Assessment of QT intervals in case series of patients with COVID-19 treated with hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with azithromycin

What The Study Did: Case series assesses QT intervals for French patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) treated with hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with azithromycin. Authors: Martin Cour, M.D., Ph.D., of the Hôpital Edouard Herriot in Lyon, France, is…

Contact tracing assessment of COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Taiwan

What The Study Did: This study delineates the transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and evaluates the transmission risk at different exposure window periods before and after symptom onset. Authors: Hsien-Ho Lin, M.D., Sc.D., of the National Taiwan University…

QT interval prolongation, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

What The Study Did: This observational study examines the association of hydroxychloroquine or hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin with QT prolongation in adult patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Authors: Howard S. Gold, M.D., of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard…

Timing of immune response to COVID-19 may contribute to disease severity

The interaction between the innate and the adaptive immune responses to COVID-19 may be impacting disease progression, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC

LSU Health study suggests nicotine exposure alone leads to pulmonary hypertension

New Orleans, LA – A study conducted by a team of researchers at LSU Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the body’s general circulation…

Window to another world: Life is bubbling up to seafloor with petroleum from deep below

WOODS HOLE, Mass. –The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life. Bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic organisms regulate the Earth’s vital functions and resources, from the air we breathe to all…