Public confident they can keep themselves safe during pandemic Harvard researchers who learned hard lessons about distrust of health authorities during the recent Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are turning their eyes to the coronavirus pandemic, examining whether ... Mar 24, 2020 0 0
Loss of smell could reveal hidden virus cases: experts From a mother unable to smell her baby's nappy to a lawmaker who suddenly could not taste food, some coronavirus patients have described a loss of olfactory senses—and experts say this might be a new way to detect the virus. Mar 24, 2020 0 601
UK 'plague village' offers lesson for a country under lockdown In the 17th century, residents in the remote English village of Eyam quarantined themselves to prevent the spread of bubonic plague. Most paid with their lives. Mar 24, 2020 0 0
Spain virus death toll rises by 514 to 2,696 Another 514 people have died in Spain over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of infections surged towards 40,000, the government said Tuesday. Mar 24, 2020 0 0
Britain urges public to respect coronavirus lockdown Britain's leaders on Tuesday urged people to respect an unprecedented countrywide lockdown, saying that following advice to stay at home would stop people dying of coronavirus. Mar 24, 2020 0 0
UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe and US Spain started storing bodies in an ice rink converted to a makeshift morgue Tuesday, as coronavirus deaths mounted there and around the world, with the World Health Organization warning the pandemic was still in a nascent ... Mar 24, 2020 0 4
Egypt announces 2-week, night-time curfew to slow virus Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world's most-populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund warned ... Mar 24, 2020 0 0
China virus epicentre to open up as world locks down China announced Tuesday an end to travel curbs at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, as governments around the world tightened lockdowns in a desperate effort to slow the spread of the deadly disease. Mar 24, 2020 0 0
First patients enrolled in new clinical trial of possible COVID-19 treatments Researchers from the University of Oxford have launched a new clinical trial to test the effects of potential drug treatments for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. The first patients have now been recruited. Mar 24, 2020 0 6
Stroke: When the system fails for the second time After a stroke, there is an increased risk of suffering a second one. If areas in the left hemisphere were affected during the first attack, language is often impaired. In order to maintain this capability, the brain usually ... Mar 24, 2020 0 204