Hospitals can prepare for a surge of patients critically ill with COVID-19, but it will require hospital leaders, practitioners and regional officials to adopt drastic measures that challenge the standard way of providing care, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The analysis summarizes a range of evidence-based and promising strategies for creating critical care… Read More »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. As the coronoavirus pandemic spreads and hunkered-down Americans wonder when and how they’ll get back on the job, a Harvard epidemiologist… Read More »
By Adam Vaughan Markets are falling around the worldTomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Financial markets around the world have suffered their worst week since the 2008 financial crash, as the economic impact of the covid-19 coronavirus edging towards a pandemic becomes clearer. Around $ 5 trillion has been wiped off share markets globally this week, with the… Read More »
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The coronavirus death toll climbed to seven in Italy on Monday and several Middle East countries were dealing with their first infections, sending markets into a tailspin over fears of a global pandemic even as China eased curbs with no new cases reported in Beijing and other cities. While health experts have… Read More »