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Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated

Can Blood from COVID-19 Survivors Treat New Patients?

Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated. (Photo : Robert DeLaRosa on Pixabay) Hospitals are getting ready to test, if a hundred-year-old treatment applied to battle measles and flu outbreaks when vaccines were not yet available and tested more recently against Ebola virus and SARS, just might as effective with COVID-19.
Coronavirus is a Bioweapon, Is it True or Not?

Some Believe COVID-19 Is a Bioweapon, Is It?

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.
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

Preparations Needed for Pandemic: What to Do and What Not to Do

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.
One of the criteria of a pandemic is that, it should affect a large number of individuals with global spread

Pandemic vs Epidemic

Does everyone really know what the word "pandemic" means? (Photo : Alexia newsletter on Flickr) It's not ordinary and frequent that a respiratory illness becomes the main topic of conversations, discussions, and arguments in the United States.
Japan Confirms First Case of Reinfection

Japan Confirms First Case of COVID-19 Reinfection

Just weeks after recovering, a Japanese woman is tested positive yet again for COVID-19. (Photo : Reuters)A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past an advertising billboard of Tokyo Olympics 2020, near the Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2020.

The World is NOT Prepared for the Ensuing Pandemic, Says Board of Experts

There's a "real threat" of a pandemic that could kill up to 80 million people. (Photo : Physicians Weekly) In a recent report published by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, we, as a global civilization, are not adequately prepared for a global pandemic-if there was one.

Chinese Bird Flu Could Potentially Become a Pandemic

The strain of influenza that has swept across China is the second wave of bird flu to hit the country and has mutated frequently. Scientists now believe that this strain of bird flu "should be considered as a major candidate to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans."

Biological Warfare on the Horizon? ISIS Soldiers May Be Infected With Ebola

It’s what national security organizations have feared since day one—the World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that they are evaluating jihadist militants associated with ISIS, who may have contracted the virus responsible for Ebola. While the WHO has yet to confirm whether or not the fighters are exhibiting symptoms, the current evaluations of a Mosul hospital 250 miles north of Baghdad are prompting concerns that the fringe extremist group ISIS may in fact be able to obtain a biological weapon unlike anything the world has seen before.
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