SCIENCE

Researchers may have discovered a previously unknown step involved in the mechanism that allows the novel coronavirus to infect cells. Scientists have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 binds to a receptor called neuropilin-1, which…

The CDC is redefining coronavirus close contacts, which is a major change to its COVID-19 safety guidelines. The organization now says the 15-minute span it previously outlined does not have to be continuous, as repeated…

The UK government approved plans to conduct a coronavirus vaccine challenge trial that will involve 90 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 30. Volunteers will be quarantined in a hospital ward and inoculated with vaccine candidates…

Some of the patients who have survived the initial coronavirus infection can continue to experience “Long COVID” symptoms for weeks or even months after clearing the virus. One of the post-COVID issues that many people fight…

Sahel : l'ONU organise une levée de fonds mardi pour répondre à l'urgence humanitaire (Agence Ecofin) - Lors d’une conférence interministérielle virtuelle prévue le mardi 20 octobre 2020, l’ONU envisage de lever des fonds…

A recall of pet food contaminated with elevated levels of a toxin has hit nearly 20 different popular brands.  The company behind the various food brands, Sunshine Mills, has been forced to expand the recall once already.…

Media reports out of Japan suggest that the government is poised to announce a plan to flush the radioactive water used to cool the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant back into the ocean. The water would be treated and…

The company making the only coronavirus vaccine with a theoretical chance of being approved before the US presidential election made it clear such a timeline is unfeasible. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said his company might have…

The World Health Organization’s massive Solidarity study of COVID-19 therapies has been finalized, revealing that the promising coronavirus cure remdesivir can’t save lives. The WHO research also showed that none of the other…

Most people infected with the novel coronavirus will survive COVID-19, but many patients continue to experience symptoms even after they clear the virus. These “long-haulers” continue to deal with scary COVID-19 symptoms for…