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Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say scientists

Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say scientists

Governments and health agencies should reconsider the current guidelines with regards to widespread mask use in the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend that masks be...
Study: Repairing stroke-damaged rat brains

Study: Repairing stroke-damaged rat brains

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells to...
Report: Eating well to protect your immune system

Report: Eating well to protect your immune system

In the wake of the current and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, on 20th March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasised the...
Coronavirus: How do you slow a pandemic?

Coronavirus: How do you slow a pandemic?

Mical Raz, a University of Rochester health policy expert, physician, and historian, says implementing the most up-to-date understanding of epidemiology is key to dealing...
Coronavirus: Why we need to live in social quilts, not echo chambers in times of COVID-19

Coronavirus: Why we need to live in social quilts, not echo chambers in times...

Fake news is a growing phenomenon, and its impact on people, politics and public health, seems greater than ever before. With the advent of...
Study: COVID-19, not ‘just a flu’

Study: COVID-19, not ‘just a flu’

The avalanche of coronavirus infections in the current pandemic has been accompanied by a similar avalanche of information, making it hard to sift reliable...
COVID-19: Could a new test identify immunity?

COVID-19: Could a new test identify immunity?

A s the coronoavirus pandemic spreads and hunkered-down Americans wonder when and how they’ll get back on the job, a Harvard epidemiologist said a...
MU employees diagnosed with COVID-19

MU employees diagnosed with COVID-19

Today, University of Missouri officials learned that two employees tested positive for COVID-19. Both employees immediately quarantined themselves and are recovering at home under...
Mental health advice amid COVID-19 concerns (Study)

Mental health advice amid COVID-19 concerns (Study)

As Australia experiences the implications of the coronavirus crisis, the issue is not just a health or economic concern, but also a mental health...
COVID test debacle: "We hoped it would go away before it reached us"

COVID test debacle: “We hoped it would go away before it reached us”

Massachusetts may ultimately need 1.4 million tests for COVID-19 and have to conduct tens of thousands a day, Harvard infectious disease experts said Friday,...

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