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Health SwitzerlandData from Sewers Can Help Fight the Spread of COVID-19
Monitoring sewage data can help act as an early warning system for an outbreak, say scientists, which is particularly helpful in COVID-19 times as sewers regularly collect feces and urine which can contain coronavirus from infected people.
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Health USACorona: Will This New Facemask Sterilize Itself?
The coronavirus pandemic has left healthcare workers across the globe struggling with low medical facemask supplies. In response, scientists are experimenting with reusable, self-disinfecting masks that better tackle the spread of this virus and prepare for future outbreaks.
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Health BelgiumCould Llamas (Yes, the Spitting Animals!) Really Help Us Fight Coronavirus?
After discovering that the antibodies in llamas could neutralize SARS and MERS, researchers in Belgium quickly shifted the study to COVID-19 – and found that the same antibodies are successfully able to defuse the new virus too!
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Health MyanmarThere Are Six New (!) Coronaviruses, Read Why that is a Good Thing
Following a collection of samples from 464 bats in Myanmar, scientists have discovered six new coronaviruses – an achievement that is especially significant today in showing how such viruses can be prevented from ever impacting humans.
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Health United KingdomBiggest Clinical Trial Yet Gives Hope for COVID-19 Treatments
The United Kingdom has begun recruiting patients for the world’s largest clinical trial of potential COVID-19 treatments – testing several promising medicines that may globally benefit hundreds of thousands of people.
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