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Hawaii health officials reported 121 new COVID-19 cases statewide on Wednesday and two deaths on Oahu. There are currently 140 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state, including 47 people in intensive care. The state’s intensive care beds are at 70% capacity....
The COVID-19 pandemic cast its shadow over the first US presidential debate last night, with the two candidates airing vastly different views, as federal and state officials grappled with rising cases and how to scale the latest round of response measures.And in...
<!—-> Companies are developing COVID-19 treatments using monoclonal antibodies, Y-shaped immune proteins that target the pandemic coronavirus. KTSDESIGN/Science Source By Jon CohenSep. 30, 2020 , 5:15 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the...
It’s time to change how we think about the sensitivity of testing for Covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the scientific community are currently almost exclusively focused on test sensitivity, a measure of how well an individual assay can detect viral...
For Immediate Release: September 30, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects...
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – Wisconsin added 27 deaths to its COVID-19 death toll on Wednesday, the most ever reported in a single day. State health officials say it’s the lagging result of the current surge in coronavirus cases we’re seeing.The death rate went up from...
A 19-year-old college student at Appalachian State University in North Carolina died on Monday night from Covid-19 complications, school officials said Tuesday.Chad Dorrill, an apparently healthy second-year student, was living off campus and taking all of his classes...
With the Tennessee Titans roiled by a coronavirus outbreak that has infected multiple players and team personnel, the N.F.L. has rescheduled their game on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers to either Monday or Tuesday. It is the first N.F.L. game to be pushed back...
The World Health Organization said open borders would help fight disease. Experts, and a global treaty, emphatically agreed. But the scientific evidence was never behind them.ISCHGL, Austria — They came from across the world to ski in the most famous resorts of the...
Since first appearing in late 2019, the novel virus, SARS-CoV-2, has had a range of impacts on those it infects. Some people become severely ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, and require hospitalization, whereas others have mild symptoms or are even...
Maine reported 59 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the largest one-day spike since May. York, Cumberland and Androscoggin counties reported the bulk of new cases, with 16 in York, 15 in Cumberland and 14 in Androscoggin. No additional deaths were reported. The...
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., September 30, 2020, there have been 561,113 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 15,848 total cases and 350 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths...
Tue, Sep 29 20206:50 PM EDTDisney to lay off 28,000 employeesDisney will lay off 28,000 employees across its parks, experiences and consumer products segment. The company blamed prolonged closures and capacity limits at open parks for the layoffs.In a memo sent...
Updated 11:29 a.m.Days after Minnesota’s COVID-19 death toll passed 2,000, Wednesday’s numbers offered another grim reminder the pandemic is not over. The state recorded 16 more deaths, the highest daily number in more than a month.The Minnesota Health Department...
State officials continue to stress that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Health Department numbers continue to bear that out.Minnesota posted another 817 confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday with hospitalizations rising to their highest level since late May. The...
[embedded content]The occurrence of the US reaching 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic last week aligned with a rise in daily new cases to 50,000-plus—a return to midsummer highs being reported when cases spiked throughout southern and...
A recent genetic association study1 identified a gene cluster on chromosome 3 as a risk locus for respiratory failure upon SARS-CoV-2 infection. A new study2 comprising 3,199 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and controls finds that this is the major genetic risk factor...
NEWS FEATURE 30 September 2020 Researchers are exploring ways to use people’s voices to diagnose coronavirus infections, dementia, depression and much more. Emily Anthes Emily Anthes is a science journalist in New York City. Search for this author in: Illustration by...
Since the coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the United States, millions of Americans have gone online to search for information related to the virus or Covid-19, the disease it causes. Most had no idea they were revealing information about themselves — not just to...
The first data are in for Regeneron’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail—and they’re encouraging. The top dose of the treatment lowered virus levels and relieved symptoms more quickly than placebo did in patients infected with COVID-19 but not sick enough to be...
30 September 2020 The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 in Western Australia overnight. The State’s total stands at 684. There are 22 active cases being monitored. To date, 653 confirmed cases have recovered from the virus in WA. Yesterday 909...
Image copyright Getty Images An aircraft storage facility in Central Australia is now so full that its owners have had to seek out more space.Many carriers haven’t had enough passengers to justify flying during the pandemic, and have opted to store their planes....
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