Three residents of the Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs have died from COVID-19, according to a news release from the nursing home.According to the news release, the first confirmed positive case of COVID-19 at the community was reported June 26.Since then, a total of 19 residents and 11 associates have tested positive, according…

Sao Paulo (AFP) - Brazil will begin advanced clinical testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus Tuesday, issuing the first doses to around 900 volunteers, officials said.The coronavirus vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, is the third in the world to enter Phase 3 trials, or large-scale testing on humans --…

A flurry of research, newly released by multiple manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, provides reassuring glimmers of hope that scientists are on track to develop an effective and safe vaccine at record speed. On Monday, three research groups separately released early positive results demonstrating that their respective COVID-19 experimental vaccines induced a multipronged immune response…

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in mass layoffs, which may be exacerbating the opioid epidemic.Drug overdoses in America have been trending upward for decades, and now the coronavirus pandemic appears to have exacerbated the problem as more people deal with losing their jobs.The Centers for Disease Control last week reported there were a record 70,980 drug overdose…

PROVO — After countless hours buried in research not necessarily related to their specialty, a group of researchers from Brigham Young University feel like they have made sense for the wearing masks or cloth face coverings to halt the spread of COVID-19.Ben Abbott, an assistant professor of environmental science at BYU, was one of four…