Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.It has now been 63 days -- we're keeping track -- since California became the first American state to issue a so-called shelter-in-place order for all citizens.Governor Gavin Newsom's order was the beginning of an unprecedented coronavirus mass quarantine that…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A Boston hospital worker has helped place 500 American flags in a park to honor veterans for Memorial Day after the city canceled its large annual display because of the coronavirus.The hundreds of miniature flags ordered by Mary Gillen – who is battling the coronavirus daily as a respiratory therapist at Massachusetts General…

Some researchers and doctors have started using plasma from people recovering from COVID-19 to treat others who have developed the disease. Medical News Today spoke to Dr. Arturo Casadevall, from Johns Hopkins University, to learn more about this approach.Share on PinterestWhat is convalescent plasma therapy, and why are some doctors using it to treat COVID-19?…

An antibody that scientists first identified in a blood sample from a person who recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) strongly inhibits the virus that causes COVID-19. The scientists who discovered the antibody are racing to bring it to clinical trials.There are currently no proven treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness that the SARS-CoV-2…

Since the emergence of the new coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, several researchers have proposed that there is more than one strain, and that mutations have led to changes in how infectious and deadly it is. However, opinions are divided.Genetic mutations are a natural, everyday phenomenon. They can occur every time genetic material is copied. When a…