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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam closed its third-largest city on Tuesday for two weeks after 22 hospital-linked COVID-19 cases were found, the government said. The new cases in the central city of Da Nang are the first confirmed local transmission of the virus in the country in more than three …

In a video posted online Monday, a group of people calling themselves “America’s Frontline Physicians” and wearing white medical gowns spoke in the context of the Supreme Court in Washington, sharing misleading claims about the virus, including hydroxychloroquine, which was an effective treatment against coronavirus and that the masks did …

Scientists claim to have finally discovered how the coronavirus can cause patients to lose their sense of smell. Until now, researchers have been puzzled as to why some infected patients were stripped of their senses. Researchers at Harvard Medical School investigated the ‘devastating’ symptom and say it is ‘good news’ …

(Newser) – Hospitalizations among Florida children infected with the new coronavirus increased by more than 20% in eight days this month. Data shows that 303 minors were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of July 24, compared with 246 children as of July 16, an increase of 23%, for the Hill. During …

Dogs with just one week of training were able to identify people infected with the novel coronavirus disease with a 94 percent success rate, according to a new study by a German veterinary university. © Provided by people Marcelo Hernández / Getty The study, conducted by Hannover University of Veterinary …