Tags: CoViD-19

Tech observers have it that, ‘It’s not that the said AI applications are bad.’ It’s just that, they belong to a series that has a few actionable results

AI, Big Data Can’t Perform Miracles in Combating COVID-19, Says Experts

TECH & INNOVATION 03.27.2020 22:38 PM

Despite the supposed promise of technology to beat COVID-19, other initiatives may provide a false sense of development or progress.

There is no proof yet, suggesting that the patients who just recovered from COVID-19 and were tested positive again are infectious

Recovered COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan Tested Positive for the Second Time: Are They Infectious?

03.27.2020 22:37 PM

South China Morning Post indicated that up to 10 percent of the recovered COVID-19 patients tested positive again in the province.

Coronavirus Delays Some of NASA's Projects

03.27.2020 07:02 AM

It is only a matter of time for NASA’s projects and programs be affected by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak in the US.

The Origin of Sars-Cov-2 As Determined by Scientists

03.27.2020 07:02 AM

Scientists “firmly determined” the natural evolution of Sars-CoV-2. (Photo : Reuters)Jacqueline Goes de Jesus, one of Brazil’s scientists that concluded coronavirus DNA sequencing, insert a tube on a portable device connected to a computer that decode virus DNA at the Tropical Medicine Institute of the Sao Paulo University Medical Schoo The coronavirus outbreak has continuously spread all over the world with more than half a million recorded cases globally.

Scientists have not found evidence that COVID-19 jumped from pangolins to humans, although they do host comparable viruses Pangolins, once doubted as the missing connection between bats and humans in the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin

The Link Between Pangolin Viruses and Human Pandemic Remains Cloudy

03.27.2020 07:02 AM

Scientists have not found evidence that COVID-19 jumped from pangolins to humans, although they do host comparable viruses Pangolins, once doubted as the missing connection between bats and humans in the COVID-19 pandemic's origin.

Hantavirus: Far From Being the Next Global Pandemic After COVID-19

03.26.2020 07:14 AM

Hantavirus may have reportedly infected and killed a man in China recently. However, experts say, this cannot be considered as the next global pandemic.

The American Red Cross introduced a new set of standards for their operations, attempting to limit the risk of transmission in relief shelters

As Natural Disaster Season Approaches, Fear Spreads in Relief Shelters

03.26.2020 07:10 AM

As the United States prepares for the season of disasters, the federal officials now have a new crisis to be worried about-the prevention of "tightly-packed disaster-response shelters" from turning into hotspots of COVID-19 transmission.

Based on the report of CDC, hantavirus has ‘rare cases’ and that they spread because of saliva or droppings, and close contact with rodent urine

Hantavirus Case Reported in China: Nothing to Worry About

03.26.2020 02:01 AM

While COVID-19 continues to spread, infect and kill the world, another virus reportedly caused the death of a man in China on Monday. Reportedly, this man who died was tested positive for hantavirus.

Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2019

Chance Missed: Bill Gates Says Businesses in US Now Need to Remain Closed Due to COVID-19

03.25.2020 22:00 PM

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder said early this week that the United States has missed its opportunity to elude the mandated business closures as it did not make a move quickly enough on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plaquenil warns of probable impairment to the retina, particularly when taken in higher doses, for longer periods, and when taken along with other drugs like the drug tamoxifen for breast cancer

Are Malaria Drugs the Solutions to the Worsening COVID-19 Pandemic?

03.25.2020 22:00 PM

Eagerness about the treatment for COVID-19 using malaria drugs has raised higher hopes which include US President Donald Trump. However, the pieces of scientific evidence are still lacking.

Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated

Can Blood from COVID-19 Survivors Treat New Patients?

03.25.2020 07:30 AM

Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated. (Photo : Robert DeLaRosa on Pixabay) Hospitals are getting ready to test, if a hundred-year-old treatment applied to battle measles and flu outbreaks when vaccines were not yet available and tested more recently against Ebola virus and SARS, just might as effective with COVID-19.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speculated that vaping might have contributed to COVID-19 although this has not yet been proven

Possibility of Link Between Vaping and COVID-19? Doctors Discuss It

03.25.2020 07:20 AM

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speculated that vaping might have contributed to the factor although this has not yet been proven and studies are currently being made to determine if there is indeed, a link between vaping and COVID-19.

John Brownstein was also part of the website, ‘flunearyou’ that monitors influenza cases

Tracking Site for COVID-19 Built by Volunteers in Just 6 Days

03.25.2020 07:17 AM

In the past week, a team of 30 volunteers from different companies such as Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon collaborated to set up a website named "covidnearyou," with the main objective of tracking COVID-19 as it spreads.

To help fight the worsening COVID-19 that is now affecting the world, a new initiative is transforming some shipping containers into intensive care units (ICUs)

[VIDEO] Italian Architects Design Shipping Container-Made ICUs for COVID-19 Treatment

03.25.2020 07:10 AM

To help fight the worsening COVID-19 that is now affecting the world, a new initiative is transforming some shipping containers into intensive care units (ICUs).

How Safe is the COVID-19 Lockdown App, Houseparty?

03.25.2020 07:00 AM

Houseparty is fast becoming a favorite mobile app to download today especially that most people from all over the world are stuck at home, obeying world leaders' strict order of home quarantines and lockdowns.

Oxford-based scientists developed a new faster-working test to determine whether a patient is infected with COVID-19

COVID-19 Test Results in 30 Minutes, Kits May Soon Be Available

03.24.2020 12:35 PM

Oxford-based scientists developed a new faster-working test to determine whether a patient is infected with COVID-19.

One of the affected missions is the James Webb Space Telescope, from which the work is currently put on hold

Work on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Paused Due to COVID-19

03.24.2020 06:32 AM

One of the affected missions is the James Webb Space Telescope, where the work is currently put on hold. This was announced by NASA officials on Friday.

World Health Organization's (WHO) executive director for emergencies program Mike Ryan

Lock-Downs Alone Can Not Defeat COVID-19, Says WHO Expert

03.24.2020 06:32 AM

A top expert at the World Health Organization said lockdowns are not enough to combat COVID-19. There are more ways needed to be done to fith the disease.

Tips from Space: What to Do When You’re on Quarantine

03.24.2020 06:32 AM

Being stuck at home for a long time is challenging and this has been proven true by Scott Kelly, a retired astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration who lived on the International Space Station for almost one year.

Loss of Smell and Taste: Peculiar Signs of COVID-19

03.24.2020 06:31 AM

Recently conducted studies present that loss of smell, also known as Anosmia, or diminished sense of taste or ageusia, have both occurred as abnormal revealing signs of COVID-19, an infectious disease which has now infected more than 300,000 and killed over 16,000 people worldwide.