Monthly Archives: July, 2020

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically.The Oregon Health Authority reported a record-high 437 new coronavirus cases and two…

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It has been 14 days since Aaron Weeks was tested for COVID-19, and he still doesn't have his test results."What's the point?" asked Weeks, 31, of Brooklyn, New York.Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreakHe got tested after a close contact was diagnosed with COVID-19. Even though Weeks never felt sick, people without symptoms can spread…

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MIAMI – Researchers at the University of Miami are searching for about a thousand healthy adult volunteers to participate in coronavirus vaccine trials in South Florida. Dr. Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, a University of Miami infectious disease expert, said one of the trials is with Cambridge-based biotechnology company Moderna and it starts at the end of this…