TREATMENTS:
Remdesivir alone is not enough, researchers conclude in first major Covid-19 trial of the drug
Researchers have finally published the data that led the federal government to recommend the use of the antiviral drug remdesivir in very ill coronavirus patients, and they say the drug alone will not be enough to help patients.
...”Preliminary results of this trial suggest that a 10-day course of remdesivir was superior to placebo in the treatment of hospitalized patients with Covid-19,” the researchers wrote. But it was not a cure and it did not act quickly.
NEJM
Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Preliminary Report
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764?query=featured_home
CDC
Dr. Birx asking CDC to investigate 3 coronavirus hotspots: LA, Chicago, DC
As many parts of the country are easing restrictions, Birx requested the CDC work with the metropolitan areas “to really understand where these new cases are coming from and what do we need to do to prevent them in the future.”
...”Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Birx’s assessment isn’t supported by the numbers, WMAQ-TV reported...”Everything is trending cautiously in the right direction,” Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said, while acknowledging Cook County has the most cases in the U.S.”