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New research concludes that if if 95 percent of Americans would wear a mask, we could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths caused by COVID-19.
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By Victor Tangermann

UK researchers are preparing for a controversial experiment involving injecting healthy human test subjects with the coronavirus.
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While a popular politically-motivated document calls for the U.S. to focus on herd immunity against COVID-19, but doctors agree that it would be disastrous.
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A woman died after catching the coronavirus, even though she had recovered from COVID-19 months prior. It's the first confirmed death linked to reinfection.
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A coronavirus patient caught the disease on two separate occasions, and the second time around was even more severe than the first.
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As a temporary boost in the fight against COVID-19, a team of U.K. scientists are experimenting with a tuberculosis vaccine from 1921.
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Doctors studying the cadavers of people who died from COVID-19 identified traces of the coronavirus in half of their brains.
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Pharamceutical companies have different definitions of success for their COVID-19 vaccines, making it hard to tell if the first vaccine will be the best.
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CNBC reports that side effects of several COVID vaccines can include high fever, exhaustion, and headaches. They mostly don't last for more than a day.
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By Victor Tangermann

Scientists just announced the discovery of two organisms that eats viruses — the first credible finding of that type of creature.
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By Jon Christian

The World Health Organization and other groups are coordinating a global effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. The U.S. refused to help.
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When Congress allocated $1 billion to the Pentagon to shore up medical supplies, it instead funneled the money to military contractors.
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In a new paper in the journal Science, a team of scientists has a blunt request: please stop injecting yourselves with homebrewed COVID vaccines.
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By Jon Christian

Numerous experts are saying that a scientific paper claiming COVID is a bioweapon made elementary errors and relies on a shaky interpretation of evidence.
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In a new interview, Gates says he's still optimistic that a vaccine is on the way. But it's unlikely, he said, that there'll be one by the end of the year.
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When a volunteer in AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial fell sick, the entire study had to be put on hold to see if it was a side effect.
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By Dan Robitzski

Doctors engineered a virus that can infect treatment-resistant tumors and make them more vulnerable to existing therapies.
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Scientists mapped the physical structure of the coronavirus' genetic code at an unprecedented level of detail in hopes that they can find ways to stop it.
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For the first time, experts were able to confirm that a former COVID-19 patient has been reinfected by the coronavirus, but that's no cause for concern.
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By Victor Tangermann

The Russian government is about to start a 40,000-person experiment on its COVID-19 vaccine, which is usually something that happens before they approve it.
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New research reveals that kids with COVID-19 have a much higher viral load — meaning the virus reproduces more rampantly in their bodies — than expected.
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Scientists are developing a low-cost version of a coronavirus antiviral medication using antibodies grown in horses exposed to viral proteins.
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Five new studies all suggest that COVID-19 survivors could have a more robust resistance to future coronavirus infections than we thought.
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Scientists Built an Inhaler They Claim Stops Coronavirus
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Scientists may have found a critical weakness in the coronavirus' structure: a small, positively-charged region crucial for latching onto host cells.
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Bill Gates says that the long wait times for coronavirus test results render the whole thing useless. Or, in his words, the tests are "garbage."
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Russia may begin a mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign this Autumn, but there's no available data showing that the experimental vaccine works.
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A coronavirus vaccine has long been described as the only way out. But experts now agree: even with a vaccine, it will take years to slow the spread.
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By Victor Tangermann

A letter sent out to employees of Chinese state-owned travel companies claims that two experimental coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective.
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The White House's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci told ABC News that "if you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it."
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Scientists managed to capture images of an antibody neutralizing the coronavirus, and they say studying its moves could lead to vaccines or treatments.
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By Dan Robitzski

Using just a pipette and a magnetic stirring device, a ragtag group of scientists is attempting to fast track the development of a COVID vaccine.
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By Victor Tangermann

The New York Department of Health is investigating a recent Chainsmokers concert due to potentially coronavirus spread among a packed crowd.
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A team of German researchers have found that dogs are able to sniff out the coronavirus with an astonishing accuracy after only a week of training.
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An international team of researchers have identified 21 existing drugs that stop the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.
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Scientists just discovered one of the ways that the coronavirus sneaks into cells: a "camouflage" enzyme disguises it as a natural part of the host.
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White House infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci warned on Wednesday that it's unlikely the coronavirus will ever go away completely.
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By Victor Tangermann

Experimental COVID-19 vaccines are coming with an unfortunate amount of side effecte. Failing to disclose those risks could turn people off altogether.
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By Dan Robitzski

According to a preliminary lab test conducted by Pfizer, their COVID vaccine is effective against new highly transmissible variants of the virus.
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A team of German scientists are throwing a tightly-controlled concert in order to understand how COVID-19 can spread in large crowds.
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UK authorities issued a warning on Thursday, claiming that Russian hackers with ties to the Kremlin have been targeting coronavirus vaccine research.
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Human Tests For This COVID Vaccine Look “Promising,” Researchers Say
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The coronavirus seems to kill more men than women for unknown reasons, but a new data tracker may help scientists get to the bottom of it.
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By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk is once again posting misleading claims about the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to downplay the danger it poses.
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Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical company behind the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, just announced how much it plans to charge for the antiviral medication.
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When the pharmaceutical industry finally develops a coronavirus vaccine, medical-grade glass shortages may prevent companies from distributing it.
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With so few new COVID-19 cases in China, vaccine research in the country — like an upcoming phase three experiment — needs to be conducted overseas.
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The European Union may not reopen its borders to the United States due to the largely uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in the country.
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By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease specialist, warned today of a "disturbing surge" in new coronavirus infections.
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By Jon Christian

Scientists are infecting mini-organs with COVID-19 to better understand how the virus infects and interacts with human organs.
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By Dan Robitzski

A new model shows every single atom in the spikes on the surface of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, potentially giving rise to more targeted treatment.
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New research suggests that coronavirus antibodies and survivor's immunity could fade away after just two to three months.
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The state of Arkansas is suing televangelist Jim Bakker after he advertised and sold fraudulent, entirely made up cures for COVID-19.
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A common mutation of the coronavirus is far more contagious than others, potentially explaining why some regions were so devastated.
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According to experts, a drug used to reduce inflammation for a variety of conditions cut the risk of death of COVID-19 patients on ventilators by a third.
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By Victor Tangermann

Michael Flor, who survived a record-setting 62-day hospital stay for the coronavirus, just got hit by a $1.1 million hospital bill.
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By Dan Robitzski

Leaked documents dated to earlier this week, obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Yahoo News.
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By Jon Christian

Over the next three months, three potential COVID-19 vaccines will begin phase III clinical trials, the final test before regulatory approval.
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New research shows that, without lockdowns, the U.S. would have likely had nearly 5 million more cases of the coronavirus by early April.
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Several employees were instructed to stay at home after testing positive for the coronavirus after Tesla defied lockdown orders in California.
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Health officials have raised concerns about whether the ongoing protests could trigger a second wave of coronavirus cases. Some are downplaying the risks.
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Artificial intelligence algorithms trained on satellite and mobile data could spot coronavirus victims and help better coordinate humanitarian aid.
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New research suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is actually a genetic hybrid of a bat and pangolin virus that happened to swap genes.
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Scientists are working hard to develop cost-efficient UVC light lamps that could be used to sanitize anything from hospital rooms to subway car interiors.
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By Victor Tangermann