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For Undocumented Workers, More Risk and Little Safety Net

Post Date: 
2020-04-07
Source: 
The Colorado Trust
Dr. Kathleen Page
Dr. Page was interviewed about Latino immigrant health during COVID-19.

Diário coronavírus (07/04/20): Brasil registra 667 mortes por coronavírus e 13,7 mil casos

Post Date: 
2020-04-07
Source: 
ADVFN News (Brazil)
novo coronavírus (covid-19), segundo atualização do Ministério da Saúde divulgada hoje (7). O número representa um aumento de 20% em relação a ontem (6), quando foram registrados 553 óbitos. São Paulo segue como epicentro da pandemia, com 371 mortes, mais da metade dos óbitos de todo o país. O…

Le médecin de Johns Hopkins dit que les États-Unis ont encore besoin de tests supplémentaires

Post Date: 
2020-04-07
Source: 
News 24 (France)
L’amélioration dans ces domaines, ainsi que les efforts de distanciation sociale existants, “nous permettront vraiment de faire avancer l’économie, de reprendre le travail”, a déclaré Bollinger, professeur de maladies infectieuses à la faculté de médecine de Johns Hopkins. …

Johns Hopkins deploys mobile health app to assist frontline health workers

Post Date: 
2020-04-02
Source: 
America’s News Room | FOX News
Fox News Interview
FOX News: The emocha Mobile Health app is helping Hopkins health workers self monitor for COVID-19.

America’s Newsroom: COVID-19 Report

Post Date: 
2020-04-02
Source: 
America’s Newsroom with Sandra Smith and Ed Henry | FOX News
CCGHE Director Dr. Bob Bollinger is interviewed by Sandra Smith about healthcare workers and personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 response. ( Video not available )

HIV-ASSIST Uses Algorithms in Appropriate ART-Regimen Selection

Post Date: 
2020-03-31
Source: 
Contagion, Infectious Diseases Today
Dr. Maunank Shah
Contagion highlights a randomized study of HIV-ASSIST recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases by Maunank Shah and colleagues.

EMA Panel Backs Pretomanid for Drug-Resistant TB

Post Date: 
2020-03-31
Source: 
Medscape
Amita Gupta is mentioned in this article.

What Would It Take to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions? Experts Weigh In

Post Date: 
2020-03-25
Source: 
Bloomberg News
“We need to absorb the pain now,” says Larry W. Chang, an infectious disease doctor and researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “If you lift restrictions early, the number of infected people will skyrocket. Hospitals will be overwhelmed.” That might cause state and local…

Loopholes may lead to China’s 2nd wave of viral outbreaks

Post Date: 
2020-03-23
Source: 
Global Times (China)
Some overseas experts also warned that covert coronavirus infections could lead to new outbreaks, while scientists are now rushing to estimate the proportion of people with mild or no symptoms who could be spreading the pathogen, according to an article published by Nature on Friday. Also some…

Time for China to help US fight against pandemic

Post Date: 
2020-03-21
Source: 
Global Times (China)
“The immediate need is for more PPE and testing capabilities,” Larry William Chang, an infectious diseases expert from of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, told the Global Times via email. Chang noted that the major challenges the US faces include inadequate supplies of PPE, ventilators, and…

Could the Coronavirus Topple Nicolas Maduro’s Regime in Venezuela?

Post Date: 
2020-03-20
Source: 
TIME
Dr. Kathleen Page
TIME: Dr. Kathleen Page: “I fear that Venezuela is going to have one of the highest mortality in the world from this disease.”

Do Anti-Inflammatories Like Ibuprofen Aggravate Coronavirus?

Post Date: 
2020-03-20
Source: 
US News and World Report
“Unfortunately, with so many places experiencing patients with COVID-19, almost inevitably we’re going to see some strange associations, and it’s hard to know what’s going to be real and what’s noise,” says Dr. Larry William Chang, associate professor of medicine, epidemiology and international…

VERIFY: No, hand dryers will not kill the coronavirus; They won’t spread it either

Post Date: 
2020-03-17
Source: 
WUSA9 (CBS, Washington, DC)
“Hand dryers are not effective,” the WHO wrote. “In killing the new coronavirus.” Dr. Larry Chang from Johns Hopkins University agreed. “There’s no evidence that hand drying reaches enough temperatures,” he said. “Or that drying out the virus is going to prevent transmission.”

Rifapentine demonstrates efficacy for pregnant women, including those with HIV

Post Date: 
2020-03-14
Source: 
Infectious Disease News via Healio
Dr. Jyoti Mathad
Infectious Disease News via Healio: Jyoti Mathad discusses findings from the IMPAACT 2001 clinical trial.

VERIFY: No, mosquitoes will not give you coronavirus

Post Date: 
2020-03-13
Source: 
WUSA9 (CBS, Washington, DC)
To find out the truth, the Verify Team reached out to Dr. Larry William Chang, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. He said that this blame of the mosquito is nothing new. “The mosquito has been implicated in a lot of things,” he said. “Way back when it was implicated…

VERIFY: No, sipping water will not prevent coronavirus, as claimed in viral post

Post Date: 
2020-03-12
Source: 
2020-03-12: WUSA9 (CBS, Washington, DC)
Chang said that the virus is transmitted by small droplets, that are released when someone coughs or sneezes. He said the tiny droplets will then attach themselves to a person’s cells. “When you’re drinking water,” he said. “You’re not going to wash away virus, which may have already gone inside…

DBT-NIH support 9th annual meeting of RePORT India

Post Date: 
2020-02-17
Source: 
BioSpectrum
Representatives of RePORT India and P. D. Hinduja Hospital
Consortium is chaired by Dr. Sonali Sarkar on the Indian side and Dr. Amita Gupta U.S. side, with oversight provided by DBT and NIH.

In pregnant women on ART, safer to initiate isoniazid after delivery

Post Date: 
2019-10-08
Source: 
healio.com
Initiating 28-week isoniazid therapy during pregnancy was noninferior to initiating it 12 weeks after delivery to prevent tuberculosis in pregnant women with HIV who are on ART.

Pune part of clinical trial to prevent TB in people exposed to multi-drug resistant cases

Post Date: 
2019-08-28
Source: 
The Indian Express
PHOENIX Study Team Members meet with local government health officials in Pune
Indian Express: Drs. Vidya Mave and Nishi Suryavanshi are quoted in this news article about a recent PHOENIx trial event at BJGMC Clinical Research Site

Ending the HIV Epidemic: On Baltimore’s Front Lines

Post Date: 
2019-08-14
Source: 
WYPR: Baltimore NPR Affiliate
WYPR Logo
WYPR: Kathleen Page discusses the status of HIV in a panel interview

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