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Mask-wearing has divided the country, but hand-washing – one might think – is something virtually everyone would agree on. Hand-washing, after all, is one of the most critical parts of preventing the spread of infectious disease.But many millennials have washed their hands of bar soap, so to speak. They claim it’s contaminated with germs. Instead,…

For James Scott, the worries began in late May. It was about a month after Texas began relaxing restrictions on businesses and public gatherings, and Scott was looking at a model he had developed to predict COVID-19 deaths using cellphone mobility data. As he watched the dramatic rise in people visiting restaurants, bars, gyms, and…

LONDON (Reuters) - Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists hailed as a “major breakthrough”. FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of…

In Canada, experts stress that organized monitoring for changing immunity levels to COVID-19 – a model of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 seen here at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany, on May 8, 2020 – should begin now to deliver meaningful data down the road. JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images As scientists try to…

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Three months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s still unclear which drugs could combat the viral disease and which won’t — despite public figures like President Donald Trump extolling the unproven promise of some medications. With public health on the line, the scientific community is searching for answers faster than ever. When the novel coronavirus…

Researchers on Monday said they found the first animal out of millions of known species that can survive its entire life without oxygen.The Henneguya salminicola (H. salminicola) normally lives in the muscle of its salmon host. The 10-celled creature has evolved to the point where it doesn't breathe at all, according to a study published in the National Academy…