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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved after experimental treatment

  As critically ill, elderly patients streamed into his emergency room outside Seattle, Dr. Ryan Padgett quickly came to understand how deadly COVID-19 could be….

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Placing most-critical coronavirus patients on their stomachs can help with breathing, doctors find

On Friday, Dr. Mangala Narasimhan received an urgent call. A man in his 40s with COVID-19 was in a dire situation, and her colleague wanted…

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Researchers harness new technology for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development

by Arlene Weintraub | Apr 6, 2020 10:41am fiercebiotech.com As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerated last month, scientists working for a spinoff of Massachusetts General…

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Results from a Controlled Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

      APR 04, 2020 | KENNETH BENDER, PHARMD, MA The initial results from a placebo-controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 indicate that patients…

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How to make your own face mask

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Illustrations: Leah Abucayan, CNN Updated 1423 GMT (2223 HKT) April 4, 2020 (CNN)There’s one thing you should know before diving into…

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Reaching Rural Haiti With Coronavirus Training

How can health professionals reach the rural population of Haiti with timely information about coronavirus prevention? One answer involves a combination of a cellphone, masks…

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Doctors with Pittsburgh university announce potential coronavirus vaccine- UPDATED

\ PITTSBURGH, Penn. (WTVO) — Researchers and scientists with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Thursday….

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4 major hurricanes predicted in 2020 as part of above-average Atlantic season

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be a doozy, with four major hurricanes predicted along with a higher-than-average number of named storms….

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HAND washing explained

 

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LIFE OR DEATH: CORONA VIRUS TIMELINE

Face masks and coronavirus: Asia may have been right and the rest of the world is coming around In the coming weeks, if they have…

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Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation

Paris (AFP) – From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home…

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Millions of N95 masks keep surfacing. So why is there still a shortage?

Donations alone won’t be enough to address the respirator shortage. By Rebecca Heilweil Apr 1, 2020, 8:00am EDT For health care workers, the N95 mask…

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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…

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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…