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Aug 10, 2020

Coronavirus goggles and 3 other weird COVID prevention products that work

You already know to wear a mask, social distance, and

Aug 10, 2020

Jul 6, 2020

11 critical questions about the coronavirus that remain unanswered, 6 months after the first cases were reported

In the realm of medicine, what you don’t know can indeed kill you. Six months have passed since China reported the first coronavirus cases to the World Health Organization. But even now, what experts are still trying to understand sometimes s…

Jul 6, 2020

BYJessica Manfre

Apr 29, 2020

Today in history: the polio vaccine was invented

The thought of summer brings on thoughts of sunshine, being outside and ice cream parlor trips for most people. But 67 years ago, summer was a time of fear for parents all over the world. Long before the novel coronavirus, there was a debilitating a…

BYJessica Manfre

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Worried about coronavirus? Take this infection-control course online

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to uproot life around the world, it’s easy to feel, well, uneasy. After all, there…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

How to prepare for coronavirus without freaking out your family

Almost everyone agrees that being prepared

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Iran coronavirus deaths mount, including senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader

Iran’s Health Ministry reported 12 more deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 66 deaths, while the number of cases in the country has reached 1,501. A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme leader is among those who…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

US Army soldier tests positive for COVID-19 in South Korea, marking the first time a US service member is confirmed to have the disease

A US soldier stationed in South Korea has “tested positive” for COVID-19, the military said in a statement on Wednesday morning. The 23-year-old unnamed male soldier is in self-quarantine at an off-base residence, the US military added. …

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

People quarantined at a US military base are petitioning the CDC after a woman who tested positive for the coronavirus was accidentally released from hospital isolation

Wuhan, China, evacuees being held at a military base in California drafted a petition demanding improvements to the CDC’s quarantine protocol after a person infected with the coronavirus COVID-19 was accidentally released from hospital isolation.

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

China virus deaths top 1,000, senior chinese officials ‘removed’

China has “removed” a number of senior officials over their handling of a novel respiratory virus, state media reported, as the death toll reached more than 1,000. The National Health Commission reported 108 new fatalities from the coron…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Chinese citizens are furious at the death of the whistleblower doctor censored for talking about the coronavirus

Chinese citizens are furious after the death of Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who was censored for wa…

Apr 29, 2020

BYBrian Wallach

Apr 29, 2020

Veterans campaign to end ALS, a disease they are twice as likely to develop

Norman Jones, Juan Reyes, Yvette Marie Wilson, Guill Garcia, and Matt Bellina all once fought for our country. Now they are fighting for their lives because of a terminal disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). They are not al…

BYBrian Wallach

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

This terrifying disease started in World War I Europe

Encephalitis lethargica is a disease that seems to belong in a horror movie, complete with brain damage that causes victims to sleep for years or to hac…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

8 disgusting diseases older troops had to worry about

So, it turns out there’s a reason your local medic wants to look at your body parts and fill you with pills, and it’s not because they’re a pervert — I mean, they probably are, but that’s not why they’re doing it. See, your ancestors…