Coronavirus

By: Julia Hollingsworth, Jason Kwok, Natalie Leung and Swati Gupta Updated 11:21 PM ET, Sat July 18, 2020 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. …

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Hospitals in several countries saw dips in premature births, which could be a starting point for future research.A premature newborn at Burnley General Teaching Hospital in east Lancashire, England, in May. Doctors have noted a drop in preterm births during the lockdowns.Credit...Hannah Mckay/ReutersJuly 19, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETThis spring, as countries around the world told…

A cholesterol-lowering drug could make coronavirus as treatable as the common cold, scientists have suggested. Researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center looked at depriving the virus of nutrients which Covid-19 needs to survive. They found that fat which accumulates inside lung cells is a key component of what the virus needs to reproduce.…

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is seen in an Oregonian/OregonLive file photo.Mark Graves/FileThe Oregon Health Authority reported 353 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases and three deaths on Saturday.Saturday’s count marks the third consecutive day that state officials have reported 300 or more cases.The streak began on Thursday when the health authority reported a record-breaking case…