SIOUX FALLS, SD – President Donald Trump’s plans to start Independence Day with an eye-catching display at Mount Rushmore are drawing strong criticism from Native Americans who view the monument as a desecration of violently stolen land and used to pay tribute to leaders hostile to native people. Several groups …
Read More »Study confirms key symptoms to consider in cases of COVID-19
A new large-scale review has confirmed some of the main symptoms associated with COVID-19, including persistent cough, fever, and loss of smell. Conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, along with four other universities, the new review is one of the largest so far to investigate the symptoms …
Read More »Ancient drug promises against serious COVID-19 in early trial
There is new evidence that a 2,000-year-old drug could offer hope against a modern scourge: COVID-19. The medicine, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory that is taken in pill form. It has long been prescribed for gout, a form of arthritis, and its history dates back centuries. The drug was first …
Read More »I am a viral immunologist. This is what the antibody tests for Covid-19 tell us | Opinion
TThe sheer speed with which Covid-19 spread across the world, along with the novel nature of the virus, has meant that scientists and technicians have been playing a catch-up game. But our knowledge, although incomplete, is now much larger than it was at the beginning of the outbreak, and medical …
Read More »With the disappearance of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the Oxford vaccine trial expands in South Africa and Brazil.
Soweto, South Africa – Prince William of Great Britain went to Oxford University on Wednesday to meet with patients participating in a human trial of coronavirus vaccine. But with cases of COVID-19 plummeting in England, the researchers fear the 10,000-person trial may not yield conclusive enough results to show that …
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