The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, stressing…
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‘Now is not the time to relax measures’: WHO Europe
Despite “positive signs” from some countries, it is too early to scale back measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health…
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A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to…
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Samples from those who had COVID-19 could illuminate true infection rate, lethality, vaccines
Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are adapting an antibody-detection tool to study the aftermath…
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Student who beat cancer at 22 begs young women to check for lumps
Student nursery nurse, 22, is diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer after returning home from Ibiza holiday – despite doctors telling her lump was just…
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Coronavirus: Is there vaccine for coronavirus? Can you be vaccinated against coronavirus?
Coronavirus has sparked a global emergency, claiming the lives of 910 people since it was first discovered. More than 40,000 people have been infected with…
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People who qualify for Medicare due to disability account for most opioid-related deaths
New findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show that patients qualifying for Medicare because of a disability have the highest rates…
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Woman who thought illness ended ballet career now teaches dance from wheelchair
Ever since she was eight years old, Kate Stanforth wanted to be a professional ballet dancer. She would train for hours before school, after school…
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I study teen suicide and believe clinical science can predict who is at risk
People often ask me what I do for a living. In the past, I would start with something vague, saying things like “I’m a researcher;…
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Man who had painful three-day erection gets a pump-controlled penis
Man who had painful three-day long erection gets a pump-controlled prosthetic penis after being dumped by his girlfriend James Mudd, 38, had suffered from painful…
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