"My dream has been to bring testing like this to the consumer."

Machine detects COVID-19 in 90 minutes

Swab Mob

A small UK-based DNA-testing company called DnaNudge has come up with a toaster-sized machine that can detect COVID-19 in just 90 minutes.

Machine Detects COVID-19 in 90 Minutes

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-06/how-a-dna-test-machine-mutated-to-find-covid-in-90-minutes?sref=YfHlo0rL">How a DNA Test Machine Mutated to Find Covid in 90 Minutes</a>

More on the virus: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-trained-dogs-can-smell-coronavirus">Scientists: Trained Dogs Can Smell Coronavirus</a>

Devices

Health officials are already ordering thousands.

Russian officials are injecting themselves with an experimental COVID vaccine

Rushing Ahead

Russia may begin a mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign this Autumn, but there's no available data showing that the experimental vaccine works.

Russian Officials Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental COVID Vaccine

READ MORE: <a href="https://qz.com/1888283/russia-plans-to-use-a-vaccine-that-doesnt-yet-meet-who-standards/">Russia is planning to use a vaccine that doesn’t yet meet WHO standards</a> [Quartz]

More on vaccines: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/china-giving-people-covid-vaccine-not-done-tested">China Is Giving People a COVID Vaccine That Isn’t Done Being Tested</a>

Rx/Medicines

The country wants to begin mass inoculations later this year, but there's no public evidence the vaccine works.

"It seems, to me, unlikely that a vaccine is an off-switch or a reset button where we will go back to pre-pandemic times."

Even with a vaccine, it will take months if not years to beat the coronavirus

That's Not At All What Anybody Wanted to Hear

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.

Even With a Vaccine, It Will Take Months If Not Years to Beat the Coronavirus

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/02/covid-vaccine/">A coronavirus vaccine won’t change the world right away</a> [The Washington Post]

More on vaccines: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-cautiously-optimistic-covid-19-vaccine-this-year">Fauci Says He&#8217;s “Cautiously Optimistic” There&#8217;ll Be a COVID Vaccine This Year</a>

Developments

"Things will not be done by Christmas."

"We hope that by the time we get into late fall and early winter, we will have in fact a vaccine that we can say that would be safe and effective."

Fauci says he's "cautiously optimistic" there'll be a COVID vaccine this year

Vaccine 2020

Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci told lawmakers that he is "cautiously optimistic" a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will be ready this year.

Fauci Says He’s “Cautiously Optimistic” There’ll Be a COVID Vaccine This Year

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/fauci-coronavirus-testimony-07-31-20/h_d880e3e2e3cedbfdce59805138f3477b">Fauci &#8220;cautiously optimistic&#8221; US could have safe and effective vaccine in late fall or early winter</a> [CNN]

More on Fauci: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-face-shield-eyes">Fauci Says Coronavirus Can Infect You Through Your Eyeballs</a>

"One can never guarantee the safety or effectiveness unless you do the trial."

SinoPharm's vaccine still hasn't completed stage three trials.

China is giving people a COVID vaccine that isn't done being tested

Safe Vaccines

A letter sent out to employees of Chinese state-owned travel companies claims that two experimental coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective.

China Is Giving People a COVID Vaccine That Isn’t Done Being Tested

READ MORE: <a href="https://qz.com/1887211/china-tells-state-employees-that-trial-covid-19-vaccines-are-safe/">China is telling state employees it’s safe to use an experimental coronavirus vaccine</a> [Quartz]

More on vaccines: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-testing-covid-vaccine-themselves">These Scientists Are Testing an Experimental COVID Vaccine on Themselves</a>

Treatments

How early is too early?

"You have mucosa in the nose, mucosa in the mouth, but you also have mucosa in the eye."

Fauci says coronavirus can infect you through your eyeballs

Wear It

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."

Fauci Says Coronavirus Can Infect You Through Your Eyeballs

READ MORE: <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/dr-fauci-wear-goggles-eye-shields-prevent-spread/story?id=72059055">Dr. Fauci: Wear goggles or eye shields to prevent spread of COVID-19; flu vaccine a must</a> [ABC News]

More on Fauci: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-coronavirus-will-probably-be-around-forever">Fauci: The Coronavirus Will Probably Be Around Forever</a>

"If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it."

"To our knowledge, this is the first time a team has imaged a mixture of antibodies..."

Amazing electron microscope images show antibodies fighting the coronavirus

World Star!

Scientists managed to capture images of an antibody neutralizing the coronavirus, and they say studying its moves could lead to vaccines or treatments.

Amazing Electron Microscope Images Show Antibodies Fighting the Coronavirus

READ MORE: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-07-images-antibodies-neutralize-covid-virus.html">Images of antibodies as they neutralize the COVID-19 virus</a> [California Institute of Technology]

More on coronavirus antibodies: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/coronavirus-antibodies-fade-after-few-months">Your Coronavirus Antibodies Might Fade After Just a Few Months</a>

Studies

An epic battle — in a drop of human blood.

The goal was to find "a simple formula that you could make with readily available materials."

These scientists are testing an experimental COVID vaccine on themselves

Self Experimentation

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.

These Scientists Are Testing an Experimental COVID Vaccine on Themselves

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/29/1005720/george-church-diy-coronavirus-vaccine/">Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works</a> [MIT Technology Review]

More on COVID vaccines: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/experimental-covid19-vaccine-phase-3-trial">An Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Begins its Phase 3 Trial Today</a>

Nobody knows if it actually works or not — but they're passing it around like a party drug.

Scientists are testing an experimental COVID vaccine on themselves

"I am at a loss as to how the Town of Southampton could have issued a permit for such an event, how they believed it was legal and not an obvious public health threat."

Officials are investigating The Chainsmokers for spreading the coronavirus

[Lung Damage Joke]

The New York Department of Health is investigating a recent Chainsmokers concert due to potentially coronavirus spread among a packed crowd.

Officials Are Investigating The Chainsmokers for Spreading the Coronavirus

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chainsmokers-packed-concert-sparks-new-york-state-investigation-n1235079?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma">Chainsmokers&#8217; packed concert in the Hamptons sparks New York state investigation</a> [NBC News]

More on COVID-19: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/second-covid-wave-psychologically-devastating">Researcher: Second COVID Wave May Be Psychologically Devastating</a>

"Videos from a concert held in Southampton on Saturday show egregious social distancing violations."

"We think that this works because the metabolic processes in the body of a diseased patient is completely changed."

Scientists: Trained dogs can detect coronavirus

He Protec

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.

Scientists: Trained Dogs Can Smell Coronavirus

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-24/dogs-can-sniff-out-coronavirus-infections-german-study-shows?sref=YfHlo0rL">Dogs Can Sniff Out Coronavirus Infections, German Study Shows</a> [Bloomberg]

More on COVID: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/experimental-covid19-vaccine-phase-3-trial">An Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Begins its Phase 3 Trial Today</a>

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