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China appears to be bouncing back. Experts believe that coronavirus cases may be leveling off. The country has reported 508 new cases of confirmed infections and 71 deaths on February 25
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Disease X is a concept. It is a placeholder name adopted by WHO for a completely new disease that suddenly emerges and has the potential of causing an epidemic or pandemic
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Scientists say it's not clear if there's community transmission going on because many countries are not doing diagnostic testing on anyone except for returning travelers or their close contacts
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The new case study offers decisive evidence that the virus can be spread asymptomatically, which could make efforts to curb the outbreak even more challenging, say experts
Isolating a single source with a China connection is no longer effective in containing the virus as the infection is emerging within a population with no reported links to China
The warning comes as the health agency confirmed COVID-19 cases in 21 repatriated passengers. The total number of cases as on February 21 stands at 35 in the US
Patients who stop taking their medication often experience Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome, which includes flu-like symptoms, insomnia, nausea, imbalance, sensory disturbances, and hyperarousal. This creates physical dependence, leading patients to continue to seek the drugs.
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Some say women may have a stronger immune response owing to estrogen while others say it could be because men are less likely to seek early medical care
Scientists are unhappy and concerned with this changed criteria, stating it could mask the scale of the outbreak as the number of cases from 1,749 on Tuesday dramatically dropped to 394 on Wednesday
The rapid and open sharing of data on this outbreak is now being threatened by rumors and misinformation around its origins, said 27 scientists from 9 countries in a joint statement
The actor, who plays Henderson on the Netflix series, was born with cleidocranial dysplasia of which the most prominent features are missing or abnormal growth of the teeth and collarbones
These effects apply to women in their first trimester only
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The good news is now we know what it looks like, it will be easier to find the most suitable weapon against the virus, say experts
Japan's Health Ministry says two passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they had a new virus have died, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-stricken vessel
Despite a lower case fatality rate as compared to SARS and MERS, the new coronavirus has resulted in more deaths than the other two combined
This new study suggests that asymptomatic patients, those showing no symptoms, are also capable of infecting others
The deadly COVID-19 is moving very fast. While any new disease takes time to understand, this one was made more difficult because it emerged during the flu season with flu-like symptoms, say experts
The study focuses on exposure to phthalates, a group of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Researchers, however, found that folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effects
A study has shown that opioid prescription rates have fallen in all but four of the 19 states where medical marijuana has been legalized after just one year
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Since doctors barely have access to autopsies or biopsies of the virus's victims, they do not fully understand how the virus attacks the lungs. A new study aims to bridge that gap and help doctors treat patients
Screening methods that are only based on checking for symptoms like fever or cough may not succeed at detecting the COVID-19 among travelers, says report
According to researchers, the increased risk could be linked to a higher degree of premature births in IVF children
After getting off the Diamond Princess, the passengers will be required to wait 14 days without having symptoms or a positive coronavirus test result before they are permitted to board flights to the US
COVID-19 has no cure yet even as scientists are testing various approaches including use of HIV drugs
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Tech giants are rolling out QR codes meant to collect information and track users
Before January 17 this year, the People’s Bank of China arranged to allocate nearly 600 billion yuan ($86 billion) of new banknotes to the country, said officials during a press conference
After landing in the US, all passengers will remain under quarantine for 14 days, reads a joint statement by the US Department of State and US Department of Health and Human Services
Feb 17
Usually caused by an atypical bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae, it is a milder form of pneumonia that does not require bed rest or hospitalization, hence the term
The CDC has started working with five public health labs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and New York City. If specimens at those labs test negative for flu, they would be tested for the new coronavirus
Feb 16
The reason behind the low numbers may be due to a lower risk of exposure or incomplete identification due to mild or asymptomatic disease, rather than resistance to infection, says study
The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, claims the paper. But expert says COVID-19 could not have been genetically engineered in a lab
'The average time from onset of symptoms to hospitalization was five days, and from hospitalization to the ICU was seven days'
Feb 14
A sharp increase in the numbers, with 14,840 people diagnosed, does not mean the outbreak has taken a turn for the worse, says WHO. Most of this was down to Hubei using a broader definition to diagnose people, say experts
The passengers were unwelcome in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Guam, though none of them tested positive for the coronavirus disease
Feb 13
The measures include planning and taking precautionary actions to ensure that an outbreak of 2019-nCoV does not incapacitate Marine Corps forces, installations and facilities
The genome sequence, crucial for the rapid development of diagnostics was not released until January 12, 2020, 17 days since the preliminary sequence data was obtained on December 26, 2019
The app will monitor close contacts and alert people if a confirmed or suspected patient is in the vicinity
Shi Zhengli helped hunt the original animal source of SARS and she is being blamed for COVID-19
The CDC, which had earlier developed test kits to diagnose the infection, began dispatching about 200 testing kits to labs across the US and 200 more to over 30 other countries last week
Feb 12
Eight days after the Diamond Princess was quarantined, Japanese authorities have confirmed that 175 people, including 24 Americans, have the infection
Chinese authorities might have recently adopted a different method to count the confirmed cases, even though the authorities have asked to take the decline claims with a grain of salt
'We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the disease,' says WHO chief
Feb 11
Disinfectants such as alcohol and bleach may cut people's exposure to the virus
While most infected patients usually infect two or three people on an average, superspreaders could infect dozens
The outbreak was reported on a chicken farm in the Shuangqing district of Shaoyang City. Another strain of the virus was found in the Sichuan province as well
Feb 10
According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the outbreak outside China appeared to be slow at the moment but it could take a turn for the worse
When a team of scientists compared the genes of pangolin coronavirus with the new human coronavirus, they found a whopping 99% match
A study finds that over 41% of these patients may have contracted the infection in the hospital itself from another infected patient
Feb 9
The study conducted by Dr. Cüneyt Karaarslan in Turkey documents the experiences of 17 first-time users between August of 2017 and March of 2019, aged between 38 and 57 years
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