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Coronavirus can be spread through surfaces such as the shoe soles of patients and medics, according to new scientific studies. Medical staff and pharmacy workers are being warned to disinfect their footwear after researchers discovered the virus can be transmitted on shoes. Chinese scientists examined surface and air samples from both an intensive care unit … Read more
A Royal Caribbean Cruises founder credited for boosting industry has died at the age of 90. Norwegian born Arne Wilhelmsen passed away on Saturday in Palma, Spain, the company announced on their blog Sunday. His cause death was not stated. The company’s global sailings are currently suspended through May 11 due to the coronavirus outbreak. … Read more
The CDC has warned that the only way the US can return to normal life is through aggressive contact tracing – but it will need an ‘army of healthcare workers’ to be able to do this. CDC Director Robert Redfield said the health agency is working on a plan for the nation to come out … Read more
Dr Maria Danilychev (pictured), who practices practices hospice/palliative medicine in San Diego, has published a chart showing how Covid-19 has risen to become the leading cause of death in the US at 1,970 deaths per day Coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in America killing more on average each day than cancer or … Read more
The CDC has extended its ‘no sail’ order for the cruise industry for a further 100 days, leaving 100 ships and 80,000 crew members stranded off the US coast. At least 20 of these ships have known or suspected cases of coronavirus onboard, the agency said, following tests and reports of respiratory-illness symptoms. Cruise liners … Read more
Software developer creates a simplified website of coronavirus statistics to make them accessible for the blind or visually impaired A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible He created a simplified website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other common aid devices used by the visually impaired Called CVStats.net, … Read more
First Lady Melania Trump held up a face mask in a new video encouraging people to wear protective gear – and the former model then tweeted out an image of herself wearing one. The first lady tweeted out the health guidance Thursday after national health officials revised their recommendations – a day after putting out another … Read more
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Wednesday night to get workers in critical fields who are exposed to the deadly coronavirus back to work faster. Under prior guidelines workers were told to stay home for 14 days if they were exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Under new guidelines … Read more
Older people and those with underlying conditions are at greatest risk of dying of coronavirus – but otherwise healthy young people are getting severely ill and even dying of the disease. And the ill fates of these young coronavirus patients may be written into their DNA, some scientists suspect. Some 80 percent of people who … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed highly unusual guidance from its website informing doctors on how to prescribe the anti-malaria drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat coronavirus. The medications, chloroquine and its analog hydroxychlorquine, are also used to threat arthritis and the autoimmune disorder lupus. Initially, the CDC webpage had … Read more