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Patient waiting for COVID-19 test dies online

(Newser) – A 71-year-old nursing home patient died Sunday while waiting in line at a coronavirus testing center in Utah. A caregiver and driver from Mountain View Health Services in Ogden took him to the North Ogden Clinic test site, operated by Intermountain Healthcare, which gave him a waiting time …

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Llamas, yes, llamas, could help us fight Covid-19

Millions of years An unknown common ancestor of today’s llamas, camels and alpacas underwent an unusual genetic mutation. This evolutionary occurrence gave llamas and their relatives a strange type of antibody that no other mammal has, which, surprisingly, could end up aiding in the fight against Covid-19. This Monday in …

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