Facebook will allow users to claim on its platform that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China – a reversal of its previous policy which banned such comments.
The UK has recorded more than 3,000 Covid cases for the first time in a month as fears grow around the spread of the Indian variant. Infections spiked by 18 per cent on last Wednesday’s figure.
Forty-one beds were taken up by infected patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital yesterday, down from 44 the day before. Figures also show coronavirus cases have been falling in over-60s for over a week
Supertasters are less likely to get Covid-19, and are less likely to be hospitalised for the infection if they do catch it, according to researchers from Sinus and Nasal Specialists in Louisiana.
A new study found that patients who previously had mild cases of COVID-19 had detectable antibodies between seven and 11 months after first testing positive for the virus.
Lifting lockdown on June 21 is ‘not inevitable’, Adam Kucharski, assistant professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has warned.
Research shows that men with higher testosterone levels are less likely to suffer negative outcomes from COVID-19. The data surprises scientists, who believed the hormone was linked to worse outcomes.
Documents obtained by NPR show that COVID tests used early in the the pandemic were known to be unreliable by the CDC. Faulty tests cost the United States weeks to respond to COVID.
A new poll from the COVID States Project found 62% of respondents ‘somewhat’ or ‘strongly’ approve of leaders at local, state and federal level requiring residents to get the Covid shot.
Tocilizumab, a drug used to treat arthritis, may be effective in treating COVID-19 as well. Data shows that the drug can lead to better outcomes when used in high dosages.