Hospitals report fewer heart attacks and strokes amid COVID-19 In some ways, the message to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic may have worked a little too well. May 8, 2020 0 10
Vitamin D appears to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates After studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates. May 8, 2020 18 80268
Delays in lockdown spike total COVID-19 cases, new study finds By comparing pairs of US states that differ only by the time of lockdown, a new study finds that according to results as of May 1, delay in lockdowns increase total cases by a 15% to 25% per week late, while failure to lockdowns ... May 8, 2020 0 53
Unexpectedly potent protein droplets help explain hereditary diseases ,Repeats of individual building blocks within proteins are the cause of many hereditary diseases, but how such repeats actually cause disease is still largely unknown. Researchers in Berlin investigated how repeat elongations ... May 8, 2020 0 99
Research team develops vaccine platform applicable to viruses MERS, which struck South Korea in a 2015 outbreak, was caused by a coronavirus, the same family of viruses that is responsible for COVID-19. Recently, a Korean research team announced that it had developed a new vaccine platform ... May 8, 2020 0 6
Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia Millions of people around the world use proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now report that the long-term use of these drugs could ... May 8, 2020 0 464
Remembering humanity's triumph over a virus, 40 years on As scientists scramble for a COVID-19 cure and vaccine, the world on Friday marked a pertinent anniversary: humanity's only true triumph over an infectious disease with its eradication of smallpox four decades ago. May 8, 2020 0 2
Australia plans to lift most virus restrictions by July Australia's government on Friday unveiled a three-stage plan to get the economy back to a new "COVID-safe" normal by the end of July. May 8, 2020 0 2
Hong Kong gyms, bars and cinemas reopen as virus measures ease Hong Kong began to ease major social distancing measures on Friday with bars, gyms, beauty parlours and cinemas reopening their doors after the financial hub largely halted local transmissions of the deadly coronavirus. May 8, 2020 0 3
China, S. Korea see new virus cases as world lockdowns ease China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections Friday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. Around the globe, governments are opting to accept the risks of easing pandemic-fighting restrictions ... May 8, 2020 0 17
