Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
4-8-2020
Abstract
Executive Summary:
Call for all UNMH healthcare workers to wear masks. Navajo Nation curfew. Congress introduces $250B local aid legislation. State cash stimulus for self-employed. Domestic travel curtailment. Measles threat looms as vaccinations paused. UK expanding hospital sites. African Americans worse risk of infection and death. 40k healthcare worker hydroxychloroquine trial. Employment woes for early career US and foreign scientists. Measles threat looms. UK makeshift hospital expansion. African Americans more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2. Large prophylactic hydroxychloroquine trials for healthcare workers. New CDC and WHO face covering guidelines. UK NICE guidance: Paracetamol, not NSAIDs for managing COVID-19 fever. Large review of current therapies. Diverse new clinical trials. Susceptible vs. non-susceptible animal models. Stem cell therapy. Promising experimental drug. Repurposed pancreatic drug trial.
Recommended Citation
Lambert, Christophe G.; Sammy Anyona; Shawn Stoicu; Anastasiya Nestsiarovich; Praveen Kumar; Hannah Groves; Danielle Rivera; Estefania Montanez; Rachel D. King; Andrew S. Rowland; Tudor I. Oprea; Orrin Myers; and Douglas J. Perkins. "2020-04-08 DAILY UNM GLOBAL HEALTH COVID-19 BRIEFING." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_covid19_briefings/2
Comments
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