New COVID-19 Test Accurately Detects Viral DNA in Minutes
Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This sensitive method…
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Coronavirus World Map: 1,844,863 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 117,021 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 86. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 85 No new country/territory/area reported cases of…
Evidence of Stray Dogs as Possible Origin of COVID-19 Pandemic
Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus), scientists have been scrambling to identify the species of origin to understand…
COVID-19 World Map: 1,773,084 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 111,652 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 85. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 84 No new country/territory/area reported cases of…
Controlling Coronavirus and Harmful Pests on a Global Scale by Countries Working Together
Arizona State University researcher explores pests, parasites, diseases on a global scale. Countries looking to contain the spread of harmful species and diseases like COVID-19…
Chinese Scientists Determine COVID-19 Main Protease Structure and Potential Drugs to Combat the Virus
A team of Chinese scientists has reported the high-resolution crystal structure of the main protease (Mpro) of the COVID-19 virus and has identified drugs that…
Research Offers Hope as World Struggles With COVID-19 Ventilator Shortage
Researchers from The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, have achieved a world-first breakthrough in ventilator splitting. For the first…
“Hopeful” Results Using Antiviral Drug Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19
In a small group of patients hospitalized with severe complications of COVID-19 and treated with the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, clinical improvement was observed in…
Test for Novel Coronavirus Antibodies Developed at Stanford Medicine
The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a person’s immune response to an…
COVID-19 Patients Often Infected With Other Respiratory Viruses
A preliminary analysis from the Stanford School of Medicine finds that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 are often co-infected with other respiratory…
New Filter for Blocking High-Pitched Sounds Proposed by Physicists
Need to reduce high-pitched noises? Science may have an answer. In a new study, theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical…
Additional 12 Million to 89 Million Unreported COVID-19 Cases in China According to New Mathematical Model
More Accurate Picture of Coronavirus Cases Using Mathematical Modeling Mathematical modeling can take what information is reported about the coronavirus, including the clearly underreported numbers…
Coronavirus World Map: 1,696,588 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 105,952 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 84. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 83 No new country/territory/area reported cases of…
Nerve Agent Antidote Under Development to Protect Soldiers and Public
Southwest Research Institute has received funding from the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) administered by Advanced Technology International to develop a nerve agent antidote for…
Laser Treatment Turns Metal Surfaces Into Instant Bacteria Killers
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces such as doorknobs could instantly kill them off? Purdue University engineers have…
COVID-19 World Map: 1,610,909 Confirmed Cases; 207 Countries; 99,690 Deaths
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 83. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 82 Yemen reported its first case of…
Why Time Outdoors Is Crucial to Your Health, Even During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus outbreaks show why cities need to invest in green spaces, psychologist says. As state and local officials pleaded for residents to stay at home…
Why Quarantines Are So Difficult to Implement: Lessons From the 1800s
Coronavirus response echoes isolation measures, economic uncertainty in 19th-century Hawaii. More than a hundred years ago, disease immunizations often seemed like something out of a…
