Preliminary

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck off the coast of Alaska early Wednesday morning.

After researchers at the University of Oxford recently deemed dexamethasone as a “life-saving” drug treatment for COVID-19, some experts wanted to see additional data.The preliminary results of the study were announced on June 16, but they were not published until Monday in the medRxiv depository.They have not yet been peer-reviewed.Researchers said the RECOVERY trial “provides clear evidence” that…

Human medical trials have begun on severely ill COVID-19 patients using low-doses of radiation. The first results on a very small group were published this week in a non-peer-reviewed journal that exists to get critical results out quickly to the scientific and medical community. The medical team at Emory University Hospital led by Dr. Mohammad…

A preliminary study reports that a significant mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen may have been detected for the first time. Authors of the study, published on the website bioRxiv and not yet peer-reviewed, posit that if the mutations continue to occur, it could impact efforts to find a vaccine, but they told Newsweek they think this…