Hundreds of people in western Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to participate in clinical research trials for vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh announced today. The trials are part of the COVID-19 Prevention Network and Operation Warp Speed, the national initiative to accelerate …
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A handful of initial studies have found that people with O blood type may have a slight advantage during this pandemic. Research published over the weekend found that patients with type O were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than patients with type A, B, or AB blood. An …
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Researchers from the University of Houston claimed to have designed a special air filter that can trap the new coronavirus and exploit it with heat to kill the disease on contact. Dr. Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Superconductivity Center at UH, is the brain behind the project, the Houston …
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From the depths of time, from the Hell Creek Formation, the last of the hook-handed dinosaurs emerged: Captain Hook … from the Prairie. This fearsome creature had a snout full of teeth and large, viciously hooked claws. But each claw sat at the end of the most ridiculously short, stubby …
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According to a major new study, more than half of coronavirus patients who received a heart scanner in hospitals demonstrated “abnormalities” in their heart function. It adds to the growing evidence that COVID-19 causes unusually excessive blood clotting, which can damage organs throughout the body. New research based on data …
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