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Coronavirus: Humidity key to minimize virus transmission — new study

Sat, 2020-08-22 12:21 — mike kraft

Humidity key to minimize COVID-19 transmission 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. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) DW.COM

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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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years

Fri, 2020-08-21 14:03 — mike kraft

WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday, if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine. Stephanie Nebehay U.S.

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How Feds Decide On Remdesivir Shipments To States Remains Mysterious

Fri, 2020-08-21 11:06 — mike kraft

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

Fri, 2020-08-21 09:59 — mike kraft

'Silent spreaders' of COVID-19: Kids who seem healthy may be more contagious than sick adults, study says Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Hospital for Children found seemingly 'healthy' kids had more virus than sick adults. Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

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Mutated form of coronavirus may be more contagious, but less deadly, experts say

Thu, 2020-08-20 20:36 — mike kraft

Mutated form of coronavirus may be more contagious, but less deadly, experts say A common mutation of the novel coronavirus seen in the United States may be more infectious but less deadly, according to recent reports. Amy McGorry Fox News

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The odds of catching Covid-19 on an airplane are slimmer than though, study suggests

Thu, 2020-08-20 12:14 — mike kraft

The odds of catching Covid-19 on an airplane are slimmer than you think, scientists say According to a new study, the risk of contracting the virus on a full flight is just 1 in 4,300, and the odds lower to 1 in 7,700 if the airline is adopting the middle seat open policy. Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN CNN

(CNN) — Sitting squeezed between a number of strangers on board an aircraft might feel like a risky position during these uncertain times.

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Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation

Thu, 2020-08-20 11:39 — mike kraft

Doctors on the front lines of the global pandemic say they are fighting not just the coronavirus, but also increasingly combating a never-ending scourge of misinformation about the disease that is hurting patients.

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Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue

Thu, 2020-08-20 09:16 — mike kraft

Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue A doctor checking comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke instead stumbled onto a new clue about how the virus may harm the lungs -- thanks to a test that used tiny air bubbles and a... AP NEWS

doctor checking comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke instead stumbled onto a new clue about how the virus may harm the lungs -- thanks to a test that used tiny air bubbles and a robot.

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