Month: March 2020
‘It is affecting every age group’: 3D video shows extensive damage to lungs caused by COVID-19-UPDATED APRIL 1
By Austin Williams Fox 5 NY LOS ANGELES – Using virtual reality, a video released by the George Washington University Hospital showed the lungs of…
Japanese Scientists Find New Coronavirus Transmission Route in Breakthrough Study
Scientists in Japan discovered that micro particles could be causing coronavirus to spread much faster. Simple conversations in close proximity could spread the virus without…
Italy may be on wrong path in fighting coronavirus contagion: scientist
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s measures to halt coronavirus contagion do not seem to be working and it should change its strategy by setting up centers…
Chinese researchers isolated deadly bat coronaviruses near Wuhan animal market
By Bill Gertz – The Washington Times – Monday, March 30, 2020 Chinese government researchers isolated more than 2,000 animal viruses, including deadly bat coronaviruses,…
Johnson & Johnson wants to start testing its coronavirus vaccine by September
(CNN)Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson plans to begin human clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine by September with a goal of the first batches being…
Trump’s path to extending coronavirus guidelines was led by health experts and the scenes at one New York hospital
Trump extends social distancing guidelines until April 30 01:39 (CNN)There were the dire predictions from his health team. There were the late-night pleas from his…
Wuhan COVID-19 Death Toll May Be in Tens of Thousands, Data on Cremations and Shipments of Urns Suggest
A stack of urns at a funeral home in Wuhan, the city’s official cremation rates, and reports of an overwhelmed health care system have prompted speculation…
Haitians Sewing Together to Make Masks
More than a thousand independent tailors and sewing ateliers throughout Haiti, many using foot-powered treadle machines, are being mobilized to make masks as the country…
Silent Coronavirus Spreaders Could Unleash Second Wave of Disaster
With Trump repeatedly suggesting restrictions might ease in a matter of days or weeks, the prospect of silent spreaders wreaking epidemiological havoc looms large. A…
China cashes in off coronavirus, selling Spain $467 million in supplies, some of them substandard
As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the world, some countries are finding themselves in a difficult situation. Low on supplies or money, traditional American allies like…
How coronavirus mutated and eight strains raced around the world after initial outbreak in China as global cases top 660,000 and deaths hit 30,847
Scientists around the world have been sequencing virus DNA to track the spread There are eight strains identified, but all are very similar with tiny…
TRUMP’S TOP VIRUS EXPERT PREDICTS 200,000 DEATHS
WASHINGTON Mar 29, 2020 The U.S. government’s foremost infection disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says the U.S. will certainly have “millions of cases” of COVID-19…
How bad will the next few weeks be for California as coronavirus cases surge?
By Soumya Karlamangla, Anita Chabria, Rong-Gong Lin II, James Rainey March 28, 2020 11:24 AM Looking east, California can envision its coronavirus future in the overflowing hospital…
The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal
The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime. Joe…
Urns in Wuhan far exceed death toll, raising more questions about China’s tally
Shanghaiilist.com The reliability of China’s coronavirus numbers is under question once again in view of the staggering amount of urns being distributed out in Wuhan….
A Heart Attack? No, It Was the Coronavirus
Cardiologists are seeing infected patients whose worst symptoms are not respiratory, but cardiac. By Gina Kolata March 27, 2020 NY TIMES ARTICLE The 64-year-old patient…
Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency
by Reuters Saturday, 28 March 2020 01:38 GMT (Adds quotes from local resident and hospital staff) By Andre Paultre and Robenson Sanon PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 27…
Covid-19: The ways viruses can spread in offices
bbc If even a single surface is compromised, a virus can infect the majority of a workplace in a matter of hours. Around the world…
Fauci: ‘You don’t make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline’ on relaxing public health measures
Washington (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, had a straightforward message Wednesday night about how long the novel coronavirus could affect daily…