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In the past two months, researchers around the world have tested various drugs in clinical trials for the treatment of the coronavirus infection such as the anti-malarial medicines hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. Previously, scientists had high expectations from both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine which is why there were several trials on the medicines in the US as…
Recently, a new study, whose findings appear in the journal PLOS Medicine, has discovered a new diabetes marker in women. More specifically, the researchers have discovered metabolites that can accurately predict a woman’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes after going through pregnancy. These findings may help significantly in improving the post-pregnancy health of women…
During the tour of Ford factory this past Thursday, the president of the United States, Donald Trump stated that he would not approve of a second lockdown if there is a rise in the number of coronavirus cases again in the country. Previously, the president has passed various comments on the treatment and control of…
Recently, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has launched new updates as the countries have proceeded to ease lockdown-related restrictions to avoid coronavirus spread at schools, offices, and businesses. Though the new updates have been added without a formal announcement by CDC, they include a sixty-pages detailed document on how to decrease the risk…
The coronavirus pandemic has nearly five million confirmed cases worldwide and is spreading even further to the previously unaffected countries. Therefore, it is no surprise that the virus is all over the news. From every other channel on television and website on the internet to newspapers, the coronavirus infection is the most discussed topic right…
The COVID-19 pandemic now has nearly five million cases confirmed cases around the world with an increasing rate of related fatalities. Although many countries have reported control over coronavirus spread to a big extent, the virus has still been noted to be causing more and more infections rapidly. Currently, many of the governments have also…
Recently, Chinese researchers at Peking University have reported positive benefits of using a drug they have been developing since the early days on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The drug may help in creating a proper coronavirus treatment and control the crisis without a vaccine. The director of the university’s Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics,…
A new study, whose findings appear in the Journal of American Medical Association, investigates further on the previously hyped anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, which gained popularity after receiving support from several US government officials and the president of the US, Donald Trump. The new research follows the results from another study that was published last week…
Recently, investigational vaccines that were being tested in the lab rhesus monkey model showed positive effects and reportedly protected the monkeys from developing coronavirus-related pneumonia. More specifically, the collaborative team of researchers from the University of Oxford and the National Institutes of Health found that a single dose of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine was…
A team of scientists, which was previously known for developing sensors that can detect the Ebola virus from a piece of paper, from MIT and Harvard University has now announced that they will be working on the same technology to make sensors that can detect the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2. Previously, the team, led by…