Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they’ve been exposed to someone who is sick. Hannah Norman/KHN hide caption toggle caption Hannah Norman/KHN Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful […]
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By Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in COVID patients’ rooms. By late March, new COVID cases in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had ramped up to as many as 90 […]
President Trump’s former White House Strategist, Steve Bannon, broke the news this afternoon that scientists from the Chinese Institute of Technology in Wuhan have defected to the West with information on China’s actions related to the coronavirus. The Daily Mail reported today: Experts from the Chinese laboratory at the centre of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107973/95/1079739505_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_59aeb695ddbc217334bca608df26a059.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007111079858562-man-dies-after-going-to-a-covid-19-party-to-prove-that-the-virus-was-a-hoax/ The infectious disease, which has killed half a million people and infected almost 13 million. has also sparked numerous rumours and conspiracy theories, the most famous of which is that the disease is a hoax and safety measures introduced by authorities to curb […]
In a letter to the U.N., the president said the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization effective July 6, 2021. He was met with a barrage of criticism. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
Brazilian President Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus. In early April Jair Bolsonaro urged residents to keep the economy going despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Jair Bolsonaro: “We have two problems that cannot be dissociated: the virus and unemployment. Both should be treated responsibly. But if the remedy is too much […]
The global health body has repeatedly faced criticism over its slow rate of changing its stance in response to the rapidly developing coronavirus outbreak. Namely, the organisation has failed to endorse wearing face masks in public places, despite many governments introducing such requirement domestically. A group of 239 scientists from […]
President Trump speaks during an event at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D., on Friday. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images President Trump speaks during an event at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, S.D., on Friday. Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated at […]
__________Asia TimesUS virus cases smash daily record Global infections soar as the WHO warned the pandemic is ‘not even close to being over’ New daily coronavirus cases in the United States soared past 50,000 for the first time Wednesday, as the World Health Organization delivered a grave warning that the […]
People wait for COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Baghdad on June 4. Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images People wait for COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Baghdad on June 4. Khalil Dawood /Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Coronavirus cases […]
Health Editor’s Note: Cell mutations (little changes in the structure and or abilities of the cell) happen all the time in our bodies, healthy and otherwise. A cell that has less functions available to it, will be a target for mutations. When the cell structure is not cluttered with devices […]
In case you thought one pandemic wasn’t enough for humanity this year, scientists warn that a second one could arrive soon. The potentially dangerous strain of influenza is thought to be a blend of three flu strains and has already leapt to humans. A new strain of swine flu that […]
Republicans have now put themselves in the position of palpably hoping and praying that a vaccine arrives by Election Day. The virus is now worse in this country than it’s ever been, and it’s likely to get worse still. Meanwhile the vice president is bragging that sure, infections may be […]
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has weakened over time and could eventually die out without a vaccine, a top Italian infectious disease specialist recently told British outlet The Telegraph. According to Professor Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at Italy’s Policlinico San Martino Hospital, the virus may […]
As the world braces for a possible second wave of COVID-19 novel coronavirus infections, a new report out of Beijing, China, highlights that the city’s wholesale food market is heavily contaminated with traces of the virus. Preliminary results of an epidemiological investigation into the Xinfadi wholesale food center – a […]
Researchers in Israel say they’ve created a face mask that kills the Covid-19 virus with heat. The virus-zapping mask has a USB port that allows a power source such as a phone charger to be connected to it. Once powered, it takes 30 minutes for the mask to heat up […]
Little social distancing was seen at an enormous rally in Brooklyn, which ironically took place just as the New York State governor signed-out bars and restaurants as the grossest violators of the Covid-19 lockdown rules. Thousands of white-clad protesters have filled the courtyard of the Brooklyn Museum in solidarity with […]
Researchers have found that astrocytes, a type of brain cell, can harbor HIV and then spread the virus to immune cells that traffic out of the brain and into other organs. HIV moved from the brain via this route even when the virus was suppressed by combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), […]
DoD Establishes Collaborative Virus Genetic Sequencing Capability for COVID-19 by Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch As the pandemic continues to unfold, genetic sequence data for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), has played a critical role in the public health response, […]
White Supremacy Is The Virus; Police Are The Vector By Nick Pemberton, Counterpunch. May 31, 2020 White Supremacy Is The Virus; Police Are The Vector2020-05-312020-05-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/img_3302-768×659-e1590937868255.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Nathaniel St. Clair. Tensions are high as Minneapolis police murdered a black man named George Floyd, not by gunshot, but by an agonizingly […]
Black And Minority-Owned Businesses Are Denied Virus Relief Funds By Ama Nundoo, Face 2 Face Africa. May 29, 2020 Black And Minority-Owned Businesses Are Denied Virus Relief Funds2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/terra-cafe-in-baltimore-serving-free-lunches.-e1590764912290.jpg200px200px Above photo: Terra Cafe staff prepare 150 free lunches to distribute to local residents as part of Terra Cafe’s longstanding Neighbors Without Walls […]
More than four million Russian businesses saw their revenues falling by a third due to the coronavirus outbreak and measures to contain it, according to a report submitted to President Vladimir Putin. This is nearly 67 percent of the total of over six million small and medium-sized enterprises, large companies […]
…by PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This is the first response story directly from the Wuhan Lab I have seen. I had expected that China had centralized all commenting on the “Wuhan lab did it” claims coming from the White House so they would be controlled by the central government. […]
_________HurriyetVirus expands grip in many areas, as US nears 100,000 deaths South Korea reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections in weeks on May 27 and India reported another record single-day jump of more than 6,000 cases, as the pandemic expanded its grip across much of the globe. Still, […]