SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An increasingly common mutation of the new coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious, but appears less deadly, according to a prominent doctor of infectious diseases. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was …
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PHILO PHOTO: Health workers take swab samples from passengers arriving at Beirut International Airport on their renewed day following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Aziz Taher BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon must shut down two weeks after a rise in coronavirus infections, the …
Read More »Oleandrin treatment for coronavirus is currently ‘nonsense’, experts say
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and an enthusiastic supporter of Trump, says that. He told CNN that he was attending a meeting in July with President Trump to discuss oleandrin as a potential treatment for coronavirus. But such early enthusiasm for the compound, made with a poisonous shrub, is …
Read More »Novavax begins mid-stage study of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
Aug 17 (Reuters) – US drug developer Novavax Inc said on Monday that it is launching a mid-term study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa as the country experiences an increase in coronavirus cases. The Phase 2b trial of NVX-CoV2373 will be performed on approximately 2,665 healthy adults …
Read More »Immunity studies offer hope for recovery from Covid-19
One leading immunologist says the findings give optimism that humans do not have to maintain recurrent coronavirus infections. It also provides evidence that a vaccine can protect people for longer than a short period of time. “The hope I had was to realize with these early studies,” said Dr. Ian …
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