The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says the virus can linger and spread beyond 6 feet -- especially indoors where there is poor ventilation.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a new guidance has acknowledged that COVID-19 can spread through the air, CNN reports.
The CDC's website as of Friday says that "airborne viruses, including COVID-19, are among the most contagious...
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The Testing of the chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine had been repeatedly called into question for the “dangerous” lack of sufficient trials on chimp viruses as well as the unclear consequences of the new technology. The trials of AstraZeneca...
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Ron Gardenhire announced on Saturday his retirement from his role as manager of the Detroit Tigers. The 62-year-old was dealing with health issues that led to the decision.
Gardenhire hasn’t felt well since dealing with a stomach virus a few...
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Larisa Labzin
Health, World
The more virus there is, the bigger the immune response has to be to control it. And it’s the immune response that actually causes the symptoms, like fever. In an asymptomatic infection, we think the immune system has...
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FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 -- Some Michigan residents are being told to stay indoors after dark and protect themselves from mosquito bites as the state tries to contain the spread of the rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease Eastern...
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Melinda Gates told Axios that the Trump administration has neutered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and continued to bungle its coronavirus response, concluding that only a “lack of leadership” explains why far more people...
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Peru locked down hard and early, but now it’s battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world with their president declaring it “a war”.
For the country’s poor, the impact of the virus is posing an even greater...
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The federal government says it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they’ve experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because of the coronavirus pandemic
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on who should be tested for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Two recent studies have confirmed that people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be reinfected with the virus. Interestingly, the two people had different outcomes. The person in Hong Kong showed no symptoms on...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on who should be tested for the virus that causes COVID-19.
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(MedPage Today) -- Cruise ship passengers who embarked from the coast of Argentina in mid-March were unaware that they were living in a COVID-19 hotspot for more than a week after the ship departed.
The reason why these passengers were oblivious...
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A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research has found.
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Some linger in the body for a lifetime. The one causing Covid-19 probably isn't one of them, but it and others can create mischief long after the immune system appears to have banished them. Knowable Magazine
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South Africa’s chief medical adviser says the country should know its true toll from the coronavirus pandemic within a few weeks, as it prepares to almost fully reopen its economy
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12 Steps To Create Your Own Pandemic
Tyler Durden
Thu, 09/17/2020 - 22:40
Authored by Nils Nilsen via Off-Guardian.org,
12 Steps to Create Your Own Pandemic (Or How to Turn a Harmless Virus into Boundless Profits for You and...
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Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care.President Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows disputed the CDC director’s vaccine timeline, while casting doubt on the use of face masks to get people back to work. And a former White House aide...
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A public scolding of the C.D.C. chief was only the latest but perhaps the starkest instance when the president has rejected not just the policy advice of his public health officials but the facts and information that they provided.
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Studies indicate that homemade masks help combat the spread of viruses like COVID-19 when combined with frequent hand-washing and physical distancing. Many of these studies focus on the transfer of tiny aerosol particles; however, researchers say...
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