The Cambridge-based drug giant aims to manufacture reliable antibody test within three weeks after nearly a third of recovered patients recorded a barely-detectable levels of antibodies.
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The drug trial will include 40,000 doctors and nurses across Asia, Africa, and Europe who will receive chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine which are both older anti-malarial drugs
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Whoever thought coronavirus could create such beautiful sounds? For a virus that is feared worldwide, it produces such a calming melody that can drift you off to sleep. Scientists are studying the structure of the coronavirus through sonification to determine the virus' weak spot. These efforts are in line with finding a cure for the disease. Click to hear how coronavirus sounds.
In a remarkable breakthrough, researchers found out that antibodies of people who recovered from coronavirus revealed to help patients to recover quickly.
JK Rowling shared a video on how to do proper breathing techniques for those afflicted with COVID-19. She claims to have been stricken with the virus, and the breathing techniques coached her back into full recovery. The video is of Dr. Sarfaraz Munshi, who works at Queen's Hospital in London. Since the disease targets the respiratory system, Munshi cautioned patients to stop lying on their back, as it restricts breathing.
A 104-year-old refuses to go down from two different pandemics 100 years apart! The Spanish Flu and coronavirus survivor shows that age is just a number.
A new study shows that coronavirus can remain for seven days on the outer layer of face masks. (Photo : pexels)Woman wearing white face masks According to a new study by researchers from the University of Hongkong, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the COVID-19 can remain to the outer layer of a face mask for a week and stays on stainless steel and plastic surfaces for up to four days.
Antimalarial medication 'Hydroxychloroquine' or 'Chloroquine' is now being administered to coronavirus patients in the U.S. even as new evidence shows it does only much.
Cancer patients are in limbo as surgery and treatment are reduced to cope with the COVID-19 crisis. (Photo : pexels)A surgeon inside the operating room Doctors have warned that many cancer patients nowadays are not receiving vital care as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
3 of the 51 states reported over 100% activity spike to parks and beaches, according to Google Mobility Reports, despite the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.