Researchers who sent out home finger-prick tests to more than 365,000 randomly selected people in England found a more than 26% decline in Covid-19 antibodies over just three months. “We observe a significant decline in the proportion of the population with detectable antibodies over three rounds of national surveillance, using […]
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“I think we’re right now at the cusp of what’s going to be exponential spread in parts of the country,” Gottlieb said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If we took aggressive steps right now, we could potentially forestall the worst of it, but we’re not going to do that,” because there’s […]
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Higher death risk found if COVID-19 causes changes to heart A new study may […]
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s leader said Monday that the decision to normalize ties with Israel was an incentive for President Donald Trump’s administration to end Sudan’s international pariah status. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling sovereign council, told state television that without the normalization with the Jewish state now, […]
By Donna Lu We have a better idea how the malaria parasite survives when mosquitoes aren’t aroundScenics & Science/Alamy An estimated 200 million people a year contract malaria, and the disease killed nearly 400,000 people in 2018 alone – now we are a small step closer to understanding why it […]
The United States has threatened to destroy any long-range missiles sent to Venezuela from Iran, after a UN embargo on Iran buying or selling weapons expired last week. The warning comes a few days after Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro announced the creation of a Scientific and Technological Military Council that […]
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A laboratory technician works at the mAbxience biopharmaceutical company in Garin, Argentina, which will manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine candidateNatacha Pisarenko/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 […]
WHAT ARE THE TIER THREE RULES? AND WHEN DO THEY COME INTO FORCE? Warrington will be subject to Tier Three lockdown rules as of midnight tonight. Nottingham City, Gedling, Broxtowe and Rushcliffe will be part of Tier Three from 00.01am Thursday. NEW RULES People must not socialise with anybody they […]