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It’s a strange side effect. But could it provide clues as to how coronavirus attacks the body? Why do some people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell? And what can be learned from it? Scientists are examining tissue removed from patients’ noses during surgery, believing they may have discovered …

Despite the urgency of beating COVID-19, health officials may delay the development of an effective vaccine. Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere have yet to authorize an ethical charge investigation procedure called “trials with human challenge.” Challenge tests deliberately involve volunteers with the disease – which explains the official retention …

The number of new cases of coronavirus in the U.S. rose, but remained below 50,000 for the fourth day in a row, as some universities and schools moved classes online to prevent campus outbreaks. The U.S. reported more than 44,000 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, sharply up from 35,112 the …

Some hopeful signs began to emerge when the US recorded the lowest daily number of new coronavirus cases in nearly eight weeks and hospitalizations continued to decline. But recent outbreaks in a number of schools and universities across the country have shown that catching the virus remains a challenge. The …

Increased mutation in the new coronavirus “could be a good thing”, said a top expert. Paul Tambyah, a former consultant at the National University of Singapore and president-elect of the International Society of Infectious Diseases, said a mutation in coronavirus that has made the rounds in Europe, North America and …