Plug COVID-19 research gaps in detection, prevention and care

Plug COVID-19 research gaps in detection, prevention and care

The COVID-19 studies being left undone

Many studies needed to quell this and future pandemics are not being done, and the chance is ebbing away, argues global-health researcher Trudie Lang. In May, her team was part of a collaboration that surveyed and consulted more than 4,000 researchers in 130 countries about what studies were most needed. “The gaps that came up were familiar from my experience fighting Ebola and Zika,” says Lang. “Community health care, case detection and public communications.”
Nature | 5 min read