How does the vaccine work? SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus. The RNA that's in the live virus codes for 29 different proteins. When the virus enters a cell during a natural infection, the RNA in the cell is chopped…
As hospitals around the country reach critical capacity of patients with COVID-19, treatment focus shifts to ways we can treat people more aggressively before they even need hospitalization at all. At this point, just about every medication already on…
To date, 1 in 378 people in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 as communities are experiencing a seemingly exponential rise in cases with no end in sight. Healthcare systems in many parts of the United States…
The management of the hypoxic COVID-19 patient has drastically shifted in recent weeks. Earlier expert recommendations pushed for early intubation of these patients in an attempt to minimize the risk to staff that is thought to happen with less…
It has been 3 weeks since our last post discussing the initial round of SARS-CoV-2 literature and information is evolving faster than most of us can keep up. Data continues to flow out of nearly every academic institution on…