One of the many mysteries of COVID-19 can finally be solved. Researchers from Harvard Medical School say they discovered why some people infected with the coronavirus lose their sense of smell. The symptom, called “anosmia” by doctors, is one of the first and most frequent indicators of the virus. Some …
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By Cullen Browder, WRAL presenter / reporter The first coronavirus vaccine trials in the US entering the third and final phase of the Food and Drug Administration are being conducted here in the Triangle. “Really exciting times,” says Dr. Sam Fleishman, medical director of the Cape Fear Valley Health System. …
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Kern County medical facilities are being pushed to the limit as more and more residents purchase COVID-19. During a press conference on Thursday, Kern Medical CEO Russell Judd said that all local hospitals have reached full capacity and were beginning to implement surge plans. A state model predicted that the …
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A staggering 1,120 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kern County on Wednesday, a nearly tenfold increase over the number of daily cases reported in recent weeks. It is not simply amazing by our own measure. Kern has had the second or third highest number of daily cases of …
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Ten more people have died and more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus in Kern County were reported Wednesday morning, as cases continue to climb rapidly locally. Total deaths have now reached 115 in Kern and cases now exceed 11,000. The number of individuals tested is close to 110,000 out …
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