Monthly Archives: April, 2020

New research has found a link between increased COVID-19 severity and higher blood levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). NETs usually help defeat infections, but in some COVID-19 cases, they may have something to do with disease severity.Share on PinterestResearchers have identified a correlation between COVID-19 severity and NET levels.In a new study, researchers from…

TOPLINE Joe Biden released a blueprint for his plan to reopen the country Monday in which he called on President Trump to drastically increase testing through a coordinated nationwide program and to launch an all-out effort to develop a vaccine as fast as possible. In this screengrab from Joebiden.com, Democratic presidential candidate and former vice…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Attorney General Bill Barr has instructed federal prosecutors to "be on the lookout" for overly restrictive state and local shutdown orders that may infringe on people's constitutional rights.In a memo issued Monday, Barr recognized that while some restrictions are necessary and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An associate of a former Senate aide to Joe Biden says the woman told her about her allegations of sexual assault against Biden — now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — in the 1990s. The account, which was published Monday in Business Insider, comes a little over a month after Tara Reade…

Kawasaki disease, whose cause is unknown, often afflicts kids aged under 5 and is associated with fever, skin rashes, swelling of glands, and in severe cases, inflammation of arteries of the heart. By REUTERS  APRIL 28, 2020 15:15 Medical workers in protective suits treat patients suffering with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rome, Italy (photo credit:…