All Stories published by Medium Coronavirus Blog on July 20, 2020

What the Latest Findings Say About Dexamethasone

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that among people hospitalized with Covid-19, the use of dexamethasone resulted in lower 28-day risk of death for people who were receiving either invasive mechanical ventilation…


A Link Between Air Pollution and Coronavirus Outcomes

As Robert Roy Britt reports in Elemental, increases in pollution due to a federal relaxation of air quality standards in March led to increases in Covid-19 deaths in some the most industrialized areas of the United States, new research…


Coronavirus Is Entering Labor and Delivery

In this essay, Dr Jeff Livingston, the CEO of MacArthur Medical Center, writes about a recent day caring for five women in labor who were Covid-19 positive. Read about the experience below.