U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Class Mass Communication Specialist Sara Eshleman via Flickr The Minnesota Health Department’s status report on Saturday shows that the state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 50,000. Overall, Saturday’s update includes 805 new cases, two of which have …
Read More »FDA Authorizes First Coronavirus Test for Asymptomatic People
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first covid-19 test for asymptomatic individuals.Photo: Drew Angerer (fake pictures) The Food and Drug Administration on Friday reissued an emergency use authorization for a test to detect people without symptoms of covid-19, the disease caused by the new …
Read More »Scientists find ‘exquisitely potent’ antibodies; a blood test can identify who needs steroids
The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment holds a child while taking a swab sample from his mother to …
Read More »United States Registers 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths for Fourth Day, Some Progress Seen
(Reuters) – The United States recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, but a senior White House adviser on the pandemic said it saw signs that the worst could have happened in the southern states and west most affected. . At least 1,019 deaths …
Read More »Ossoff isolates after wife tests positive for COVID-19
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff will isolate himself after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus and himself began experiencing symptoms, his campaign said Saturday. Ossoff’s campaign said his wife, Alisha Kramer, who is an obstetrician at a local hospital, received a positive test for COVID-19 on Friday night …
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