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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new, rapid antigen test for COVID-19, which costs $5 and can diagnose an infection in 15 minutes. The test, made by Abbott Labs, is the size of a credit card and does not require any lab equipment to run. Rather, the device has a similar design […]
University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Genetic tests revealed that a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in […]
Even if you’ve been exposed to someone sick with COVID-19 but you don’t feel sick, the CDC says you now no longer have to get yourself tested. This latest about-face has public healthcare workers baffled because earlier guidance called on local health departments to test those who have been within 6 feet, and for 15 […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for August 21 During the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to ultraviolet light to disinfect objects, but how safe are they? And are they effective at fighting the coronavirus? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned about the use of these lights during this pandemic in a statement this week. “UVC […]
New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab boosted their antibody levels 90-fold Researchers genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which causes a mild illness in livestock, to become a vaccine The team took out a gene from VSV and inserted the spike protein from the coronavirus, which […]
High Number of Coronavirus Cases in the Area Finally, Gupta outlined how Georgia’s Fulton County, where his family lives, is “simply not there yet” in terms of having the number of coronavirus cases under control. The county has not met the guidelines for full-time, face-to-face instruction. The guidelines require “the county rate of new cases […]
While the exact origin of the coronavirus remains murky, scientists have been racing to determine how it jumped from animals to humans so they can prevent another pandemic. The next one could just be a matter of time, a study published recently suggests. The authors said a virus with similar ability to infect humans may […]
Since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, the potential role of animals in catching and spreading the disease has been closely examined by scientists. This is because the virus that causes COVID-19 belongs to the family of coronaviruses that cause disease in a variety of mammals. The evidence suggests that this virus arose in bats […]
In Victoria, more than 1,100 health-care workers have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Some 11% of active cases are workers in the health-care sector. Health-care workers are reported to be among those fighting for life in Victorian intensive care units. While we don’t know what proportion of the Victorian health-care […]
COVID breakthrough? Oxford University says its coronavirus vaccine triggers dual immune response Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel joins Tucker Carlson with insight on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. hit 150,000 on Wednesday, by the far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by […]