COVID-19

Fighting disease with a smartwatch? That’s genius.

Posted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Jan 24, 2024

A Duke lab uses Al and machine learning to analyze data collected by devices such as smartwatches to ultimately predict and prevent outbreaks of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu.

COVID fighter? Probiotics could treat unvaccinated exposed to deadly infection, Duke researchers say

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 19, 2023

The randomized, placebo-controlled study led by Duke Health researchers suggests that probiotics could be a relatively simple and inexpensive approach to treating people after a COVID exposure.

Pfizer shares plunge after drug giant’s COVID-19 drug sales forecast fall short

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 13, 2023

Pfizer’s forecast for sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment next year falls more than $5 billion short of the Wall Street consensus. The drugmaker’s sales tumbled in early morning trading.

NCSU study: State COVID-19 websites fail to meet accessibility standards

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 27, 2023

A new study finds state-run COVID testing sites do not meet accessibility standards – meaning that some members of the public, such as individuals who are blind or visually impaired, are not able to access all of the relevant information on the sites.

Fighting COVID: As emergency ends, a Duke specialist reflects in video on front-line battles

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 11, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic officially ends today, Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist who served on the front lines of care at Duke, reflects on all that has transpired over the past three years.

Report: Long Covid is causing thousands of deaths in US

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 14, 2022

Long COVID leaves some people with long-term symptoms, but it can be deadly, too. It played a part in at least 3,544 deaths in the United States in the first 30 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report says.

Long COVID may be a clear & present danger to nation’s workforce – here’s why

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 9, 2022

As we learn to live with COVID, we will also have to adapt to the effects of long COVID, when symptoms such as fatigue, difficulty breathing and “brain fog” appear after COVID. In this commentary, I attempt to assess the risk to our labor markets from long COVID.

RTI, Duke Clinical Research Institute to partner on long COVID test data

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Aug 4, 2022

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) has been named the Clinical Trials Data Coordinating Center for large-scale national research studies aimed at understanding and improving the treatment of long COVID.