| 7 trials suggest common steroids can reduce coronavirus death risk Posted: 03 Sep 2020 11:26 AM PDT  A collection of studies have discovered another viable — and easily accessible — coronavirus treatment.Common steroids have proven effective in reducing the risk of death for severely ill COVID-19 patients, a World Health Organization analysis of seven clinical trials published Wednesday in the the Journal of the American Medical Association has found. Thanks to these positive results, the WHO is recommending these steroids be a part of "standard care" for "severe and critical" COVID-19 cases, Stat News reports.The seven randomized clinical trials used three common steroids to treat 1,700 severely ill COVID-19 patients, seemingly resulting in a one-third reduction in the death rate among them. Dexamethasone led to a 36 percent drop in the death rate among 1,282 patients in three trials, while hydrocortisone reduced the death rate by 31 percent in 274 patients. An additional editorial in JAMA from two American medical professors added to the WHO's findings, saying the corticosteroids should be "first-line treatment for critically ill patients with COVID-19."In its updated health guidance, the WHO said corticosteroids should be used on severely ill patients for 7–10 days. Anyone with a mild case of coronavirus should not get the steroid treatment, as it would "rapidly deplete global resources and deprive patients who may benefit from it most as potentially life-saving therapy."More stories from theweek.com 7 scathing cartoons about Trump's divisive Kenosha response The next Mario Kart game takes place inside your house Nate Silver's analysis of Biden's Electoral College chances renews calls to repeal it altogether
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| U.S. airlines isolated in bid to scrap change fees forever Posted: 03 Sep 2020 05:23 AM PDT  A radical bid to revive air travel demand by permanently sacrificing billions of dollars in fees to change tickets has left U.S. airlines isolated, as foreign rivals fear the tactic would undermine the higher fares paid by premium travellers. "For the fee model to work, you have to have a passenger to nickel-and-dime," said John Zhang, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. American Airlines , Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have all permanently axed the charges on domestic travel in recent days, followed by Alaska Airlines.
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| U.S. CDC tells states to prep for COVID-19 vaccine distribution as soon as late October Posted: 02 Sep 2020 05:23 PM PDT  The timing of a vaccine has taken on political importance as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks re-election in November, after committing billions of federal dollars to develop a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, which has killed more than 180,000 Americans. "For the purpose of initial planning, CDC provided states with certain planning assumptions as they work on state specific plans for vaccine distribution, including possibly having limited quantities of vaccines in October and November," a CDC spokeswoman told Reuters. The New York Times had earlier reported that the CDC had contacted officials in all 50 states and five large cities with the planning information.
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