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...
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) recently said the city will be reopening soon after coronavirus closures because of the area's "desert heat" and "unique economy."
"Although, it has not been clearly determined as to the effect that extreme warmth will have on the virus, it is assumed that it...
Researchers at NASA develop a "high pressure" ventilator called VITAL. VITAL stands for Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally. They built the device in only 37 days and are waiting for acceptance by the FDA.
These can be built more quickly and use lesser parts than normal ventilators. However, they are...
A University of Oxford team, headed by Sarah Gilbert seems most confident in creating a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. With a possible 80% chance of success, they are moving rapidly to develop this potential vaccine and making it available for the public as recently as September.
On Thursday itself,...
Reckitt Benckiser, the maker-company of Lysol and Dettol appealed to the buyers not to drink its products. The clarification came after President Donald Trump said that injecting disinfectants could be a possible cure for COVID-19.
On Friday, the company issued a warning stating that consumption of disinfectants is dangerous for...
A growing number of recuperated coronavirus patients in China are keeping to be diagnosed with the virus without having any obvious symptoms, as indicated by Reuters.
In Wuhan, when the outbreak started, doctors stated that some recovered patients have tested positive again for the virus, but without showing any symptoms....
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French researchers are working on testing whether the nicotine patches will help to decrease or prevent the fatal coronavirus effect.
Evidence is starting to show that the number of smokers with coronavirus is lower than the numbers of the nonsmoker population.
Researchers are now working on whether nicotine can stop the...
Texas resumed abortion services on Wednesday after an order issued by Republican governor Gregg Abbot, last week, permitting the restart of all non-essential medical services which were banned since last month due to Coronavirus pandemic.
The Texas Tribune reported that the abortion providers who challenged the ban in the court...
The director of the office trying to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus in the US was dismissed and relegated from his post because, according to him, he was against Trump’s efforts to develop coronavirus treatment. Dr. Rick Bright had been leading the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority...
A vaccine expert, Dr. Rick Bright, was dismissed from his position and relegated to a narrower role at the National Institutes of Health. He is the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. According to Bright, this move to relegate him must have come after he had...
Coronavirus lockdowns have led to an unprecedented fall in air pollution for these major cities.
However, there has been a silver lining too. The Earth has begun breathing again after the factories closed down. The air quality has improved in many cities. Swiss-based air quality technology company, IQAir, which measured...
The Senate is taking measures to aid in the process of re-opening the economy. A ‘Phase 3.5’ relief bill to replenish PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) which aids small businesses was passed on Tuesday. Hospitals are provided with another $75 billion to fast-track the process of widespread testing.
The vote to...
As states begin preparations for the re-opening of the economy, news hits that August will see a 10% increase in the coronavirus death toll than was expected before. Death tallies drawn up recently reveal that the number of deaths will continue to grow.
Amidst such a state, Health Institutes believe...
The recent autopsy report of two deceased persons from Northern California’s Santa Clara County reveals that the two had died of the coronavirus in early and mid-February, 3 weeks before the first official COVID-19 death.
According to health experts, this revelation will help in studying the virus profoundly as to...
According to Germany’s Federal Institute of Vaccine, a clinical trial for Coronavirus vaccine has been approved in which healthy individuals from 18 to 35 years of age will receive several variants of the vaccine.
The vaccine for the trial which has registered 200 participants was developed by German biotech company...
According to a new study published in The Lancet on Friday, not only the lungs but the blood vessel linings all over the body are also attacked by the novel coronavirus.
Frank Ruschitzka from University Hospital Zurich said that it attacks the endothelium, a layer of cells that acts as...
Novartis, the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company has been given a green light by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients.
The pharma company announced its intentions to start phase III of its clinical trial within the next few weeks. The...