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Biotech company United Therapeutics is planning to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into humans as soon as this year.
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By Victor Tangermann

Looking back at 2020, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in the United States. Coronavirus deaths outnumbered gun deaths, for instance, eight-to-one.
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By Dan Robitzski

The Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will be turned into a "super site" for COVID-19 vaccinations in the surrounding Orange County later this week.
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By Victor Tangermann

Eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Associated Press reports, the first known case amount such primates in the US.
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By Victor Tangermann

State officials are dispatching refrigerated trucks across the state to hold corpses as the rising COVID-19 death toll is causing funeral homes to fill up.
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By Victor Tangermann

4,000 Americans were killed by COVID-19 on Thursday, a new national record that will probably be broken yet again very soon.
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By Dan Robitzski

The pro-Trump group storming the Capitol building on Thursday took close to zero precautions to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
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By Victor Tangermann

When World Health Organization investigators reached China for an investigation into the coronavirus' origins, they were denied entry.
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By Dan Robitzski

The more infectious strain of the coronavirus first identified in England could create a devastating new wave of the pandemic, experts warn.
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By Dan Robitzski

Egyptian hospitals lost every coronavirus patient in their intensive care units when they ran out of the oxygen necessary for treatment.
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By Dan Robitzski

According to several UK expert scientists, there's a chance that current vaccines won't provide sufficient immunity against emerging variants.
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By Victor Tangermann

Students at the University of California in San Diego are now able to get a coronavirus test kit — from a vending machine.
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By Victor Tangermann

A diagram conspiracy theorists claimed to be of a 5G chip that had been inserted into the COVID-19 vaccine turned out to be the schematic of a guitar pedal.
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By Victor Tangermann

A San Jose hospital staff member dressed in a self-inflating Christmas tree costume likely caused a COVID-19 outbreak, that infected 43 and killed one.
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By Victor Tangermann

Vybe Together, an app that coordinated secret parties during the pandemic, just got removed from the Apple app store after an onslaught of criticism.
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By Dan Robitzski

As patients in Los Angeles get the coronavirus vaccine, they can also get digital proof of their inoculation that could work like an "immunity passport."
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By Dan Robitzski

Yet another new strain of the coronavirus called 501.V2 has surfaced in South Africa, prompting several countries to implement travel restrictions.
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By Victor Tangermann

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective after just two weeks following a single dose, according to FDA data.
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By Victor Tangermann

A Chilean research base on Antarctica reported 36 new infections, including 26 members of the Chilean army and 10 maintenance workers.
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By Victor Tangermann

A new strain of the coronavirus is spreading in the UK. To stop it from reaching the mainland, a number of countries have cut themselves off.
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By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study by researchers from the CDC, "brain-eating amoeba" are slowly making their way northwards from the southern United States.
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By Victor Tangermann

The US might have far more doses of Pfizer's vaccine than initially thought thanks to the manufacturer overfilling vials to insure against spills.
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By Victor Tangermann

Hospitals in India report hundreds of new cases caused by a mysterious, yet-unidentified illness from over the past weekend.
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By Dan Robitzski

In a video obtained by The Sun, Tom Cruise can be heard ripping into crew members for failing to social distance on the set of "Mission: Impossible 7."
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By Victor Tangermann

At a parade and photo-op in Georgia, a Santa impersonator who tested positive for the coronavirus may have exposed up to 50 kids.
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By Dan Robitzski

Many countries around the world report record-breaking daily death counts from the coronavirus, and experts predict a dangerous winter ahead.
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By Dan Robitzski

An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed in Australia produced false positive test results for HIV in some trial participants, The New York Times reports.
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By Victor Tangermann

The mysterious outbreak that's causing epilepsy-like symptoms in southeast India continues to grow, and experts have no idea what's causing it.
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By Dan Robitzski

Health authorities in the UK are advising that those with a history of strong allergic reactions shouldn't get Pifzer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
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By Victor Tangermann

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective after just two weeks following a single dose, according to FDA data.
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By Victor Tangermann

51-year-old Georgia resident Victor Hardley Crawley attempted to rob a bank by telling the bank tellers that he would infect them with COVID-19.
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By Victor Tangermann

Who should get the Covid-19 vaccine first? On Tuesday afternoon, a panel that advises the CDC voted on who that group needs to be. And the big winners?
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By Foster Kamer

Vape Lung, or EVALI, never actually went away. The CDC stopped tracking cases in February, but a small number continue to pop up.
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By Dan Robitzski

In his Thanksgiving address, president-elect Joe Biden revealed that he will not be spending the holiday with his family due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Victor Tangermann

COVID-19 is having some seriously strange effects on the nervous system — including wreaking havoc on the patient's sense of smell.
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By Victor Tangermann

This past weekend, 3 million Americans passed through an airport, flying in the face of CDC and expert warnings to limit travel.
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By Dan Robitzski

UK’s Oxford University and European pharmaceutical AstraZeneca found their COVID-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective because of a dosing error.
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By Victor Tangermann

"Santa is exempt from this because Santa, of all the good qualities, has a lot of good innate immunity," infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said.
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By Victor Tangermann

On Thursday, the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. climbed higher than it had since May, while also setting records for new cases and hospitalizations.
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By Dan Robitzski

Instead of sitting on Santa's lap this year, families can chat online with an AI Santa or stand behind a giant plexiglass barrier.
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By Dan Robitzski

Italian police officers covered 300 miles in just two hours while driving a Lamborghini Huracan to deliver  a donor kidney.
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By Victor Tangermann

It's been exactly a year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in China, according to a March report by the South China Morning Post.
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By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of people in China are getting injected with one of several COVID-19 vaccines despite none of them having been officially deemed safe.
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By Victor Tangermann

More than 130 Secret Service officers have been infected with the coronavirus and have been instructed to quarantine following Trump's campaign travel.
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By Victor Tangermann

SeaDream 1, the first Caribbean cruise since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the industry, has a worsening outbreak onboard.
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By Dan Robitzski

Thanksgiving is two weeks away. If you plan on seeing anyone in person, it's time to self-quarantine effective immediately.
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By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk Tests Positive For COVID
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By Victor Tangermann

Recently, several reports emerged in Europe and the U.K. about people buying forged coronavirus tests or doctoring their own results to board flights.
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By Dan Robitzski

Russian officials claim they have found that their COVID-19 vaccine is 92 percent effective — but scientists are questioning the results.
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By Victor Tangermann

On Wednesday, a passenger on the SeaDream 1, the first cruise ship to return to the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic, tested positive for COVID-19
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By Victor Tangermann

Biden promised to reverse the incumbent Donald Trump's controversial April decision to leave the World Health Organization.
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By Jon Christian

Pfizer has announced its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective, surprising experts. First doses could go out before the end of the year.
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By Victor Tangermann

On Wednesday alone, the U.S. confirmed over 107,800 cases of COVID-19, making it the worst day and week of the outbreak so far.
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By Dan Robitzski

Oregon just became the first state in the country to decriminalize the possession of all drugs, including small amounts of heroin and cocaine.
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By Victor Tangermann

Authorities in Denmark have found that a mutation of the coronavirus has spread from minks to humans, and plan to kill all 17 million mink in the country.
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By Victor Tangermann

MIT Algorithm Detects COVID-19 in the Sound of Your Cough
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By Dan Robitzski

A "Fire Fauci" chant broke out at a recent Trump rally. "Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election," the president replied.
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By Victor Tangermann

General David Thompson, the Space Force's second in command has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Politico.
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By Victor Tangermann

Contrary to what Trump has been insisting for the whole pandemic, the surge in new coronavirus cases has nothing to do with how many tests are administered.
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By Dan Robitzski

Two studies say its safe to fly during the coronavirus pandemic. Reports out of Europe paint a strikingly different picture.
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By Victor Tangermann

A third wave of COVID-19 cases — shaping up to be the worst one yet — is hitting the U.S., and the federal government is throwing in the towel.
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By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Eric Topol says that, based on existing numbers, the odds of catching COVID-19 a second time after recovering are about one in a million.
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By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are certain that the U.S. COVID-19 death toll is well over 200,000 lives. Conspiracy theories attempting to minimize deaths are easily debunked.
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By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci warns that as we hit the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's no end in sight. Trump is taking it out on Fauci instead of helping.
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By Dan Robitzski