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Health SenegalWest Africa Learned the Hard Way, but Health Systems Are Prepared for Coronavirus
West African countries set up health systems in remote areas after learning from the impacts of the Ebola outbreak. Now, these systems are helping community workers detect and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, say health experts.
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Society GermanyGermany Takes in Corona Patients to Relieve Italy’s Overloaded Hospitals
In a first for Italy, critically ill patients are being transferred from the nation’s overcrowded hospitals to a neighboring country: Germany is offering Italians the assistance they need while its own hospitals have enough space to accommodate COVID-19 victims.
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Health USADoctors Edit Genes from Within the Human Body for the First Time, Treat Genetic Blindness
A gene-editing tool has for the first time been used to edit human genes inside the body – known as in vivo gene editing – to help repair the sight of people born with a blindness-causing gene mutation.
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Health USANew Powerful Antibiotic Drug Would Not Have Been Found Without Artificial Intelligence
Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic drug called halicin, which is able to prevent the development of many types of bacteria that are resistant to treatment, including E. coli.