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China reports no new virus cases for first time
May 23, 2020 (AFP)
The virus first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, but cases have dwindled dramatically from the peak in mid-February as the country a...
In Baghdad's new Ramadan rhythm, calls to pray and keep COVID-19 away
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
A few hours before dawn, the wailing voice of Sayyed Mozahem rings out across a small neighbourhood in old Baghdad, amplified by his portable microphone. Mozahe...
Brazil virus deaths surge as pandemic bites in Latin America
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Brazil's surge came as the World Health Organization agreed to launch an investigation into its response to the disease, whose unyielding march across the globe...
Virus stigma weighs heavily in sub-Saharan Africa
May 20, 2020 (SPX)
Across sub-Saharan Africa, the stigma attached to the coronavirus is so strong that some choose not to seek treatment to avoid facing unbearable hostility. Peop...
Lives not lost: Asia sees unexpected gains in virus lockdowns
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
As Asia starts to assess the damage caused by the pandemic, some countries are realising there have been unforeseen benefits. Vietnam's nationwide isolation has...
Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic 'without vaccine'
May 19, 2020 (AFP)
The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug be...
Presymptomatic virus patients can contaminate environments: study
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
For the study, published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers in China examined t...
Xi defends China's virus response, offers vaccine when ready
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Governments including the US and Australia have called in recent weeks for an investigation into the origins of the virus, which has become a flashpoint in dete...
Summer unlikely to curb coronavirus pandemic growth: study
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Several statistical studies conducted over the past few months have shown a slight correlation between climate and the novel coronavirus -- the hotter and more ...
Injection better at HIV protection than daily pills: US researchers
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
The National Institutes of Health released the preliminary results of a major clinical trial involving a drug called cabotegravir. The testing began more than t...
'Express burials' hide true COVID-19 picture in Nicaragua
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
To date, the Central American country has confirmed just 25 cases of the coronavirus and eight deaths. But rights groups and experts believe the numbers are far...
Roosevelt carrier holds at-sea simulations as 13 sailors positive for COVID-19 again
May 18, 2020 (UPI)
The exercise was announced as the branch also said over the weekend that 13 sailors aboard the carrier tested positive for the COVID-19 virus after recovering f...
Quantifying the impact of interventions
May 18, 2020 (SPX)
Simulations since mid-March Many people are currently concerned about how well the measures to contain the pandemic have worked in recent weeks and how things w...
Hamster tests show masks reduce coronavirus spread: scientists
May 17, 2020 (AFP)
The research by the University of Hong Kong is some of the first to specifically investigate whether masks can stop symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 carrie...
NASA funds four research projects on COVID-19 impacts
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
Such widespread, rapid change in human activity is unprecedented and its effects on our planet and our lives are only just beginning to be realized. NASA's Eart...
China has fifth virus vaccine in human trial: official
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
So far there have been no "major adverse reactions" reported among the 2,575 volunteers participating in the five phase-two tests, said Zeng Yixin, deputy direc...
Chinese city quarantines thousands over new virus cluster
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
China has largely brought the virus under control after months of lockdowns and curbs on travel, but fears of a second wave have risen as clusters have emerged ...
Slovenia opens borders after declaring epidemic over
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
"Today Slovenia has the best epidemic situation in Europe, which enables us to call off the general epidemic," Prime Minister Janez Jansa said, two months after...
Lean lab approach enables quick research ramp down
May 15, 2020 (SPX)
For the past two years, Dagdeviren and her lab manager, David Sadat, have run the Conformable Decoders Group using "lean lab" management principles, working clo...
Coronavirus vaccine: reasons to be optimistic
May 15, 2020 (The Conversation)
SARS-CoV-2, the recently discovered coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is similar enough to other coronaviruses, so scientists make predictions about how our imm...
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