Temperature and latitude do not appear to be associated with the spread of coronavirus disease, according to a study of many countries published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, but school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect.

Patients with severe vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications.

Low- and middle-income countries around the world continue to struggle as they are forced to compete against wealthier nations to obtain access to testing kits and supplies and personal protective equipment.

Historically, while emissions have always fully rebounded following a crisis, the carbon efficiency of the underlying global economy has tended to accelerate, according to Goldman Sachs.

“We recommend that clinicians provide evidence-based ARDS treatments to patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19 and await standardized clinical trials before contemplating novel therapies,” clinicians from two hospitals in Boston said.

Germany’s Lufthansa Technik AG said it is modifying its first Airbus (AIR.PA) A380 superjumbo jet to move cargo, as the coronavirus crisis fuels a global scramble for capacity to transport medical supplies and other goods.

As India begins to relax nationwide “lockdown” measures in some parts of the country, in the midst of recent increases in reported COVID-19 incidence, health officials identified an outbreak associated with one of the “largest fruit and vegetable markets” in Asia.

So-called “immunity passports/certificates” pose a variety of technical, social, ethical, and legal issues.

A commentary published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents suggests that SARS-CoV-2 was circulating in France in December 2019, a month before the country’s first reported case.

Some 90% COVID-19 patients in Moscow are younger than 65, the anti-coronavirus center reported, confirming 5,714 new cases in the Russian capital over the past day.