WHO to reexamine COVID-19 emergency status, six months on The World Health Organization said Monday that a key committee would meet later this week to discuss COVID-19's emergency status, six months after it was declared. Jul 27, 2020 0 1
Global virus deaths near 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs Recorded deaths from the coronavirus neared 650,000 on Monday as the disease surged back at hotspots in Asia, Europe and the Americas, prompting renewed restrictions, targeted lockdowns and compulsory mask-wearing orders. Jul 27, 2020 0 6
Study of infants and young children shows that offspring develop normally in mothers with rheumatic disease Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a complex chronic inflammatory disease of the spine with involvement of the sacroiliac joints. Over the course of the disease, the joints and adjacent tissues ossify, which results in a partial ... Jul 27, 2020 0 2
The fast track to a 'Fortitude Kit' for rapid COVID-19 diagnosis It may seem like a lifetime ago, but it was only in late January 2020 that Singapore confirmed its first case of the then-novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. Amid the frenzied atmosphere of the Chinese New Year holidays, ... Jul 27, 2020 0 3
UK pet cat tests positive for COVID-19 A pet cat has become the first UK animal to be infected with coronavirus, health officials said Monday, insisting there was "no evidence" it could pass on the disease. Jul 27, 2020 0 9
Germany to impose virus tests on travellers from risk areas Germany will make coronavirus tests mandatory for travellers returning from at-risk areas, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Monday, as fears grow over rising case numbers blamed on summer holidays and local outbreaks. Jul 27, 2020 0 3
Highly invasive lung cancer cells have longer 'fingers' Tiny finger-like projections called filopodia drive invasive behavior in a rare subset of lung cancer cells, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have found. Jul 27, 2020 0 67
Temporary salt crystals may provide a permanent solution to Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia worldwide and a major cause of disability. Now, researchers at Osaka University and Hokkaido University have shown that repeated precipitation-dissolution events of salt ... Jul 27, 2020 0 8
Potential therapeutic effects of dipyridamole in the severely ill patients with COVID-19 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome, hypercoagulability, hypertension, and multiorgan dysfunction. In recent months, SARS-CoV-2 has gradually ... Jul 27, 2020 0 2
Researchers speed up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test Clinician-scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore's (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) have demonstrated a way to improve the speed, handling time and cost of COVID-19 laboratory ... Jul 27, 2020 0 2