The coronavirus is frightening for everyone but for people who are immunosuppressed (and for their loved ones trying to protect them) it is terrifying. No one wants to bring this virus into their home. What to do when going to the grocery store This advice comes from Medivizor’s CEO, Tal Givoly. Making Medivizor a reality has been Tal’s dream....
Read MoreHope During Social Isolation and COVID-19
I have had the good fortune of belonging to a neighborhood book club that meets once a month. Since the coronavirus and social distancing, we haven’t met until last night. One of the neighbors had the great idea of meeting online. And it was terrific! I wouldn’t have realized how important that was a few weeks ago, even though some elements of...
Read MoreFirst Nobel Prize in Medicine and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
You may have heard of a treatment for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the news that sounds unusual. It involves injecting serum from someone who has recovered from COVID-19 into patients who are sick with COVID-19. Nobel Prize This type of treatment actually won Emil von Behring the first Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1901.1 Behring was part of a cohort of...
Read MoreCoronavirus and You 2: Coronavirus Information Sources
Are you looking for coronavirus information resources? Answers to your questions? We’ve discussed the importance of finding the right online resources in previous posts – those from reputable sources. With COVID-19, there is a lot of information online, some of it that is not reliable. General Coronavirus Information Of course there is the...
Read MoreCoronavirus and You
Note: Information in this post reflects the information known at the time of writing and publishing it. However, as COVID-19 research and understanding is changing rapidly, it may become out of date by the time you read it. There has been enormous media attention on the coronavirus. Though we are not interested in being a part of the hype, we...
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