MEDICINE & HEALTHThe IBM Supercomputer, according to recent reports, has been, munching the numbers, and now, it has found 77 chemical compounds that could contribute to the prevention of the killer virus.
COVID-19 has a mutation similar to HIV which means, its capability to bind with human cells can be, according to a new study by a group of scientists in Europe and China, up to "1000 times as strong as the other known virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Conspiracy theories on coronavirus' origin suggest that the virus came from a lab. (Photo : reuters)Medical personnel in protective suits prepare traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for patients of the novel coronavirus with an intelligent dispensing equipment at a pharmacy of Wuhan Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 2, 2020.
Doctors and medical experts say that older individuals or seniors are the ones more susceptible to fast-spreading COVID-19. Does this mean children are already spared from contracting the illness?
The healthcare regulator of the European Union, on Wednesday, said, there is no evidence linking anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen with COVID-19 that's fast-spreading in the whole world.
A company out of Texas is looking to supply Americans with COVID-19 test kits. (Photo : Gerd Altmann on Pixabay) The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread all over the world.
Researchers from a division of the American Chemical Society, CAS came out with a special-edition report wherein they provided a general idea of the previously released scientific information on the possible vaccines and therapeutic agents for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), a respiratory illness which the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus caused.
This medicine is said to possibly treat the now-declared pandemic illness. (Photo : Latin Post) As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise globally, the National Medical Products Administration of China has approved the first-ever antiviral medicine called Favilavir.
With the widespread of pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) and its worsening condition worldwide, some businesses have started limiting their business trips and reschedule (or even postpone) events.
Here are some tips in keeping coronavirus from affecting your mental health. (Photo : Reuters)Derek Au, a 46-year-old manager at a non-profit organization, plays a board game with his wife and children at their home following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China February 24, 2020.
Whether you are a business owner who needs to temporarily stop operations, a student whose vacation came unexpectedly early, or an employee who's transforming his room into an office, you still can't avoid going out even just once or a short time.
Rare but possible, astronauts do get sick too, and they fall ill in space, as well. Indeed, as they float off-earth, these spacemen have suffered from upper respiratory infections or URI, or colds, skin infections and urinary tract infections or UTI,
Italy, which yesterday "saw its death tall" reached 1,000 in the wake of executing a firm quarantine procedure, presently, has the difference of having the worst cluster of infections of Europe, and the next highest outside of China.
The new coronavirus is among the viruses that are easy to combat and kill with the use of the proper products. They need not be expensive nor hard to find to be classified as the right products for disinfecting.
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, everyone is committed to doing everything they can to lessen that burden particularly for the poorest people of the world who are frequently hit the hardest by epidemics, and now, this pandemic coronavirus, and its aftermath.
With this latest development on COVID-19, how prepared are we? (Photo : lobmaster on Flickr) When the news about the new coronavirus (COVID-19) first came out in the United States, American shoppers started hunting for hand sanitizers and face masks almost emptying the shelves of the nearby grocery stores and pharmacies.