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NEW YORK (AP) — Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, offi…
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Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases
NIH launches nationwide coronavirus antibody test trial to find ‘true magnitude’ of pandemic
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The National Institutes of Health want to find out how far the coronavirus pandemic spread in the United States without being detected and researchers are recruiting across the country, including Ohio.
Serology surveys are being conducted …
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CDC: COVID-19 Can Spread 13 Feet, Travel on Shoes
April 14, 2020 – The novel coronavirus can travel 13 feet through the air and be carried around on peoples shoes, according to a new report from the CDC.
The airborne distance is more than twice the recommended social distancing guidelines to stay 6 feet awa…
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Could old vaccines for other germs protect against the coronavirus?
Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide a little stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives.
It may sound odd: Vaccines are designed to target a specific disease. But va…
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Weekly death rate in England and Wales hits record high due to the coronavirus
Fatalities in England and Wales are around 60% above the normal weekly average due to the coronavirus, according to the national statistics body, whose data also suggests that the death toll for the virus could be much higher than official figures.
The Offic…
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‘You see it work almost immediately’: Laying coronavirus patients on their stomachs can save lives, doctors say
It’s a flip that could save a COVID-19 patient’s life, doctors are saying.
CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports many doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs can help increase the amount of oxygen getting to the lungs.
Pu…
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Coronavirus: Fifteen virus deaths at Wavertree care home
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Oak Springs Care Home had to appeal for staff after 50 of its 72 workers had to self-isolate
Fifteen residents in a care home have died of suspected coronavirus in the past two weeks, its manager has said.
Andrea Lyons,…
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Scientists discover 6 new types of coronavirus in bats
Scientists discover 6 new types of coronavirus in bats – The Jerusalem Post
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Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved after experimental treatment
Dr. Ryan Padgett, a Seattle emergency room physician, contracted COVID-19 and was saved by doctors who used an experimental treatment. (Karen Ducey / For the Times)
As critically ill, elderly patients streamed into his emergency room outside Seattle, Dr. Rya…
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There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up
They deemed the Sylvia Browne matter a mixture” of truth and fiction. Yes, Browne had written more than a decade ago that in around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resistin…
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