Covid-19 was in America BEFORE Being Officially Confirmed in China, According to Study
headline image caption/credit: Patient being treated from Covid-19 at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. © Reuters / Shannon Stapleton via RT: Coronavirus had been infecting people in the US even before China reported its first cases on December 31, 2019, research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Red Cross has revealed. American medics … Continue reading
COVID-19 Mutant Strain More Infectious, But More Susceptible to Vaccine Than Original
A new study published in the journal Science reveals that a mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, replicates faster than the original strain of the virus that spread at the beginning of the pandemic from China. The study found that the new virus strain, called D614G, which first emerged in Europe and has become the most prevalent … Continue reading
South Korea Raises Alarm After Confirming H5N8 Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Tuesday issued a warning after it identified a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu in samples from wild birds in the central west of the country. The H5N8 virus strain was discovered in samples collected from wild birds in Cheonan, a city in South Korea, Reuters reported. The ministry has … Continue reading
Asymptomatic Patient Shed Infectious COVID-19 Particles For at Least 70 Days – Study
A new case study published in the journal Cell reveals that a 71-year-old hospital patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Kirkland, Washington, who also had leukemia, shed infectious particles of the respiratory virus for at least 70 days without showing any symptoms of the disease. According to the study, the patient continued to shed infectious particles of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that … Continue reading
Coronavirus Antibodies Fade After Initial Wave, Casting Doubt over Immunity Hopes – UK Study
New research has found that coronavirus antibodies drop substantially over a short period following the initial wave of infection, casting yet more doubt over the possibility of herd immunity. A major study led by Imperial College London, involving 365,000 participants in England and conducted between 20 June and 28 September, showed the number of people testing positive for antibodies fell … Continue reading
We Will Have to Live With Coronavirus for ‘Evermore,’ – UK Expert on Govt’s Advisory Committee
John Edmunds, a British epidemiologist on the government’s Covid-19 advisory committee, warned UK lawmakers that there is very little chance of the coronavirus being eliminated. He said vaccines could slow its spread, however. “We are going to have to live with this virus for evermore. There is very little chance that it’s going to become eradicated,” Edmunds, a member of … Continue reading
SARS-COV-2 Growing More Infectious According to Machine-Learning Model
Adrian De Novato Phys.org A novel machine learning model developed by researchers at Michigan State University suggests that mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 genome have made the virus more infectious. The model, developed by lead researcher Guowei Wei, professor in the departments of Mathematics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, analyzed SARS-CoV-2 genotyping from more than 20,000 viral genome samples. The researchers … Continue reading
‘Unknown Pneumonia’ that is Deadlier than Coronavirus Sweeping Kazakhstan, Chinese Embassy
The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has warned of a deadly “unknown pneumonia” after the former Soviet republic reported a spike in pneumonia cases since June. “The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus. The country’s health departments are conducting comparative research into the pneumonia virus, but have yet to identify the virus,” the embassy said … Continue reading
Neurologists Warns of Potential Serious Brain Disorders in People with Mild Coronavirus Symptoms
Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered by coronavirus, as they emerge in mildly affected or recovering patients, scientists have warned. Neurologists are today publishing details of more than 40 UK Covid-19 patients whose complications ranged from brain inflammation and delirium to nerve damage and stroke. In some cases the neurological problem was the … Continue reading
Coronavirus Was in Italy Back in DECEMBER, Sewers Show
The coronavirus was present in two large Italian cities in December, more than two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found. That suggests the virus appeared in Italy around the same time it was first reported in China. Researchers discovered genetic traces of SARS-CoV-2 — as the virus is officially … Continue reading
