Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets, suggesting that the antiviral drug could contribute to the early control of influenza outbreaks by limiting community-based ...
Apr 15, 2020
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During a rapidly developing crisis like the coronavirus outbreak, what we know can change quickly.
Apr 13, 2020
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COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They're named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus's surface ...
Apr 3, 2020
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The pathogens mosquitoes spread by sucking our blood cause over half a million deaths each year and hundreds of millions of cases of severe illness.
Mar 31, 2020
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The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States had it poised Tuesday to overtake China's grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were ...
Mar 31, 2020
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According to Google Trends, the top globally trending topic this week is "orthohantavirus", as spurious sites claim it's the next pandemic on the horizon.
Mar 27, 2020
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Since the coronavirus outbreak began, we all have had many questions about the disease, how to go about daily life, and how to responsibly work to minimize the risk to ourselves and others. Each day—each hour—brings new ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China's virus outbreak, as the government on Wednesday began lifting the last of the controls ...
Mar 25, 2020
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One vomiting episode from someone infected with norovirus emits billions and billions of individual viruses. That's enough to fuel an outbreak—and is exactly what happened in an elementary school in Seattle, Washington ...
Mar 18, 2020
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"That escalated quickly!" is a common trope used in popular culture to describe when a situation gets out of hand before you've even had a chance to think about it. We don't often use this trope in medicine, but I can think ...
Mar 16, 2020
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