WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
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Coronavirus: Humidity key to minimize virus transmission — new study
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Dry rooms and air-conditioned indoor spaces hike Covid-viral infection, conclude Indian and German researchers in their meta-study. They're urging optimum humidity standards for building interiors and public transport.
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Difficulties with clinical trials.
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Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., it remains unclear whether two of the most promising treatments actually work.
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World hits 800,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths
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NEW YORK — The world hit a grim coronavirus milestone Saturday with 800,000 confirmed deaths and close to 23 million confirmed cases.
That’s according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Governments have been attempting to balance public health with economic health.
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New Ebola outbreak in Congo raises alarm
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A new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has infected 100 people in a western province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a rapid spread that has health officials concerned about the chances of an uncontrolled epidemic.
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For Quick Coronavirus Testing, Israel Turns to a Clever Algorithm
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BEERSHEBA, Israel — A team of three Israeli scientists has pioneered a coronavirus testing procedure that they say is faster and more efficient than any now in use, testing samples in pools of as many as 48 people at once.
The Israeli government plans to roll out the new method in 12 labs across the country by October, anticipating that another wave of coronavirus infections could coincide with influenza season with potentially calamitous results. ...
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A person with Covid-19 may have exposed others at a bar during Sturgis motorcycle rally
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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years
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Top FDA official says would resign if agency rubber-stamps an unproven COVID-19 vaccine--Reuters
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How Feds Decide On Remdesivir Shipments To States Remains Mysterious
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By the second week in July, COVID-19 cases in North Carolina were climbing fast.
With nearly 19,000 diagnoses over the previous two weeks, only five states recorded more new coronavirus cases than North Carolina did.
"Today is our highest day of hospitalizations and our second-highest day of cases," Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced on July 9, standing behind a podium in the state's Emergency Operations Center. "Please continue to treat the virus like the deadly threat that it is."
One of the few treatment options for patients seriously ill with COVID-19 is the antiviral drug remdesivir. Authorized by the Food and Drug Administration in May for emergency use in the pandemic, remdesivir is in short supply. The federal government has taken on the responsibility for deciding where vials of the medicine should go.
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Silent spreaders' of COVID-19: Kids who seem healthy may be more contagious than sick adults, study says
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Pandemic pushes expansion of ‘hospital-at-home’ treatment
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As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home.
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Trump administration bars FDA from regulating some laboratory tests, including for coronavirus
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Mutated form of coronavirus may be more contagious, but less deadly, experts say
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Near Misses at UNC Chapel Hill’s High-Security Lab Illustrate Risk of Accidents With Coronaviruses
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