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DTECT: A Comprehensive Strategy for US to Deal with COVID-19 in absence of a Vaccine and/or Therapeutic
JOURNAL OF VACCINES AND VACCINATION – As the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, sweeps through the United States (US) it has brought with it unprecedented economic disaster. This paper examines how implementing these strategies can contain the virus to a degree that COVID-19 is manageable and the economy can restart, until an effective therapeutic and/or a safe and efficacious vaccine is available.
The United States Is Struggling in the First Wave of COVID-19; How Can We Prepare for the Second?
JOURNAL OF VACCINES AND VACCINATION – What has the United States learned and what do we need to do to prepare for the second wave of COVID-19? This paper attempts to provide some critical steps require to build public health resources to decrease morbidity and mortality by building resilient communities.
Video: COVID-19 researcher shares new developments in the fight against the pandemic
KTVU – KTVU’s Heather Holmes talks with Dr. Rashid Chotani, medical director of IEM and COVID-19 researcher, about the latest vaccine developments and COVID-19 headlines.
Rashid A. Chotani: Please get your flu shot now
AUGUSTA FREE PRESS – As summer comes to a close and back-to-school season is underway whether in-person, virtual or a combination, it is clear that this year’s influenza vaccine could be the most important yet.
Watch: COVID-19 researcher discusses vaccine, virus headlines
KTVU – KTVU’s Heather Holmes talks with Dr. Rashid Chotani, medical director of IEM and COVID-19 researcher, about the latest vaccine developments and COVID-19 headlines.
Watch: COVID-19 researcher discuss convalescent plasma, antigen tests
KTVU – KTVU’s Heather Holmes speaks with Dr. Rashid Chotani, a COVID-19 researcher and medical director at IEM. They discuss convalescent plasma, antigen tests and other coronavirus-related news. Chotani has advised the CDC and is a leading figure in the fight against COVID-19 in the US.
Yes, FEMA has enough money to cover unemployment and disaster relief
CNN – Even after President Donald Trump diverted $44 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for federal unemployment benefits, its disaster relief fund will still have at least $25 billion to use in response to hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters over the next month.
Needed: A COVID-19 Immune Registry For All Of America
Issues & Insights – President Donald Trump and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced the emergency use authorization of convalescent plasma as a treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a major breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus that will make the therapy widely available than before.
Watch: COVID-19 researcher discusses education during pandemic
KTVU – KTVU’s Heather Holmes speaks with Dr. Rashid Chotani, medical director of IEM, about education during the pandemic as university systems come up with strategies to resume learning, along with some of the latest coronavirus news.
Why FEMA doesn’t wilt in Trump’s political heat
E&E – A former Department of Homeland Security official alleged that President Trump sought to halt disaster aid to California in 2018 for political revenge. But California has received more disaster declarations than any other state since Trump took office.