Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019, researchers have been attempting to figure out the impact children have when it comes to spreading the virus. Early on it was established that younger people are spared from serious infection compared to older, with very few children losing their lives…

MANCHESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont health officials say more false positive test results are coming in from what initially appeared to be a surge of cases in southern Vermont.About 63 people tested positive a week ago using antigen testing done at the Manchester Medical Center. That kind of testing is appealing because of the quick…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Munich and Ulm have determined how the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 inhibits the synthesis of proteins in infected cells and shown that it effectively disarms the body's innate immune system.  Although its name is relatively unspecific and indeed opaque, the Nonstructural Protein 1 (Nsp1) encoded by the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, which…

Residents in a Texas county who have tested positive for the coronavirus could face criminal prosecution if they don't stay home.After seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo County is ordering anyone who has tested positive to stay home.On Sunday alone, the county reported 17 new coronavirus-related deaths and 1,300…

Biomarin Pharmaceutical, a California company that makes what could become the first gene therapy for hemophilia, says its drug's price tag might be $3 million per patient. Maciej Frolow/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maciej Frolow/Getty Images Biomarin Pharmaceutical, a California company that makes what could become the first gene therapy for hemophilia, says its…