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Coronavirus Cases In India Inch Towards 60,000-Mark, 1,981 Deaths
The total cases include 111 foreign nationals. Kerala and Bihar have reported four deaths each. These patients will undergo regular temperature and pulse oximetry monitoring and will be discharged after 10 days, provided they have not had fever for the last three days. [Full Article...]
Mysterious coronavirus-linked illness afflicting children in the US
While their symptoms initially suggested Kawasaki disease , doctors were not completely sure, says Dr. Sunil Sood, an infectious disease specialist and chair of pediatrics at Northwell Health's Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, New York , and at Cohen Children's Hospital. [Full Article...]
19 new cases, 17 more recoveries
There have been 163 cases so far in the Saskatoon area. Provincial authorities recommended people to keep a consistent group of family or friends and to not visit different groups every day, take precautions with family members with chronic health conditions, maintain physical distancing of two metres or more and to be aware of what people they have made contact with. [Full Article...]
Pandemic Conspiracy Video Removed From Facebook, YouTube
The video features controversial researcher Judy Mikovits and includes topics like federal government cover-up, profiteering over the deadly virus and persecution of people attempting to expose the truth of Coronavirus crisis. The almost 26-minute video is part of a series of clips that were released before a documentary called Plandemic that filmmakers say will "expose the scientific and pol... [Full Article...]
Llamas could be the key to fighting new coronavirus, researchers say
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Belgian and USA researchers published their findings this week in the journal Cell . Camelids, like llamas, camels and alpacas, produce unique antibodies. "While we were working on this project, the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged and the spike proteins are pretty similar between SARS-CoV-2 and the original SARS", Jason McLellan , associate professor of molecular biosciences at UT-Austin ... [Full Article...]
Saliva from home: how US-approved test works
A patient collects a saliva sample using the self-collection kit and sends it for testing to the Rutgers lab, now the only site that uses saliva samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the FDA said. On May 1, Murphy announced that the Trump administration was sending New Jersey 550,000 COVID-19 test kits and 750,000 swabs. Another home testing kit approved last mo... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots; Blood Thinners Could Boost Survival
Researchers who took part in the study also claimed that the use of anticoagulants is capable of reducing the mortality rates by 50 percent among coronavirus patients. In late April, scientists also reported that an arthritis drug made by Regeneron and Sanofi that had drawn enthusiasm from investors early on produced disappointing results in clinical trials, according to The Washington Post . [Full Article...]
Child in NY dies from rare disease linked to COVID-19
Out of five children admitted in New Brunswick, three remain in intensive care, as first reported by NJ.com and confirmed by RWJUH spokesman Robert Cavanaugh. Symptoms have been "characterized by persistent fever and features of Kawasaki disease and/or toxic shock syndrome; abdominal symptoms common". The inflammation it causes tends to affect the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the hea... [Full Article...]