Respirators of N-95. To combat a shortage of these masks during the Covid-19 pandemic, new research … [+] shows how they can be decontaminated for reuse, using kitchen appliances. getty In the face of demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control have devised strategies to optimize …
Read More »Franklin County reports 11 new cases, first death
(WSIL) – Southern Illinois Department of Health reports 42 new cases of Saturday coronavirus including the first virus-related death in Franklin County. These new cases span Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Saline, White and Williamson counties. Franklin County: Wife: Three teenagers, one in her 20s, one in her 30s, one in her …
Read More »Beirut explosion: Aid summit opens with call from Macron for swift action
Media playback is not supported on your device Media captionStaff at this barber shop are haunted by flashbacks from the moment the blast hit French President Emmanuel Macron has called for swift action to help Lebanon, when he led an international aid summit five days after the devastating explosion in …
Read More »Can hydroxychloroquine prevent covid-19? Waiting to participate stunts great study
TribLIVE’s daily and weekly newsletters deliver the news you want and the information you need straight to your inbox. KANSAS CITY, Mo. For 30 days, Kansas City doctor Michael Waxman took a daily dose of hydroxychloroquine. Or maybe, that he just. Maybe those pills were nothing more than a placebo. …
Read More »With U.S. infections close to 5 million, Fauci says public expectations should temper COVID-19 vaccine
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the last three decades and an expert on pandemics for the last four decades, has been optimistic about a vaccine arriving in late 2020 or early 2021, but he has also warned the public about their expectations …
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