This is how the coronavirus kills
The National Institutes of Health produced new imagery of the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly COVID-19 disease. The image shows SARS-CoV-2 replicas exiting the …
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Scientists say the US will probably need to shelter-in-place until summer
Social distancing due to coronavirus should continue until summer, researchers now say. Rolling back the containment efforts too quickly will result in a huge rebound …
A dog just tested positive for coronavirus for the first time in the US
In a recent novel coronavirus research study at Duke University, an entire family was tested for the virus, including their two dogs and their cat. …
NASA is going to fire lasers at the Moon in the hopes of finding water
NASA will send a ‘Lunar Flashlight’ to illuminate the shadowy craters and depressions on the Moon’s south pole. The space agency hopes to find water …
Coronavirus vaccine maker Moderna announces plans for phase 2 trial
Moderna, one of the first companies to start clinical trials on humans for a coronavirus vaccine, is looking to move to phase 2. The mRNA-1273 …
CDC says social distancing guidelines now apply to pets
Social distancing guidelines to fight the coronavirus pandemic — which has now infected more than 1 million Americans — don’t just apply to people. The …
SpaceX found a way to make Starlink satellites less annoying
SpaceX has a new plan for minimizing the visibility of its Starlink satellites from Earth. The company will use shaded “visors” to mitigate the reflection …
Social distancing may have to get more rigid to prevent an increase in coronavirus cases
Social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home directives have helped prevent the coronavirus from spreading aggressively. More rigid social distancing measures, however, may be necessary to truly …
Belgians told to eat fries twice a week to save the potato industry
Belgium food officials are begging citizens to eat fries at least twice a week in a bid to boost the failing potato industry. Demand for …
UK doctors warn of unusual coronavirus symptoms in some children
UK doctors have issued an alert to colleagues about a series of severe symptoms that can appear in some children infected with the novel coronavirus. …
Doctors think they’ve discovered another potential coronavirus cure
Doctors treating severe COVID-19 cases in New York attempted stem cell therapy on 12 patients, 10 of whom came off ventilators after receiving treatment. It’s …
Scientists invented a way to make live plants glow – and it’s insane
A new breed of glowing plants has been developed by scientists using the same compounds that allow naturally luminescent fungi to glow. By engineering the …
These are the coronavirus medications the FDA is warning people not to take
People are self-medicating with malaria drugs after a certain government official endorsed them as “game-changers.” The US Food and Drug Administration is trying to prevent …
One country has stopped coronavirus community transmission
New Zealand announced a considerable milestone in dealing with the novel coronavirus: The country stopped the community transmission of COVID-19. New Zealand has eased some …
The Pentagon just released three UFO videos, as if 2020 wasn’t already weird enough
As if 2020 wasn’t a bizarre enough of a year already, the Pentagon sparked a flurry of news headlines Monday thanks to a turn of …
Brain implant breakthrough may reverse paralysis
Researchers developed a system that uses a brain implant and brain-computer interface to translate signals between the brain and limbs of a paralyzed person. Early …
Researchers want to know if pollution helps coronavirus spread farther
Researchers have discovered that particles of the novel coronavirus can bind to air pollution, which could allow the virus to travel over more significant distances. …
A SpaceX Starship prototype survived a test its predecessors failed
A SpaceX Starship prototype successfully passed a cryo pressure test that claimed the claimed the lives of several of its predecessors. This particular prototype, SN4, …
First known coronavirus victim’s heart ‘burst’ due to the infection
The first known coronavirus death in the US happened on February 6th, much earlier than initially believed. An autopsy report for the 57-year-old woman has …
NASA developed a high-pressure coronavirus ventilator in 37 days
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory built a ventilator for coronavirus patients in just 37 days. The ventilator, nicknamed VITAL, can be produced at scale …
Promising coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September
A coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University scientists entered Phase I clinical trials last week and could be ready to roll out by September. …
Tom Hanks’s blood might help save us all from coronavirus
Researchers around the world are racing to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine to finally conquer the deadly pandemic that’s ravaged the globe for months now, …
CDC added 6 new coronavirus symptoms to its guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added six more coronavirus symptoms to the official list of COVID-19 signs. The updated list includes symptoms …
Many coronavirus patients don’t even have the most common symptom
A study of 5,700 coronavirus patients who were treated in Northwell Health hospitals in the New York area reveals that only some 30% of patients …
White House health official says social distancing isn’t ending anytime soon
Dr. Deborah Birx says that social distancing will definitely have to continue into the summer months and that just because the curve is flattening doesn’t …
WHO says coronavirus might be able to infect the same person twice
The World Health Organization says there’s no concrete evidence that being infected with COVID-19 makes you immune from it in the future. Individuals with viral …
A common heartburn medicine might work against coronavirus
Doctors in New York are looking at a drug that usually treats heartburn for COVID-19 therapy. The novel coronavirus might respond to famotidine, an affordable …
Coronavirus can apparently live for days in your eye
New findings from one of the earliest coronavirus patients in Italy suggest that traces of the virus can live in the eye for some 20 …
New idea to speed up coronavirus vaccine research is bold but dangerous
Coronavirus vaccine research is advancing at a fast pace, but that might not be enough for some lawmakers and scientists. There’s increasing support for a …
Do mosquitos transmit coronavirus?
Mosquitos are known to carry a variety of microorganisms capable of causing disease, but is coronavirus one of them? At the moment, the CDC and …
