You have heard about them everywhere since the beginning of the health crisis; antibody tests that can tell you if you have had an undiagnosed COVID-19 case in the past and if you may be immune to the disease. Apply that concept to an entire community and you can determine …
Read More »New Covid-19 cases in the US fall to lowest level in more than two months
The number of new coronavirus infections in the US dropped from a day earlier, reached its lowest level in more than two months and recorded a ninth straight day with less than 50,000 new cases. The nation reported 34,567 new cases on Sunday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins …
Read More »No country can ride the pandemic until there is a vaccine, says WHO chief
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is attending a news conference organized by the Geneva Association of United Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 3 July 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The World Health Organization says the COVID-19 pandemic could be ended within …
Read More »US coronavirus: Colleges and universities stop classes in person and start supervising campus after emergence in cases
Universities in at least 19 states have reported outbreaks, despite health protocols on campus. Many outbreaks are linked to large group meetings such as parties, leading some schools to suspend students and organizations for breaking social distance rules on and off campus. The University of Notre Dame and the University …
Read More »A common medication for older adults improves COVID-19 survival rates, say researchers
Medications for high blood pressure could improve survival rates for people suffering from COVID-19 and reduce the severity of infection, according to new research from a team of scientists at the University of East Anglia in the UK and published Monday in the Journal Current Atherosclerosis Reports, a bilingual peer-reviewed …
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