Month: April 2020
TOP EXPERT ON CORONAVIRUS WALKS OFF STAGE AS TRUMP INTERRUPTS & MAKES DANGEROUS, UNREAL PREDICTIONS ON FUTURE INFECTIONS
April 23, 2020 Even as all of the world’s experts on COVID-19 predict a second, more powerful wave of infection, Trump downplays this in another…
Doctors start giving second round of shots to volunteers in Seattle COVID-19 vaccine trial
The Seattle volunteers who got shots in the first trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine are now getting the second shot — an indicator the…
Top vaccine doctor says his concern about Trump’s coronavirus treatment theory led to ouster from federal agency
Dan Mangan@_DANMANGAN KEY POINTS A doctor who was removed as head of the federal agency that is helping develop a vaccine for the coronavirus said…
Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine may increase risk of death from COVID-19, study finds
Trump backs away from the drug he touted as “game-changer” as largest study yet finds no benefits but higher deaths The largest study of the…
Coronavirus is largely spread by people without symptoms. Here’s what that could mean for reopening the economy.
by Marie McCullough Just two months ago, the discovery that two people infected with the coronavirus had no symptoms was such big scientific news that…
CDC director says a second wave of coronavirus in the winter could hit the US harder than the current outbreak
Dr. Robert Redfield, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that a second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak this…
Study: Rate Of Coronavirus Infections In LA Up To 55 Times Higher Than Confirmed Cases
LOS ANGELES — Confirmed coronavirus cases only tell a portion of the story in any area, but a new study out of Los Angeles County has…
We are not prepared at all’: Haiti, already impoverished, confronts a pandemic
By Will Grant BBC News With barely 60 ventilators for 11 million people, Haiti is the most vulnerable nation in the Americas to the coronavirus….
HAITI BEWARE – TAKE SINGAPORE AS A LESSON!!
How Singapore flipped from virus hero to cautionary tale by Faris Mokhtar Bloomberg Apr 21, 2020 In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore…
Coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different strains new study finds
The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer reviewed paper released…
WHO chief warns the worst of the coronavirus is still ahead- VIDEO
The warning comes as many countries begin to ease restrictions. April 20, 2020, 11:16 AM PDT By The Associated Press GENEVA — The World Health…
Dogs being trained to diagnose Coronavirus bug and could screen 750 people an hour
A new project will see the dogs receive samples of fabric worn by coronavirus patients to see if the virus has a unique odour which…
Haiti – COVID-19: Flash Update No 4 As of 14 April 2020
Ce rapport est produit par OCHA Haïti en collaboration avec l’OPS/OMS, d’autres agences des Nations Unies et des partenaires humanitaires. Le prochain rapport sera…
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll May Only Be ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Says CDC Adviser
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the U.S., obtaining an accurate tally of cases and deaths has become a growing challenge. Death counts may be…
Condoleezza Rice: China Wants To Shift The Narrative On COVID-19, Don’t Let Them
Posted By Tim Hains On Date April 16, 2020 Hoover Institution Fellow Condoleezza Rice speaks with Hoover’s Tom Gilligan about the “reckoning” the Chinese Communist…
Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment
STAT News By Adam Feuerstein @adamfeuerstein and Matthew Herper @matthewherper A Chicago hospital treating severe Covid-19 patients with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral medicine remdesivir in a…
Haiti declares early victory over coronavirus, plans to reopen factories- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Jacqueline Charles Haiti’s prime minister declared an early victory Wednesday over COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, and announced that the country…
Mutation strain from India could kill current research efforts for coronavirus vaccine: report
A coronavirus strain isolated in India carried a mutation that could render current international vaccine efforts useless, researchers in Australia and Taiwan warned. Scientists have…
‘Undocumented Coronavirus explosion’ spreads around Brazil
At Vila Formosa, Latin America’s biggest cemetery, mourning loved ones has become somewhat fraught. Families are strictly limited to an hour with the coffin in…