraries of existing drug compounds in search of potential Covid-19 treatments.
A 2014 study revealed the remarkable finding that the human placenta contains hundreds of bacteria species. 5 years later, two independent studies, each conducted with a more skeptical approach, showed that the placenta has no bacteria at all.
Public policy research and advocacy organization the Centre for American Progress has argued that states must fund telehealthcare to improve sexual and reproductive care during and after Covid-19.