If you’re like most people, you’re washing your hands more often than you used to. After all, you want to make sure you don’t get sick. But what if I told you that all that handwashing can be dangerous? Believe it or not, it’s true! And it has to do with what’s in the soap…
With so much conflicting information circulating about coronavirus, you may find yourself confused about what will and what won’t get you sick. The topic of food safety is one that’s particularly clouded by uncertainty, so we’ve listed a few answers to some common questions about food and COVID-19. Can you catch COVID-19 from food? There is…
As you surely know by now, the coronavirus doesn’t look the same in everyone it infects. Some people have respiratory symptoms, others have gastrointestinal symptoms, some can’t smell or taste, and others have no symptoms at all. There are many mysteries brought forth by the COVID-19 contagion, but none may be greater than why it’s killing some people and barely affecting…
Coronavirus disease (also known as COVID-19) is dominating the news and sending people across the globe into panic. Of course, it was only a matter of time before cybercriminals would find ways to take advantage of this global crisis. As if the prospect of the virus isn’t bad enough, several coronavirus scams have been doing the…
Gilead Sciences said Wednesday preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a five-day dosage of remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks. The company also said another trial by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases met its main goal.…
On 11 March, the World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. The disease has reached nearly every country, infecting hundreds of thousands of people and killing thousands. Currently, there are no FDA-approved therapies or vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within…
Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment
The Paycheck Protection Program has exhausted its $350 billion allocation and is not accepting any more lenders or applications at this time, the Small Business Administration announced Thursday. However, “there are active efforts on the Hill to extend it and that could happen as soon as Friday,” said Scott Sinder of the law firm Steptoe…
The U.S. is short of ventilators. It’s something American manufactures aim to change—rapidly. It is a modern day “Arsenal of Democracy.” Ford Motor (ticker: F) and General Electric (GE) are partnering to build ventilators in a new venture announced Monday. Production “will start the week of April 20,” a Ford representative said on a Monday afternoon media call. Ford…
Security and tech experts have warned that hackers are now resorting to emails and apps claiming to provide information on the COVID-19 outbreak to fool victims into installing malware on their devices. According to information security provider ZScaler, hackers have been preying on people’s fears of the coronavirus by creating apps with features too good…