August 24, 2020

Bangladesh scientists create $3 kit. Can it help detect COVID-19?

Faisal Mahmud Bangladesh pharma regulator allows mass production of dot blot test kit but researchers say it has its limitations. Dhaka, Bangladesh – A group of scientists […]
August 23, 2020

Identification of a new human coronavirus

Published: 21 March 2004 Krzysztof Pyrc, Maarten F Jebbink, Wilma Vermeulen-Oost, Ron J M Berkhout, Katja C Wolthers, Pauline M E Wertheim-van Dillen, Jos Kaandorp, Joke Spaargaren & Ben Berkhout Abstract Three human coronaviruses are known […]
August 23, 2020

Challenges of “Return to Work” in an Ongoing Pandemic

Mark Barnes, J.D., LL.M. and Paul E. Sax, M.D. August 20, 2020 s economic and political pressure has built to relax “shelter in place” public health […]
August 23, 2020

A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19

David R. Boulware, M.D., M.P.H., Matthew F. Pullen, M.D., Ananta S. Bangdiwala, M.S., Katelyn A. Pastick, B.Sc., Sarah M. Lofgren, M.D., Elizabeth C. Okafor, B.Sc., Caleb […]
August 23, 2020

Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections, Tunisia, 2013

Fekri Abroug, Amine Slim, Lamia Ouanes-Besbes, Mohamed-Ali Hadj Kacem, Fahmi Dachraoui, Islem Ouanes, Xiaoyan Lu, Ying Tao, Clinton Paden, Hayat Caidi, Congrong Miao, Mohammed Mohammed Al-Hajri, Mokhtar Zorraga, Wissem Ghaouar, Afif BenSalah, Susan I. Gerber, and World Health Organization Global Outbreak […]
August 23, 2020

Another Decade, Another Coronavirus

Stanley Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. February 20, 2020 For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect human populations. This […]
August 23, 2020

The epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in China

Abstract Objective: An outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China has spread quickly nationwide. Here, we report results of a descriptive, exploratory analysis of […]
August 18, 2020

Republicans remain far less likely than Democrats to view COVID-19 as a major threat to public health

BY ALEC TYSON With the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths on the rise in the United States, Republicans and Democrats remain far apart in their views of […]
August 18, 2020

480 million euros spent in foreign EU webshops in Q1

In Q1 2020, Dutch consumers purchased 480 million euros worth of products from foreign EU webshops. This is 18.8 percent more than in the same quarter […]