Could Chloroquine Treat Coronavirus?

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March 27, 2020

Dear Reader, As climate change warms the world's seas, marine animal populations have been shifting away from the equator and toward the poles during the past century. According to researchers, these movements can have cascading effects on ecosystems. In tech news, a study shows the presence and actions of robots affect the way humans relate to other humans. The latest in space, astronomers are on the hunt for the remnants of the neutron-star collision that gave Earth its precious metals. And on the coronavirus crisis, President Trump has made claims that taking a form of chloroquine is an effective treatment for COVID-19. In today's lead story, a medicinal chemist explains the facts. Important information for our print subscribers

Sunya Bhutta, Senior Editor, Audience Engagement @sunyaaa

Medicine Could Chloroquine Treat Coronavirus? 5 questions answered about a promising yet problematic and unproven use for an antimalarial drug By Katherine Seley-Radtke,The Conversation US

Public Health Here's How Coronavirus Tests Work--and Who Offers Them PCR-based tests are being rolled out in hospitals nationwide, and the Food and Drug Administration is fast-tracking novel approaches as well By Jim Daley

Engineering Empathy Machine: Humans Communicate Better after Robots Show Their Vulnerable Side The behavior of such machines influences how people treat one another By Jillian Kramer

Medicine Deep Cleaners Have Their Day in a Nation Paralyzed by a Pathogen Turning from bedbugs and carpet-eating moths to COVID-19, an industrial cleaner joins the coronavirus fight By Michael Schulson,Undark

Behavior & Society Connecting with Voters in a Time of Social Distancing Research suggests a powerful way to get out the vote without having to canvas in person By Donald P. Green

Conservation Ocean Species Are Shifting toward the Poles Changes in species abundance can throw food chains out of whack and put livelihoods at risk By Jim Daley

Space Scientists Trace Neutron Star Crash That Helped Form Our Solar System The collision helped seed Earth with its precious metals By Nola Taylor Redd,SPACE.com

Behavior & Society Anthony Fauci Shows Us the Right Way to Be an Expert He's grounded in humility and humanity; he uses plain language; he admits uncertainties and failings; and he refuses to make the science overtly political By Gregory E. Kaebnick

FROM THE STORE Ask the Experts: Human Body and Mind The third eBook in our Ask the Experts series, Human Body and Mind tackles questions about our own strange and mysterious biology, from how we evolved to exist this way to feats of body and mind.

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