Biden vs. Trump: What a Difference Two Years Make for Treating COVID

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July 25, 2022

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President Biden revealed that he had COVID last week. But a lot has improved in the roughly two years since former President Trump had the disease, from vaccines to boosters to antiviral treatments. Also this week, how did the monkeypox virus get so many mutations in recent years, and what does it mean for the current outbreak? And, scientists discover a possible biomarker for long COVID.

Tanya Lewis, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine

Health Care

Biden vs. Trump: What a Difference Two Years Make for Treating COVID

Two presidents’ contrasting COVID experiences illustrate the moonshot-caliber medical achievements that let many patients be treated at home instead of in an ICU

By Monique Brouillette

Epidemiology

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Epidemiology

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By Sasha Warren

Climate Change

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Public Health

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An infectious disease doctor explains what Biden’s medical team will be doing to treat the president’s case of COVID

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Physiology

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Intelligence

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Diabetes

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By Claudia Wallis

Policy

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Here’s how the psychedelic substance’s legal status has been shifting

By Simon Makin

Genetics

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By Clara Moskowitz,Martin Krzywinski

Reproduction

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Medicine

The Hunt for Drugs for Mild COVID

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By Saima May Sidik,Nature magazine

Public Health

COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain

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By Stephanie Pappas

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The differences in both the disease course and treatment for COVID in Trump versus Biden is stark. This shows the incredible benefit of the COVID vaccines, particularly after booster doses, to prevent severe COVID."

Akiko Iwasaki, immunologist at Yale University

FROM THE ARCHIVE

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