Articles/Commentaries
Hype Collides With Science As FDA Tries To Rein In ‘Wild West’ of COVID Blood Tests by JoNel Aleccia and Anna Maria Barry-JesterKaiser Family Foundation
Depression, anxiety up 3-fold since start of COVID-19 pandemic by Brian P. Dunleavy UPI
Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19 — Caution and Context by Merlin Chowkwanyun, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Adolph L. Reed, Jr., Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine
“Tragedies that no ethics can prevent” by CWR Staff Catholic World Report
Amazon missionary says health care system collapsing under COVID-19 by Inés San Martín Crux
Remdesivir for 5 or 10 Days in Patients with Severe Covid-19 by Jason D. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., David C.B. Lye, M.B., B.S., David S. Hui, M.D. and others The New England Journal of Medicine
Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19 by Jonathan Grein, M.D., Norio Ohmagari, M.D., Ph.D., ,Daniel Shin, M.D., and others The New England Journal of Medicine
Mexico's marginalized communities .Covid-19 has reaped misery in a country where the economy is cratering and the death toll is soaring, by David Agren Catholic News Service/UCA News
Fighting hunger and Covid-19 in Pakistan by Kamran Chaudhry UCA News
Houston Catholic church closes after 5 leaders get COVID-19 by Associated Press
Fr. Michael McGivney: Coronavirus victim and soon-to-be Blessed. Looking for a saint in these Covid-19-troubled times? Look no further than Venerable Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, who died during a coronavirus pandemic in 1890. by Devin Watkins Vatican News Service
Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything by Dana G Smith Medium
43% of US Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes by Matt Hadro CNA/National Catholic Register
New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 took off in the U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it by Helen Branswell STAT
“My biggest concern is to get my antiretroviral medicines”: HIV and COVID-19 in Latin America by UNAIDS
Pia Wurtzbach on how she is helping the response to COVID-19 by UNAIDS
When a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, who should get it first? by Sanderp Jauhar STAT
Study tells ‘remarkable story’ about COVID-19’s deadly rampage through a South African hospital by Linda Nordling ABC News
Covid-19 may push 86 mn children into household poverty by 2020-end: Report by BS Web TeamBusiness Standard
Doorbell video shows Amazon delivery driver praying for baby at risk of coronavirus by NBC News
Cardinal Cupich: How Vatican II can help us navigate the politics of a pandemic by Blase J. Cupich America
Despite the Hype, Gilead’s Remdesivir Will Do Nothing to End the Coronavirus Pandemic by Sharon Lerner The Intercept
Modelling the extreme—COVID-19 and AIDS-related deaths by UN AIDS
Mexican priest who survived COVID: God acts in the midst of suffering by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report
Catholic leaders decry prisoners’ exposure to COVID-19 during pandemic by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/Crux
Coronavirus claims life of American Red Cross’ Donna M. Morrissey, former Boston Archdiocese spokeswoman by Marie Szaniszlo Boston Herald
Covid-19: Caritas Pakistan reaches out to the vulnerable by Robin Gomes Vatican News
Adapting mental health services to COVID-19 by Callie ArmstrongThe Pilot
There are no ‘throwaway lives’: Catholic leaders respond to Covid-19 behind bars by Kevin Clarke America
Exclusive: Russian ventilators reached U.S. states without FDA oversight by Marisa Taylor and Gleb Stolyarov Reuters
How to Improve and Protect Nursing Homes from Outbreaks by The New York Times
Dying of COVID-19, Catholic War Vet Sings ‘God Bless America’ by Currents News Staff/NET
U.S. gives doctors guidance on how to spot rare COVID-linked syndrome in children by Julie Steenhuysen and Vishwadha Chander Reuters
CDC details COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome in children by Melissa Jenco American Academy of Pediatrics
Bill Gates Offered $10 Million Bribe For Forced Vaccination In Nigeria by GreatGameIndia
Navajo Nation Attorney General issues heartfelt thanks for Irish donations by Kerry O'Shea IrishCentral
Six Jesuit priests from St. Joseph’s residence in Philadelphia die of COVID-19 by Sara Dorn The New York Post
How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads by Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer The New York Times
COVID-19 tests are far from perfect, but accuracy isn’t the biggest problem by Maureen Ferran The Conversation/Popular Science
Has corruption made international humanitarian assistance for COVID-19 less effective? by Paul Fagan McCain Institute/We HoldTheseTruths
COVID pandemic is cause for concern, doctors say. Experts fear concerns over coronavirus has led to far too few screenings. by Dr. Mark Abdelmalek and Lucien Bruggeman ABC
India’s ‘Maximum City’ Engulfed by Coronavirus by Jeffrey Gettleman The New York Times
Pandemic Claims The Lives Of Doctors In The Philippines At Startling Rates by Julie McCarthy NPR
Venezuela scientists face government backlash for research predicting surge in COVID-19 cases by Reuters
Kenyan bishop: Poor could be exploited in COVID vaccine trials by CNA Daily News./The Catholic World Report
Philippines: President Duterte gives "shoot to kill" order amid pandemic response by Amnesty International
A Framework for Covid-19 Homelessness Response. by NationalAllianceto End Homelessness
Rethinking Covid-19 in Children by Perri Klass, M.D. The New York Times
Norton evaluating 2 children with inflammatory symptoms possibly related to COVID-19 by Drew Gardner WKLY
As cases of rare COVID-linked illness in kids rise, Fauci warns much remains unknown by Erika Edwards NBC News
Another Malaria Cure Draws Notice in Coronavirus Outbreak, This Time in Africa by Gabriele Steinhauser The Wall Street Journal
South Korea’s Coronavirus Efforts Spark Privacy Concerns in Gay Community by Dasl Yoon and Timothy W. Martin The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries by Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban africanews
Jails and Prisons Still Among COVID-19 Hotspots by Currents News Staff NET
Nationwide Rationing of Remdesivir Puts Doctors in the Middle of an Ethical Dilemma by Current News Staff NET
Covid-19: UN urges actions on mental health by Robin Gomez Vatican News
Importing Prescription Drugs from Canada — Legal and Practical Problems with the Trump Administration’s Proposal by Rachel E. Sachs, J.D., M.P.H., and Nicholas Bagley, J.D. New England Journal of Medicine
Collateral Effect of Covid-19 on Stroke Evaluation in the United States by Akash P. Kansagra, M.D. and Manu S. Goyal, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine
Covid-19, Cardiovascular Disease, and Drug Therapy by M.R. Mehra and Others New England Journal of Medicine
Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19 — Caution and Context by Merlin Chowkwanyun, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Adolph L. Reed, Jr., Ph.D. New England Journal of Medicine
She overcame cancer and Katrina, but Charlotte nurse succumbs to COVID-19 by Jim Morrill The Charlotte Observer
How One Priest Is Helping African-Americans Cope With COVID-19 by Paula Katinas and Currents News Staff NetTV
NY priest on virus front lines with embattled congregation by John Minchillo Associated Press/Crux
Cancer patients continue fights of their own while on guard against coronavirus by Stan Grossfeld Boston Globe
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer treatment and research by Kamal S Saini,Begoña de las Heras,Javier de Castro. et al The Lancet
Treating cancer in the shadow of coronavirus by Diane Mapes Fred Hutch New Service
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What People With Breast Cancer Need to Know by BreastCancr.org
Britain: Elderly With COVID-19 Left to Die in Nursing Homes While Hospital Beds Are Empty by Brian Kelly Catholicism
Brooklyn Nurse With Cystic Fibrosis Continues Working During Pandemic by Currents News/Net TV
Customer shot a McDonald's employee after being told to leave due to coronavirus restrictions, police say by Raja Razek, Christina Maxouris and Melissa Alonso, CNN
The Next Covid Crisis Could Be a Wave of Suicides by Cynthia Koons, Riley Griffin, and Emma Court Bloomburg News
Bioethicist calls out unproven and unlicensed 'stem cell treatments' for COVID-19 by CellPress American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The U.S. is exporting Covid-19 to Latin America. We should instead be working with our neighbors. by Antonio De Loera-Brust America
Alzheimer's Foundation Launches COVID-19 support group by Sara Grace Todd ABC 13
East Africa preparing to face twin ‘Biblical plagues’: COVID-19 and desert locusts by Crux Staff Crux
Trump Fires Inspector General Ahead of Damning Whistleblower Complaint About Bogus Coronavirus Cures by Sharon Lerner The Intercept
I'm providing health care, and prayer, during COVID-19 by Mary Catherine Redmond Global Sisters Report
Some Kenyan Catholic bishops urge caution on COVID-19 clinical trials by Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service/Angelus
Pope at Mass prays for doctors and priests laying down their lives by Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp Vatican News
Dr. Luc Montagnier reveals how Covid-19 is an accident by Life With No Fears
How did Australia flatten its coronavirus curve? Restrictions easing as infection rate continues to fall by Nectar Gan CNN
Greta Thunberg is donating $100,000 to help children affected by coronavirus pandemic by Alisha Ebrahimji CNN
A Kenyan perspective on Covid-19 and the future by Rosaline Serem Independent Catholic News
'God makes a way': African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity by Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter
Black churches, via phones and Facebook, bridging digital divide amid COVID-19 by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service/National Catholic Reporter
From Zoom Meetings To Face Masks, Deaf People Face Extra Struggles During Coronavirus Pandemic by Mikaela Lefrak PBS NewsHour
Critical study of Gilead’s Covid-19 drug shows patients are responding to treatment, NIH says by Mathew Herper and Adam Feurerstein Stat
Catholic Bioethicist: No Need to Shun COVID-19 Vaccine Derived From Fetus by Simon Caldwell CNA/The Tablet
An 11th person tests positive for Covid-19 in the Vatican by Vatican News
Covid-19: Caritas asks for rights for migrant farm workers by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
What Other Coronaviruses Tell Us About SARS-CoV-2? by James O’Brien Quanta Magazine
'A drug can block this virus': Fauci hails Covid-19 treatment breakthrough by Sarah Owermohle Politico
'God makes a way': African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity by Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter
Dozens test positive for coronavirus at Rome pontifical university by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Grieving Family of Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, Brooklyn Priest Who Died of COVID-19, Say They Can’t Get His Body Home to Mexico by The Tablet
Acute use of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for people with or at risk of COVID-19 by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2 by Gianpaolo Toscano, M.D., Francesco Palmerini, M.D., Sabrina Ravaglia, M.D., Ph.D.and Others New England Journal of Medicine
Covid Shock: Father Comes of the Ventilator to Learn that his Wife and Son Have Died by Deacon Greg Kandra The Deacon's Bench
New York bishops welcome rollback of state's DNR order by Christine RousselleCatholic News Agency/Angelus
Covid 19: The hospital Chaplain in an hour of need by LydiaO’Kane VaticanNews
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents by Ezra Golberstein, PhD ;HefeiWen, PhD ; Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD . and OthersJAMA
Church inItalyprepping for “phase 2” of COVID-19 recovery by Elise Ann AllenCrux
Zimbabwe's exclusion from G20 debt relief must not block assistance for Covid-19 response by Independent Catholic News
Sri Lanka: Priest says attack victims have been betrayed by John Pontifex Independent Catholic News
COVID-19 takes toll on Maryknoll religious community in New York by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First Test for Patient At-Home Sample Collection by FDA
Report: Covid-19 patients recovering quickly after getting experimental drug remdesivir by Maggie Fox CNN
More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study by Associated Press/ Politico
Resources to support people experiencing homelessness by CDC
Pope Francis speaks with French President Macron about coronavirus, international debt relief by Gerard O’Connell America
Overwhelmed by coronavirus, Catholic hospitals ask for more government assistance by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
As coronavirus pandemic develops, tensions rise and conditions worsen for migrants in Europe by Melissa Vida America
Bishops: Elderly and Disabled Have Same Right to Treatment as Others Amid Coronavirus by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
Pope Francis: the Latin American model as a way out of the coronavirus crisis by Andrea Gagliarducci Catholic News Agency
Two Antonian nuns die of COVID-19 in Quebec by Francois Gloutnay Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report
Asymptomatic novel coronavirus pneumonia patient outside Wuhan: The value of CT images in the course of the disease. by Lin C, Ding YXie B, and Others. Clinical Imaging
Imaging and clinical features of patients with 2019 novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Yinghao Cao,,Xiaoling LiuLijuan XiongKailin CaiJournal of Medical Virology
European Medicines Agency Tackles Potential Shortages of Drugs for Treating COVID-19 by Stephenson JJAMA Health Forum
Cost-effectiveness of rivaroxaban plus aspirin (dual pathway inhibition) for prevention of ischaemic events in patients with cardiovascular disease: on top optimisation of secondary prevention medication in the context of COVID-19 pandemia by Bernhard Rauch European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Will Zimbabwe be prepared if it suffers a major outbreak of Covid-19? by Marko Piri America
Bishops' statement on Coronavirus and access to treatment by Independent Catholic News
Caritas Vietnam helps people hit hard by Covid-19 by UCANews reporter UCANews
103-year-old nun is Ireland’s oldest COVID-19 survivor by IrishCentral Staff Irish Central
Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’ by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
English bishops urge a ‘criteria of fairness’ when assessing care for COVID-19 patients by Charles Collins Crux
Carmelite nuns get thousands of followers as they TikTok through the COVID-19 pandemic by Katholiek Nieuwsblad Crux
Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria, sets up emergency fund by Catholic News Service/Crux
Emergency Responder by Michael Greenberg New York Review of Books
Hozier performs chilling rendition of the Parting Glass in honor of COVID-19 victims by Shane O'Brien Irish Central
Pro-life leaders call for coronavirus vaccine without abortion ties by CNA Daily News/The Catholic World Report
Fight the Coronavirus, not each other by Tony Magliano Association of U.S. Catholic Priests
Trump announces 'halt' in US funding to World Health Organization amid coronavirus pandemic by John Fritze and Courtney Subramanian USA TODAY
Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat, as White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic by Robert Mackey The Intercept
Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay died by National Catholic Register
Father Gioacchino Basile died by National Catholic Register
Ireland to quadruple WHO contributions after US halts funding by Natalie O'Neill New York Post
Guidelines for Rationing Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Catholic Approach by Daniel J, Daly PhD Catholic Health Association of he United States
Kenyan priest charged with exposing others to virus by Catholic World News/Catholic Culture
Help people regardless of faith, says Cardinal Coutts by UCA News reporter UCA News
Special Covid-19 care sought for Bhopal disaster survivor by UCA News reporter UCA News
Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment by Adam Deuerstein and Matthew Herper Stat
Black clergy memorialize the dead, ask government to address disparities by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
As Ramadan nears, prisons urged to accommodate faith needs during pandemic by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
Can you test positive for COVID-19 more than once? Duke medical chief weighs in by ABC 11
Unapproved Chinese coronavirus antibody tests being used in at least 2 states by Gretchen Morgenson NBC News
140-Plus Coronavirus Survivors Retest Positive For Disease In South Korea, Raising Questions About Immunity by Alexandra Sternlicht Forbes
Covid-19: Pope calls to express his closeness to New Yorkers by Robin Gomes Vatican News
Caritas supporting local Churches in fighting Covid-19 by Devin Watkins Vatican News
Antibody Test Could Be a Game Changer in Coronavirus Fight by weather.com
Experts question surgeon general who talks God's 'plan' with pandemic by Jesse Remedios National Catholic Reporter
African Catholic bishops emphasize hope amid COVID-19 by Fredrick Nzwili The Catholic World Report
India charges Muslim leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge by Sanjeev Miglani and Aftab Ahmed Reuters
East European Catholics draw lockdown parallels with communist rule by Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service/Crux
Pope thanks pharmacists for helping people during pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/Crux
Priests Talk of Isolation During Crisis by Paula Katinas The Tablet
California’s undocumented workers to get $125 million coronavirus disaster relief by Call Matters
103-year-old Italian says ‘courage, faith’ helped beat virus by Paolo Santalucia Associated Press
Covid-19: Archbishop Hinder appeals for ceasefire in Yemen by Linda Bordoni Vatican News Agency
Trump announces 'halt' in US funding to World Health Organization amid coronavirus pandemic by John Fritze and Courtney Subramanian USA TODAY
Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat, as White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic by Robert Mackey The Intercept
Inside an Israeli Coronavirus Hospital by Hillel Kuttler Tablet
Pope prays for elderly fearful of dying alone by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Pope Francis Expresses Concern for New Yorkers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register
Inside an Israeli Coronavirus Hospital by Hillel Kuttler Tablet
Bishop allows doctors to give Communion to coronavirus patients by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Coronavirus Vaccine at Least 10 Months Away by Currents Staff New Evangelization Television (NET)
Migrant Ministries Call for End to Deportations During Pandemic by David Agren CNS/The Tablet
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lit up as a doctor, in tribute to healthcare workers fighting coronavirus by Rob Picheta CNN
Pope thanks detainees, prison workers for Good Friday meditation by Christopher Wells Vatican News
Matt Damon spotted swimming in Dublin over Easter weekend by Shane O'Brien IrishCentral
Nigerian Christian and Muslim communities unite to combat COVID-19 by Patrick Egwu National Catholic Reporter
Coronavirus pandemic offers glimmer of hope for Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis by Crux Staff Crux
Chicago Priests Volunteer and Train to Give Last Rites to COVID-19 Patients by The Tablet Staff The Tablet
Cardinal: 'Our faith needs to kick in' amid pandemic crisis by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
Woman loses entire family to coronavirus as husband, son die within days by Jackie Salo New York Post
Thinking Through the Rationing of Ventilators by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk The Pilot
Bangladeshi Catholics remember the poor by Rock Ronald Rozario UCANews.com
Philippine capital gears up for mass Covid-19 testing by Joseph Peter Calleja UCANews.com
Chinese Catholics give food to pandemic-hit Filipinos by UCA News reporter UCANews.com
Church in South Africa supports government’s COVID-19 efforts, archbishop says by Crux Staff Crux
Dominicans donate 60 beds to a Michigan overflow facility for COVID-19 by Daniel Meloy Catholic News Service/Crux
Coronavirus taking heavy toll on California first responders by Richard Winton Los Angeles Times
Texas Blames Abortion for Spreading the Virus, but It’s the State That Has Put Millions at Risk by Jordan Smith The Intercept
Coronavirus live updates: confirmed cases on island of Ireland tops 8,000 by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral
Under St. Peter’s dome, Catholic charities help homeless stay safe from coronavirus by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Nigerian bishops: All church hospitals can be used for COVID-19 patients by Peter Ajayi Dada Crux
Haddad: Catholic health care committed to ‘loving care’ of COVID-19 patients by Julie Asher Catholic News Service/Crux
28 more inmates, five additional staff test positive for Covid-19 at St. Albans prison by Alan J. Keays VTDigger
BOP Implementing Modified Operations by Federal Bureau of Prisons
Inmates In Washington State Protest After Fellow Prisoners Test Positive For COVID-19 by Scott Neuman NPR
Many Venezuelan Hospitals Lack Basics To Function, Let Alone Handle COVID-19 by Philip Reeves NPR
Yemen, Already Facing A Health Crisis, Confirms 1st Coronavirus Cas by Jane Arraf NPR
After Feds Grab Colorado Order Of 500 Ventilators, Trump Tweets State Will Get 100 From Stockpile by Caitlyn Kim CPR News
How A Denver Family Found Itself Saying Goodbye To COVID-19-Infected Father Over Video Chat by John Daley CPR News
Coronavirus: WHO chief urges end to 'politicisation' of virus\ by BBC News
Coronavirus French death toll passes 10,000 by BBC News
Pandemic highlights plight of Pakistan's poor by Kamran Chaudhry UCANews.com
Pakistan's top court cancels order to free prisoners by UCANews reporter UCANews.com