U.S. coronavirus cases have set a new single daily record, at more than 131,000. Dr. Lloyd Minor, Stanford University School of Medicine dean, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss what tactical measures can be taken to help control the spread and the concerns surrounding a Covid-19 vaccine.
As the need grows for COVID-19 testing, so does a need to find a way to produce faster results. Engineers at Stanford think they’ve come up with an answer.
New video shows the first injection as Stanford doctors start phase three of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine trial. This phase three trial will be done at 180 sites around the world with 60,000 participants, 1,000 of them at Stanford. It’s a double-blind study, meaning some will get active vaccine while others will get … Continued
Enroll an entire country on a COVID-19 tracking platform? Vera, a Stanford Medicine initiative backed by Silicon Valley philanthropy, pledges to deliver exactly that, and is enrolling participants for a pilot study in the Bay Area. The initiative′s cofounders say their work is game-changing amid the growing pandemic. Technology that exists now is both limited … Continued
Stanford researchers estimated that 9% of the U.S. contracted COVID-19 by July 2020, in a paper recently published in The Lancet. As the country reopens, researchers say both vaccines and public intervention are needed to prevent that number from multiplying. To those advocating for a herd immunity approach, the study highlights a long path ahead. … Continued
Results of a nationwide COVID-19 antibody study indicate herd immunity “remains out of reach” in the U.S., with less than 10 percent of participants testing positive for proteins that could potentially offer protection from repeat infections. The study — conducted by Stanford University researchers in July and published by peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet on … Continued
This episode will provide up to date insights in the association between diabetes and COVID-19. Dr. Nicolas Cuttriss will address questions about COVID and diabetes, including; Is there an increased risk of getting COVID infection if a patient has diabetes? Is there an increased risk for mortality? Are patients more at risk for getting COVID … Continued
Whether it’s a cough or a handshake, one point of contact by an infected individual may be all it takes to spark an epidemic. The same can also be true for cultural traits related to a disease. Stanford theoretical biologists have developed a new mathematical model that investigates how a health-related behavior or idea that … Continued
Some people get really sick from COVID-19, and others don’t. Nobody knows why. Now, a study by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and other institutions has turned up immunological deviations and lapses that appear to spell the difference between severe and mild cases of COVID-19.
Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study, which was published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of Adolescent Health, is the first to examine connections between youth vaping and COVID-19 using … Continued