CD4+ Cross-Reactivity between Seasonal Coronavirus Colds and COVID-19

A previous article, Antibodies to COVID-19 can Exist in the Uninfected, talked about research from the Francis Crick Institute about how the antibodies formed against seasonal coronavirus infections can protect against the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Aside from antibody production, the body’s adaptive immune system has other components in its armory. One of which is the…

SARS-CoV-2 stay in the Air for 16 hours

A scientific brief from the WHO has announced that SARS-COV-2 can be transmitted airborne under certain conditions. Airborne transmission of the virus can occur in health care settings where specific medical procedures, called aerosol generating procedures, generate very small droplets called aerosols. Some outbreak reports related to indoor crowded spaces have suggested the possibility of…

How Long does the Covid-19 Virus Float in the Air and Stay on Surface?

A virus’s ability to float in the air and survive on a surface for several hours can determine how infective they are. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) called Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 compared with SARS-CoV-1 described and compared how long the SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 viruses can stay…

Covid–19 Headlines Mar 21, 2020

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Covid–19 Headlines Mar 20, 2020

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Covid–19 Headlines Mar 18, 2020

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Covid–19 Headlines Mar 15, 2020

Covid-19 is the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. Click on the titles in blue…

Covid–19 Headlines Mar 13, 2020

  Covid-19 is the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. I have added my own…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 11, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. Just released: Protecting At-Risk People from Covid-19 Updated: Treatment and Vaccine Developments for COVID-19…

Covid – 19 Headlines Mar 10, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be current. Check out on the ads to help support the website. Headlines have embedded links. News sources retain all copyright.  Click on the titles to go to the full report. Just published today Drive-Thru Testing for Covid-19 In case you missed them: Why is…

5 Reasons why Covid-19 Spreads Fast

  The Covid-19 epidemic began in December 2019 and spread rapidly. By now, there are more than 105 thousand cases in more than 100 countries and territories. How can a virus spread that fast in less than four months? Most of the answer lies in the properties of the virus and the ease of transportation….

Covid-19 Headlines Mar 4, 2020

This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. Click on the ads to help support the website. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. The articles in blue are original articles by me. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Brand new articles…

Coronavirus Headlines Mar 3, 2020

  This page will update all day. Check frequently to be updated. As more tests are done, the percentage of serious and death rates will decrease. Many governments are afraid to test and reveal the true number of cases thinking that it will cause panic in their population. However, as the percentage of serious cases…

Covid-19 Headlines Mar 2, 2020

Cases tops 89,000. Six US deaths all in the Seattle are, First cases for Malaysia, Tunisia, Senegal, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, New Hampshire, New York State, and Indonesia, Total deaths exceeding 3,000. Record days again for South Korea and Italy. Dow Jones bounces back. The death rate or case fatality rate is the number of…

Covid-19 Headlines March 1, 2020

  The new coronavirus does not take a Sunday off. Today is busy with a record number of cases in the UK, South Korea, Spain, France, Iran, Italy, and Japan. The Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Scotland, Rhode Island, and Armenia reported their first documented cases. Thailand and Australia mark their first death. Factories remaining shut…

Is the Covid-19 epidemic Fake News?

Many people do not believe that the current Covid-19 epidemic is real. Others think that it is blown out of proportion and sensationalized. I will tell you that the outbreak is for real. How do I know? BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY! If the Covid-19 is fake news: Countries will not shut their…

The Secondary Attack Rate of Covid-19

Covid-19 is rapidly spreading globally. A paper published yesterday in Lancet, Secondary attack rate, and super covering events for SARS-CoV-2, gave us a specific number of how fast Covid-19 can spread. SARS-CoV-2 is another name for Covid-19 and is used in science journals. The paper was made by Yang Liu and Rosalind Eggo of the…

Covid-19 Headlines Feb 24, 2020

The novel coronavirus is rapidly spreading. It is a force of nature like hurricanes, tsunamis, and typhoons. The difference is that the viral epidemics don’t announce themselves coming like the strong winds or the dark clouds from a coming storm. We have Covid-19 news from all over the world, and from that, we can see…

Covid-19 Headlines Feb 23, 2020

The new coronavirus started in Wuhan, China, and has now spread all over the world. The coronavirus is known by different names. First, it was called the Wuhan flu, then the Wuhan pneumonia, then the 2019-novel coronavirus that is shortened to 2019-nCoV. Finally, the  World Health Organization named it the Covid-19 to represent coronavirus disease…