Xingwang Li

TL;DR: The epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and treatment and clinical outcomes of patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection in Wuhan, China, were reported.

TL;DR: In hospitalized adult patients with severe Covid-19, no benefit was observed with lopinavir–ritonavir treatment beyond standard care, and future trials in patients withsevere illness may help to confirm or exclude the possibility of a treatment benefit.

TL;DR: The presence of a coexisting medical condition was the only independent risk factor for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during the evaluation period, and the novel H7N9 virus caused severe illness, including pneumonia and ARDS, with high rates of ICU admission and death.

TL;DR: Surveillance of the 2009 H1N1 virus in China shows that the majority of those infected have a mild illness, and the duration of infection may be shortened if oseltamivir is administered.

TL;DR: The past 300 years has witnessed at least six global pandemics, including four in the 20th century -- three of them originated in China.