(Reuters) – More than three dozen US states were seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters analysis on Thursday, the latest bleak sign of the coronavirus pandemic, which was once he thought it was decreasing, it was spreading rapidly. Florida, one of the states hardest hit by …
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Four wild mice collected from routine open-air monitoring in the Campo area have tested positive for hantavirus. County officials are reminding people to never sweep or vacuum after rodents if they find them in habitable spaces like houses, garages, sheds, and cabins, but instead use “wet cleaning” methods. Hantavirus is …
Read More »New mutant version of coronavirus spreads faster, but does not make people sick
“It is now the dominant form that infects people,” Erica Ollmann Saphire of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology and the Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium, who worked on the study, told CNN. Now, the team has not only verified more genetic sequences, but has also conducted experiments on people, animals, and …
Read More »Coronavirus vaccines: encouraging “encouraging” data for some, delayed trial for another, and more research ahead
“It has been delayed,” said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an infectious disease expert at Emory University School of Medicine and one of the investigators for the Modern vaccine. In mid-June, one of the vaccine testing centers, the University of Illinois at Chicago, said it expected the test to begin on …
Read More »‘I’m mad as hell:’ College students throw parties to get coronavirus on purpose
COVID-19 cases among younger Americans are on the rise. While most people younger than 45 who become infected will recover without major complications, the virus remains a concern for anyone who gets it. But some Alabama students are not doing their best to avoid getting it, but are actively trying …
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