Tagged: Covid-19

A study in Spain has found that only a small percentage of people have COVID-19 antibodies, warning that herd immunity will be “difficult to achieve.” With at least 251,789 diagnosed cases and at least 23,388 deaths, Spain has been one of the worst-affected countries in...

Texas surpassed a grim coronavirus milestone Tuesday. The state passed more than 10,000 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a single day, bringing its total to more than 210,000, with more than 2,700 having resulted in death. The marker comes after Gov. Greg Abbott issued an...

Authorities in New Zealand say they will press charges against a man with COVID-19 who allegedly escaped managed isolation on Tuesday and went shopping at a local supermarket in Auckland, according to multiple reports. The 32-year-old had recently spent time in India. He allegedly fled...

A recent study out of Italy found that 10 percent of those who lost their smell and taste due to COVID-19 saw their symptoms worsen or stay the same over the course of the infection. The remaining 90 percent who lost their sense of smell...

Patience wears thin over slow pace of economic help for businesses and individuals hit by hardship Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 29 Jun 2020 05.00 BSTLast modified on Mon 29 Jun 2020 05.01 BST Shares 88...

As the U.S. and the rest of the world scramble desperately to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are faced with a critical shortage of ventilators, the bedside devices that help patients who have difficulty breathing on their own. U.S. hospitals have about 160,000 ventilators,...

The COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world in 2020 made many of us realize the huge impact that a virus can have upon our lives. Most of us at one time or another have had colds or the flu, and we are especially vulnerable during...

Hoping to stave off a coronavirus infection, an Arizona couple poured the chemical additive known as chloroquine phosphate into a soda and drank it. The additive is commonly used to clean fish tanks. However, the couple did so because the chemical name is very similar...

The worldwide lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic can provide us with valuable insights into how humans and wildlife interact, according to scientists. In an article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution on Monday, a group of international reseachers explain how research amid COVID-19 could...

The Big Apple marked a major turning point in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday with no new confirmed deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since March 12. “In the face of extraordinary challenges, New Yorkers have gone above and beyond to keep...