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[ad_1] Enlarge / / A colored transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Ebola virus virion. A virus that normally infects animals makes the leap to humans, whose immune systems have never seen it before. Suddenly it spreads across the world, leaving death and chaos in its wake. We are living …

[ad_1] The government was urged to recognize that racial and racial inequalities are a risk factor for Covid-19 after Guardian’s investigation that revealed that ethnic minorities in England are dying disproportionately high compared to whites. The revelation that people from minority groups appear to be overrepresented among coronavirus deaths, by …

[ad_1] Although there are now around 150 development projects worldwide, the German and British plans are among the five human clinical trials that have been approved worldwide. In Britain, volunteers in a trial at Oxford University will receive the first dose of a possible vaccine based on a virus found …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY As an anthropologist, the Covid-19 pandemic is a muse with a Janus face. On the one hand, the humanitarian crisis is so extreme that no one yet has control over the short or long-term social consequences of all this. On the other hand, it presents a large number …

[ad_1] Photo: Francesco Carta photographer / Getty Images Everyone knows someone who, at the start of the coronavirus crisis, posted on Facebook or Instagram a grainy text screenshot that said drinking strong alcohol kills the virus in our stomachs, just as using hand sanitizer with High alcohol content kills it …

[ad_1] Doctors say coronavirus patients suffer life-threatening drops of oxygen while in the emergency room that can lead to their death. Dr. Richard Levitan, an emergency medicine practitioner at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and has been teaching other medical professionals how to intubate and use ventilators for at …

[ad_1] Credit: Karolinska Institute Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, together with researchers in China, developed a new diagnostic test for COVID-19. The test can be done without advanced laboratory equipment and deliver the result in about half an hour, according to a study published in the journal. Clinical …

[ad_1] Closer to the start of the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus affecting the United States, President Donald Trump promoted the use of an ancient antimalarial drug called hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. Now, the opposite has been found. One of the biggest mistakes a politician can make is promoting …

[ad_1] A number of NHS and private health personnel, from cardiac surgeons to nurses, porters and volunteers, have lost their lives to the coronavirus in the UK. The government says there were 49 verified deaths of NHS personnel from Covid-19 during the pandemic, but others also died. The Guardian has …

[ad_1] Image copyright Family brochure Screenshot Josephine Peter was described as a “highly respected diligent nurse” A “bubbly” nurse who came to the UK from South Africa to bring her “passion for care” to the NHS died after contracting coronavirus. Josephine Peter, who lived in Hayes, West London, had told …