Reuters With the coronavirus still widespread, it’s time to start thinking seriously about flu, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, but also likely overwhelm a person who can contract both at the same time. Doctors do …
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WASHINGTON – Just as he was in the Supreme Court term, which ended in early July, Chief Justice John Roberts has emerged as the deciding vote when disputes over the coronavirus pandemic end in court. Since April, the Supreme Court has seen a stream of emergency appeals to overturn public …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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