Monthly Archives: April, 2020

An overwhelmingly majority of inmates from four states' prison systems that tested positive for COVID-19 have been asymptomatic, according to Reuters.Between Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, 3,277 inmates tested positive for the virus. Of that number, 96 percent of the inmates were asymptomatic, meaning they showed no symptoms associated with the disease.Asymptomatic patients can transmit…

As doctors around the world continue to battle COVID-19, researchers are noticing that the disease appears to attack the entire body, including the toes.A growing number of dermatologists treating suspected and confirmed coronavirus-positive patients are reporting patterns and trends of skin conditions.This includes what's dubbed as "COVID toes," or frostbite-like areas of typically red or…

The homemade masks that millions are wearing in the US and elsewhere have always been a better-than-nothing solution for preventing the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19.They’re not recommended to protect the wearer. Only N95 respirators can effectively block contaminated droplets and aerosols expelled from someone who is infected. Since such masks are in…

(Reuters) - In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions of dollars into bets with extraordinarily low odds of success. FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labbeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April…

When the clock struck noon, the masks came off.It was Nov. 21, 1918, and San Francisco residents gathered in the streets to celebrate not only the recent end of World War I and the Allies’ victory, but also the end of an onerous ordinance that shut down the city and required all residents and visitors…