COVID-19

KPBS Midday Edition

How Effective Is Plasma To Treat COVID-19?

Marissa Cabrera

Mark Sauer

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat hundreds of COVID-19 patients in San Diego. But it's effectiveness against the virus isn't clear.
KPBS Midday Edition

SDSU To Move All Classes Online After 64 Students Test Positive for COVID-19

City News Service

Luke Wood, SDSU's vice president for student affairs and campus diversity, said all 200 in-person classes — mostly lab work classes — would move online, and all students who have moved into campus housing would be able to move out if they so choose.
Health

United Plans 16,000 Furloughs As Airlines Cut Jobs During Pandemic Downturn

Camila Domonoske / NPR

Just last week, American Airlines announced that 19,000 job cuts were coming. A federal aid package for the industry expires at the end of the month, and airlines are lobbying for an extension.
Health

UC San Diego Joins Second National Clinical Trial For COVID-19

City News Service

UC San Diego Health announced Wednesday it will join a second, national clinical trial to develop a vaccine designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, by the end of the year.
Health

Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard

Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR

Mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been profound, researchers find. Nearly 25% of Americans are depressed, particularly those who have low incomes and have lost a job or a loved one.
Health

U.S. Won't Join WHO-Led Coronavirus Vaccine Effort, White House Says

Scott Neuman / NPR

A Trump administration spokesman says Washington will continue to engage the rest of the world in vaccine development but won't be "constrained" by the "corrupt" World Health Organization.
Health

Wildfires Are 1st Big Test To COVID-19 Firefighter Safety Plans

Kirk Siegler / NPR

Thousands of firefighters are deployed to dangerous megafires in the West, the first big tests to the added safety protocols fire managers scrambled to get in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health

Making Gyms Safer: Why The Virus Is Less Likely To Spread There Than In A Bar

Will Stone / NPR

Gyms are reopening with fewer people and more protocols, and they want to rehabilitate their pandemic-battered image. Although there's not much evidence, they say the science is on their side.
Education

Since Fall Semester Began, COVID-19 Cases Rising At San Diego State

Matt Hoffman

There have been at least 41 cases of coronavirus among staff and students at San Diego State’s main campus — nearly half of those cases have been reported since school began last week.
Health

San Diego Symphony Cancels Rest Of 2020 Schedule, Looks To 2021

City News Service

The San Diego Symphony canceled the remainder of its 2020 season Tuesday as COVID-19-related closures drag on, with some performances canceled through May 2021.