Duke to Start Trial of Promising COVID Treatment
Covers news that the Duke Human Vaccine Institute was given approval for a clinical trial (with video)
Topic Health & Medicine
Duke is translating fundamental scientific discoveries to improve health and medicine locally and globally.
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In the News
How Screen Time May Be Contributing to Dry Eye During the Pandemic
Features comments by Dr. Preeya K. Gupta, a corneal specialist and ophthalmologist at Duke Health
Sick, Hot American Summer
Quotes Marta Wosińska, deputy director at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
4 Former FDA Commissioners: Blood Plasma Might Be the COVID-19 Treatment We Need
Commentary co-authored by Drs.
Fact Check: Americans Won’t Have Microchips Implanted by End of 2020
Features comments by Elise Wang, a lecturer at Duke and an expert on conspiracy theories
Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Interview with professor Ooi Eng Eong, deputy director of Duke-NUS’ Emerging Infectious Diseases program
‘We Are Being Gaslit’: College Football and COVID-19 Are Imperiling Athletes
Commentary co-authored by Nathan Kalman-Lamb, lecturing fellow in the Thompson Writing Program
Parents and the Pandemic: Coping With the Stress of COVID-19
Interview with Timothy Strauman, a professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
9 Signs of Dry Eye Disease
Features comments by Dr. Preeya K. Gupta, an associate professor of ophthalmology
Vietnam Miracle Escape From COVID May Be Down to ‘Natural Immunity’
Quotes professor Antonio Bertoletti of Duke-NUS’ Emerging Infectious Diseases program
Schools Shut Down Campuses, but That Didn’t Stop Student Media in 50 States From Covering COVID-19
Covers the inside story of how Duke students conceived of and created the “How College Journalism Covered COVID-19” project