245 - COVID-19 Research Update: Reinfection in a Health Care Worker, Why Men Might Experience More Serious Disease, and a Look at an Inhaled Antiviral Treatment

In this episode, Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks with Hopkins researchers who break down three COVID-19 research papers: Dr. Sheree Schwartz talks about a preprint study of a healthcare worker who experienced COVID-19 twice; Dr. Nikolas Wada talks about a study of why some people, especially men, may have more serious disease from COVID-19; and Dr. Ashwin Balagopal talked about a clinical trial for an inhaled Interferon treatment. All three Hopkins faculty are part of the novel coronavirus research consortium, with many summaries of new studies available at http://ncrc.jhsph.edu KEYWORDS: COVID-19 therapy; immune response