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The US's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the emergency use of the Ebola medication Remdesivir for treating COVID-19. The approval implies the anti-viral medication would now be able to be applied to people who are hospitalized with extreme Covid-19. An ongoing clinical preliminary demonstrated the medication abbreviated the recuperation...
Daniel Uhlfelder has reportedly been dressing up as the Grim Reaper to scare the beachgoers. The attorney had previously sued Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor, to restrict people's access to the beaches. On Friday, Daniel went one step further and dressed up in black robes with a hood, held a scythe,...
The coronavirus tracking app namely COVIDsafe has reportedly been installed by 4 million Australians.  However, the app is yet to become fully functional. Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison called the app a vital tool in fighting the pandemic. However, the data from the coronavirus tracing app is yet to be shared...
As the coronavirus crisis prepares the masses for a different life after the lockdown, few cities have already announced environmental measures to adhere to social distancing as well as fight adverse climate changes. Discussions were held between Europian, African, and American mayors this week on how to pull the country...
In a CIDRAP report to place the future of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of experts brought to light the possibility of it lasting for the next two years at least. Moreover to contain the pandemic, the world’s two-thirds population needs to be immune to the virus, as mentioned...
Cops were called to a neighborhood in Brooklyn where a funeral home had been storing coronavirus casualties in rented trucks.  The New York funeral home stated that the morgue had been filled to the brim with corpses, which led to them using trucks in the first place.  Unfortunately, it gave off...
The one good thing to come out of this pandemic is that our vocabulary has increased to accept scientific terms with amazing dexterity. A year back, we would have no clue about Remdesivir, or Hydroxychloroquine, or Convalescent plasma, and Tocilizumab. Although most talks shows and podcasts are talking and...
Mike Pence, Veep to President Trump, was recently spotted taking a tour of the Mayo Clinic without wearing a face mask.  The Minnesota hospital has coronavirus restrictions such as social distancing and wearing face masks in place. Unfortunately, the Veep was seen neglecting hospital rules.  They tweeted, "Mayo Clinic had informed...
COVID-19 has been a serious test for doctors and scientists hoping to discover treatments that could prevent the infection from reproduce and along these lines decrease its effects that can be a reason for death. Many medications that have been made and confirmed to treat different diseases may work in...
Reports are in that hospitals in New York have started testing a new drug called famotidine for coronavirus treatment.  Dr. Kevin Tracy, president of Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, said that the results of the new coronavirus treatment will be out in a couple of weeks.  He further informed that they...
Amidst the global health crisis, the US now has a two-pronged disaster to deal with: farmers deprived of billions of dollars of revenue and the struggle of freshly unemployed Americans to feed their families. Millions of pounds worth of American produced harvest is left to rot while food banks...
Reverend Tony Spell has earned quite a fame for trying different kinds of death-defying activities - by putting other people’s lives in danger. Well, he might be brave or might be trying to prove something, but his inspiration is not really well-directed. He has recently tried to flirt with...
The Californian beaches, on any regular day, welcomes thousands of people from across different walks of life. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic, the first warm weekend of this spring saw emptiness reign in Santa Monica beach.  Even as the beach in Santa Monica seemed deserted, people rushed to Orange...
Amazon has urged its warehouse workers to submit a formal request if they want to stay back home due to the Coronavirus scare. It has asked its workers to come to their shifts starting 1st May or apply for absent leave. The leave would be applicable for part-time as well as...
Little Erin Bates, born with congenital heart and respiratory diseases, and recovering from surgery for the same was diagnosed with COVID-19. Erin was photographed in the Alder Hey Hospital high-dependency unit at Liverpool, surrounded by an assortment of machines, and wearing an oxygen mask. These heartbreaking photos were shared by...
The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered healthcare systems across the world fragile as they focus on trying to help its victims.  Many medical procedures, otherwise commonplace, have been relegated to the background. One of them is elective surgery.  Austin Well, aged 42, brain cancer survivor with compromised immunity is one among the...
Medical Expert Researchers from MIT and Harvard conducted a study that suggests that specific cells in the respiratory tracts, lungs, and intestines are more susceptible to the novel coronavirus. The study became possible after testing RNA of different types of cells which suggested the presence of two proteins that aid...
While the world awaits a vaccine to contain the coronavirus infection, antibody tests designed to show whether a person has ever been infected with the virus has caught the attention of medical researchers. The test doesn’t reveal whether someone is currently infected with the virus. It only reveals if the...
WHO announced on Saturday, there is no proof on the information that recovered patients cannot catch the novel coronavirus a second time.  The UN agency, in a scientific briefing, alerted governments not to issue “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” to recently recovered patients as there is no evidence of their...
Data suggests America to be one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The worldwide death toll is 197,000. Fatalities in the U.S stand at 52,000, covering over a quarter of the global figure. Public health experts warn that the nation is yet to know the entire magnitude of...