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Growing body research shows that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spread from person to person through the air. Indoor spaces with poor ventilation in areas where the virus is present are very dangerous. In the fictional world of “Star Trek”, public health officials and first responders would be …

Maybe it reflects the man, maybe it reflects the world he finds himself in, and probably both, but Mike Shildt ruled on Friday afternoon last St. Louis Cardinal to be out of town. He buckled into the last available rental car and stepped toward Chicago, where, one day, the Cardinals …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is ready to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccines as scientists advance it, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech on Independence Day on Saturday, and also launched a nationwide health identity project for every citizen the role. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets officers as he …

Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the stories of coronavirus that Medscape editors around the world think you need to know today: Comparison with influenza 1918 A comparison of excessive deaths in New York City during the onset of the …

U.S. scientists are developing a strain of the coronavirus that could be used to deliberately infect volunteers in so-called ‘challenge studies,’ a government agency said Friday. The work is preliminary and the government will continue to prioritize randomized clinical trials of vaccine candidates, said the National Institute of Allergy and …