What could White House doctors treat Trump with?

As president, Donald Trump is sure to get the most promising treatments for COVID-19 – but only a handful have shown promise to bat back the devastating disease.  Since announcing that he and first lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for coronavirus late Thursday night, the president has begun exhibiting mild ‘cold-like’ symptoms, … Read more

What could White House doctors treat Trump with?

As president, Donald Trump is sure to get the most promising treatments for COVID-19 – but only a handful have shown promise to bat back the devastating disease.  Since announcing that he and first lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for coronavirus late Thursday night, the president has begun exhibiting mild ‘cold-like’ symptoms, … Read more

Newcastle is England’s new coronavirus hotspot, Public Health England confirms

Newcastle is now at the epicentre of England’s coronavirus after infections in the city spiralled by 60 per cent to a rate of 250 cases per 100,000, health officials have revealed. And surging infections in the North West have pushed Knowsley and Liverpool to second and third worst-affected in the country after a 50 per … Read more

Newcastle is England’s new coronavirus hotspot, Public Health England confirms

Newcastle is now at the epicentre of England’s coronavirus after infections in the city spiralled by 60 per cent to a rate of 250 cases per 100,000, health officials have revealed. And surging infections in the North West have pushed Knowsley and Liverpool to second and third worst-affected in the country after a 50 per … Read more

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more

Coronavirus: Super-spreaders are just 8%, but cause 60% infections

A small percentage of coronavirus patients are responsible for major outbreaks, the largest study-to-date of transmission suggests. Researchers found that, in India, less than 10 percent of people infected with COVID-19 are responsible for almost two-thirds of all new infections.  What’s more, children younger than 17 were the least likely to die of the disease, … Read more

Trump’s FDA has warned and banned a TENTH as many researchers as the agency did under Obama

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) oversight of clinical trials has become more lax under President Donald Trump, a new report finds. Fewer warning letters have been sent to scientists conducting trials and fewer investigators have been disqualified compared to the first and final three years of former President Barack Obama’s tenure. An investigation … Read more

Iowa woman leaked brain fluid from her nose after COVID-19 swab test

Iowa woman in her 40s with a skull defect started leaking BRAIN FLUID out of her nose after getting a swab test for COVID-19 A woman in her 40s got tested for COVID-19 before undergoing a hernia surgery Soon after the test, clear fluid started running from her nose, she got nauseous, vomited and developed head and … Read more

Super-spreaders make up just 8% of COVID-19 patients but cause 60% of infections, study finds

A small percentage of coronavirus patients are responsible for major outbreaks, the largest study-to-date of transmission suggests. Researchers found that, in India, less than 10 percent of people infected with COVID-19 are responsible for almost two-thirds of all new infections.  What’s more, children younger than 17 were the least likely to die of the disease, … Read more

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more