Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said most of its companies are now back to “healthy growth” as China recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. The Chinese e-commerce giant topped revenue and revenue expectations with its fiscal report in the first quarter beginning Thursday, although its shares were 1.6% off in midday trading. …
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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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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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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 …
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