{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/c65945db-1f4c-4fee-a7be-58fe638f2f5f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Coronapod: What could falling COVID death rates mean for the pandemic?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015817f19.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>00:44 An increase in survival rates</strong></p><p>The COVID-19 mortality rate is falling around the world. We discuss the reasons behind this – the role of new drugs, the treatment strategies the have been learned, or re-learned, and the ever-present worry that these hard won victories could be undone by rising infection rates.</p><p><br></p><p><em>News Feature: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03132-4?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Why do COVID death rates seem to be falling?</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>10:53 More vaccine good news</strong></p><p>This week, Moderna released preliminary results for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the third positive indication from a string of vaccine announcements. Although the full data are yet to be published, do these results give us more reasons to feel hopeful?</p><p><br></p><p><em>News: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03248-7?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>COVID vaccine excitement builds as Moderna reports third positive result</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://go.nature.com/get-the-nature-briefing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}