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Tracing ‘Patient Zero’: Why America’s First Coronavirus Death May for Ever Go Unmarked

While the US experts are still investigating this world-widely spread illness, they are also trying to chase down its US source, the famous ‘patient zero’ but with no results. Why is pinpointing the coronavirus arrival to America so hard? ‘We’re not going to exhume bodies and test them’, said George Rutherford, an epidemiologist at the […]

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Long-Term Effects Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

What Could Be The Long-Term Effects Of The Coronavirus Pandemic?

What changes could come in the aftermath of COVID-19? As history shows, the aftermath of plagues has brought about radical transformations for societies. What will be the outcome of the current situation in which we unwillingly found ourselves? A bit of history of getting back to normal Hundred years ago, in the USA, when the

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The U.S. ‘Darkest Winter' If Coronavirus Rebounds - Let’s Face The Harshest Option

The U.S. ‘Darkest Winter’ If Coronavirus Rebounds – Let’s Face The Harshest Option

As the government whistleblower warns, this winter is going to be tough or, as he called it, ‘the darkest winter’. Rick Bright testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that as the virus spreads in the US the ‘window is closing to address this pandemic’. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright made his sobering prediction in

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Is Bill Gates Responsible for The Coronavirus Pandemic?

Is Bill Gates Responsible for The Coronavirus Pandemic?

What do you get for trying to prepare people for an infectious coronavirus pandemic? Unfortunately, not only no acknowledgments but quite on the contrary – you end up being accused of causing it! Over the past decade, Bill Gates has been warning about the lack of preparation and systems in place to deal with infectious

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Critics Said the Flu Kills More Than Coronavirus. Why That's Not a Fair Comparison -- And Now, It's Not Even True

Critics Said the Flu Kills More Than Coronavirus. Why That’s Not a Fair Comparison — And Now, It’s Not Even True

At the very beginning of the pandemic, in search of tranquility, and in the atmosphere of arising panic, we used to hear from the media that the novel Coronavirus is nothing more than the seasonal flu. Some doctors on TV were convincingly telling us that since the lethality is low, there is nothing to worry

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New York Hospitals Are Studying a Common Heartburn Drug as Treatment for Covid-19

New York Hospitals Are Studying a Common Heartburn Drug as Treatment for Covid-19

Coronavirus is spreading through the world, and the US is currently particularly touched by it. At what point are we know when it comes to treatment? Are there any new options after the recent revelations? Let’s see what the New York doctors’ idea is.  What’s the newest idea? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,

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Rare Inflammatory Syndrome Seen in US Child With Covid-19

Rare Inflammatory Syndrome Seen in US Child With Covid-19

Do we have everything under control? Definitely not. The newest stories bring in some level of anxiety when it comes to coronavirus’ worldwide fight. As for 1st May, in the U.S., the vast majority of serious Covid-19 cases — and eight out of 10 deaths — occur in people who are at least 65. Data

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All You Need to Know About Gilead’s Remdesivir! A Hype Or a Real Solution?

All You Need to Know About Gilead’s Remdesivir! A Hype Or a Real Solution?

An experimental drug called Gilead’s Remdesivir produced by Gilead Sciences gives us hope. But is it a real solution that gives us chances to finally put an end to this tremendous world-spread experience of the pandemic? Or is it just a momentary hype like many others? With the questionable safety of hydroxychloroquine (although the drug

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What Are the Major Studies For The Treatment Of COVID-19?

What Are the Major Studies For The Treatment Of COVID-19?

We’ve been concerned about the democratic aspect treatment of the COVID-19 since the very beginning of the vaccine-research. It’s crucial that when the cure is invented, everyone has equal rights for getting it. But what are the options for the treatment of coronavirus at this moment? Are there any serious candidates to “infect us” with

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Italy Facing COVID-19: Crucial Turnabouts In The Italian Antivirus Actions

Italy Facing COVID-19: Crucial Turnabouts In The Italian Antivirus Actions

Why Italy? The coronavirus infections drama, initially China-located and powerfully spreading out there (in other words – far away), kicked off in Europe in the most prominent Italian city, Milan, known as the world capital of design and fashion, at the beginning of February. If such an easily-spreading infection was supposed to flourish anywhere, it’s

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What Does COVID-19 Outbreak Mean for People Living With Pulmonary Fibrosis

What Does COVID-19 Outbreak Mean for People Living With Pulmonary Fibrosis

COVID-19, an acronym for coronavirus disease 2019, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a newly emerged pathogen first detected in Wuhan, China in December last year. The COVID-19 outbreak began spreading rapidly worldwide and is now declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). 

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Scientists Identify 69 Drugs to Test Against the Coronavirus

Scientists Identify 69 Drugs to Test Against the Coronavirus

At present, hundreds of scientists scramble to discover the right coronavirus treatment. It occurs that about 69 drugs and experimental compounds may be effective in treating the coronavirus. Some of them already treat other diseases. Scientists assume that repurposing them for COVID-19 may be faster than inventing a new drug from scratch. Research into the

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The Coronavirus Isn’t Alive. That’s Why It’s So Hard to Kill

The Coronavirus Isn’t Alive. That’s Why It’s So Hard to Kill

The dark secret behind the novel coronavirus’s actions is that it isn’t a living organism. Maybe that’s what makes it so sneaky and difficult to defeat? The main hero of today’s press is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. It encodes its genetic material in RNA. In

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Can Your Marriage Survive The Coronavirus?

Can Your Marriage Survive The Coronavirus?

Besides the front-line – the coronavirus-related health worries, there are a few more concerns, especially those regarding the mental part of this struggle. We all go through the quarantine period. Some of us remained closed in houses with their spouses for the first time. Even within the happiest and most stable marriages, COVID-19 will provide

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