Coronavirus
🌏 Corona makes it easy to be optimistic about coopetition
The recent vaccine race could be the first impressive example of how cooperative competition, or coopetition, on a larger scale will fold out in the 2020s, writes Anna Rennéus Guthrie.
💉 The fervor surrounding the Astra vaccine once again shows how the media drives fear - and it costs lives
The media's obsession over the AstraZeneca vaccine can be dismissed as part of the media logic and the truism "if it bleeds it leads". But in this case, and in many others, it costs lives. It can not simply be shrugged off.
📱 Epione.net creates a digital toolbox for handling Covid-19
Founded by four passionate young Africans, epione.net is a healthcare company that is using technology to solve what they believe is Africa's biggest healthcare challenge – a siloed approach to patient management and treatment.
💉 Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective early analysis shows
Drugmaker Pfizer reports that an early data analysis of their coronavirus vaccine shows that it is more than 90% effective. This is significantly higher than expected.
🥛 Gargle test for COVID-19 which only takes seconds
Gargle, spit and a few seconds later you have the answer if you have COVID-19. A new test is now being tested in Israel.
🦠 One-minute coronavirus breath test invented in Israel
You breathe into a hand-held device that within one minute tells if you have the coronavirus.
💉 First peer-reviewed trial showing that a COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies to the virus
The race to find a vaccine against COVID-19 has taken a big step forward. the first experiment that has undergone a peer review has shown that vaccines produce antibodies against the virus.
💉 Life-saving coronavirus drug has been found
Major breakthrough: A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.
🦠 Three COVID-19 vaccines ready for last stage of testing
Modernas vaccine enters final stage of testing in July followed by candidates from AstraZeneca and J&J.