These are the factors that put you at higher risk of dying from covid-19
The news: A study of more than 17 million people in England has confirmed the various factors that are linked
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Biotechnology
A group of 239 scientists says there’s growing evidence covid-19 is airborne
The news: A group of 239 scientists from 32 countries have written an open letter to the World Health Organization
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If you’re over 75, catching covid-19 can be like playing Russian roulette
Are you hiding from covid-19? I am. The reason is simple: the high chance of death from the virus. I
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Another experimental covid-19 vaccine has showed promising early results
The news: An experimental covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech provoked immune responses in 45 healthy volunteers, according
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There’s not one reason California’s covid-19 cases are soaring – there are many
It’s troubling, though not surprising, to see covid-19 cases spiking across the American South and Southwest, where public officials delayed
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The US now has more covid-19 tests than it knows what to do with
So how much testing should the US really be doing? American public health experts have never agreed. The economist Paul
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Our biggest questions about immunity to covid-19
We’re still not very sure how covid-19 immunity works. As we inch closer to a vaccine and pin our hopes
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Here’s how genes from covid-19 survivors could help you
Potential weapons against covid-19 include manufactured antibodies, serum transfusions from survivors, antivirals, steroids, and more than 100 vaccine candidates, some
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The UK is abandoning its current contact tracing app for Google and Apple’s system
The news: The UK is going to abandon its current contact tracing app in favor of one based on technology
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A cheap steroid might be the first covid-19 drug to save lives
The news: A cheap steroid called dexamethasone significantly cuts the chances that seriously ill covid-19 patients will die, according to the
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