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Covid survivors say they now have 'bizarre' tastes and smells

Covid survivors say they experience ‘bizarre’ tastes and smells months after clearing the infection – including coffee having an aroma like GASOLINE During COVID, patients can lose their sense of smell – and after recovering, their smells can get mixed up One COVID survivor described coffee tasting like gasoline and that onions, garlic, and meat as […]

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Can I gather with friends and family after getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Can I travel? Here are what health experts say.

The U.S. is inching closer to herd immunity almost two months into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with more than one million Americans getting vaccinated per day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But with a large portion of the population still waiting to get vaccinated and questions around asymptomatic spread, immunized Americans […]

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Lilly’s antibody IV infusions for coronavirus patients to present ‘unique challenges,’ top officials say

‘Disturbing’ for Cuomo to be ‘shaking confidence’ in coronavirus vaccine: Siegel Fox News Medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel discusses combatting the coronavirus and reacts to Gov. Cuomo’s remarks on Pfizer vaccine. While Eli Lilly’s investigational monoclonal antibody drug, bamlanivimab, just received FDA emergency approval to treat mild coronavirus patients, top officials voiced concerns over its […]

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What Dr. Fauci has to say about the COVID-19 vaccine

The exciting news that a COVID-19 vaccine has performed exceedingly well in trials has the nation feeling more optimistic about the future. The vaccine, given in two doses, three weeks apart, per Today is 90 percent effective. And for his part, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and […]

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Focus on COVID-19 deaths in under-65s for better insights into infection rates across populations, say researchers

Simply comparing the total number of deaths across countries may provide a misleading representation of the underlying level of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of large differences in reported COVID-19 death rates in elderly populations in different countries. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Institut […]

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Scientists say Hong Kong man got coronavirus a second time

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 […]

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Coronavirus deaths in US top 150K, researchers say

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 […]

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Sunlight destroys coronavirus quickly, say US scientists

The new coronavirus is quickly destroyed by sunlight, according to new research announced by a senior US official on Thursday, though the study has not yet been made public and awaits external evaluation. William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told reporters at the White House that government scientists […]