PHOTO CREDITS: MERCURY NEWS Over 80% of people with coronavirus didn’t have key symptoms, UK study finds. More than two-thirds of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic on the day they took the test, according to a U.K study, reported in Clinical Epidemiology journal. A team of[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: DANIEL COLE/AP   On Thursday, a young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a French church, killing three.  The attack in Mediterranean city of Nice was the third in less than two months that French authorities have attributed to[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: AP PHOTO New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum last week, joining five other countries in legalizing “assisted dying” for suffering medical patients.  With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor and 34% voting against. Parliament[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: STAT A clinical trial conducted by the World Health Organization found that Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, AbbVie’s ABBV Lopinavir/ritonavir, and interferon did not impact mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.  The study was first reported by the Financial Times on Thursday. In a pre-print, which is medical research[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: BIOPHARMA-REPORTER The study of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has been temporarily paused due to an unexpected and unexplained illness in a study participant.  Contacted by STAT, Johnson and Johnson confirmed the study pause, saying it was due to “an unexplained illness in a study participant.” The company[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: FRANCO ORIGLIA/GETTY IMAGES  A newly released documentary depicts Pope Francis discussing same-sex civil unions.  “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,” Francis says in the documentary, “Francesco,” which debuted at a Rome Film Festival. “They’re children of God and have a right to a[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: CBS NEWS According to NBC News, a new study has shown The Great Barrier Reef’s coral population has decreased by fifty percent between 1995 and 2017. Additionally, the UNESCO World Heritage site has suffered three mass bleaching events in the last five years. The co-author of the study,[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: GREENSBORO NEWS AND RECORD  Scientists from Oxford University’s Department of Physics have developed an extremely rapid diagnostic test that detects and identifies viruses in less than five minutes.  The researchers hoped that the test could eventually be used at airports, music venues, gyms, and businesses to quickly establish[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/GETTY IMAGES Coronavirus can remain active on human skin for up to 9 hours, study finds. The study’s findings point out the relevance of hand hygiene to control the spread of COVID-19 in the public domain. A recent study, led by a team of Japanese researchers, reported[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: HEALTH NEWS REVIEW An experimental dual vaccine for both influenza and the new Coronavirus delivered via a nasal spray will enter human studies in Hong Kong next month, a top disease doctor said. “The early stage clinical trial will enroll about 100 adults”, said Yuen Kwok-Yung, chair of[Read More…]