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Pentagon Close to Asking Military Personnel to Get Mandatory Vaccine Jabs

A timeline for when troops must receive the shot will be provided in the coming days, says Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

Aug 24, 2021

Coronavirus

Mars Rover Completes Exploration Tasks in Big Boost to China's Space Program

China is now the second country, after the US, to operate a rover on the Red planet.

Aug 23, 2021

Nasa

US Study Shows 'Several Drug Contenders' Kill SARS-CoV2 Infection in Cells

The team validated the 17 candidate compounds in several types of cells, including stem-cell-derived human lung cells, to mimic SARS-CoV2 infection of the respiratory tract.

Aug 22, 2021

Coronavirus

Plasma Treatment Doesn't Help Covid-19 Patients, Says US National Institutes of Health

The randomised, controlled clinical trial involved 500 adult outpatients with mild Covid-19 symptoms.

Aug 20, 2021

Coronavirus

Facebook Removes 20 Million Pieces of Content Over Covid-Related Misinformation

The social networking platform has displayed warnings on more than 190 million pieces of Covid-related content that were rated as false or partly false.

Aug 19, 2021

Facebook Coronavirus

What's Between Marijuana and Covid-19? Cannabis Users at Higher Risk, Says Study

Researchers found genetic liability for CUD accounted for up to 40 per cent of genetically influenced risk factors.

Aug 19, 2021

Coronavirus

US Census 2020: Asian Population Increases 35% Over the Last Ten Years

The share of the non-Hispanic white population fell from 63.7 per cent in 2010 to 57.8 per cent in 2020, the lowest on record.

Aug 14, 2021

As Virus Becomes Endemic, Covid-19 Can Become a Childhood Disease: Study

Due to variations in demographics, the model predicts different outcomes for different countries.

Aug 13, 2021

Coronavirus

New US Study Shows One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Enough to Ward Off Re-Infection

The study, published in the JAMA Network Open, included 29 Chicago-area residents with a prior case of Covid infection based on PCR testing.

Aug 9, 2021

Coronavirus

Moderna Says Its Booster Shots Show Robust Antibody Response Against Delta

Moderna's Covid vaccine generated $4.2 billion in sales in the three months ended June 30.

Aug 6, 2021

Coronavirus

Singapore Researchers Develop Drug to Treat Beta and Delta Variants of Virus

However, there is no data yet from clinical trials that show the drug combination is effective in all phases of Covid-19 disease.

Aug 3, 2021

Coronavirus

NASA Set to Launch Boeing Starliner Cargo Spacecraft to ISS

The spacecraft will carry more than 400 pounds of NASA cargo and crew supplies to the space station.

Aug 2, 2021

Nasa

New Study Reveals That Covid Virus Could Reach Various Layers of Human Retina

To detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the retina, the team conducted real-time reverse polymerase chain reaction.

Jul 31, 2021

Coronavirus

Vaccine Outlook Boosts Pfizer's Projected 2021 Revenues From $26 Billion to $33.5 Billion

The Q2 2021 operational growth was primarily driven by its Covid vaccine, which contributed $7.8 billion in direct sales and alliance revenues.

Jul 30, 2021

Coronavirus

Hong Kong Researchers Develop Inhalable Dry Antiviral Powder That May be Effective Against Covid

The team has developed an inhalable dry powder formulation of tamibarotene that may be effective against coronavirus.

Jul 28, 2021

Coronavirus

Olympics Shocker: France Defeats United States in Men's Basketball

This was only the first loss for Team USA since the Athens 2004 Games. They now have a 138-6 record in Olympic history.

Jul 26, 2021

NASA Learns That The Crust Of Mars is Thinner Than Expected, May Have 2 3 Sub-Layers

A new paper provides details on the depth and composition of Mars' crust, mantle and core.

Jul 25, 2021

Nasa

Highly Contagious Delta Variant Accounts for 83% of New US Cases

The Delta variant is predicted to increase to the high 80 percent level while all the other three are predicted to stay below the 9 percent mark of total cases.

Jul 24, 2021

Coronavirus

People Infected with Delta Variant Produce Nearly 1,000 Times More Viruses Than Other Variants

The Delta variant could be more than twice as transmissible as the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19.

Jul 23, 2021

China's Sinopharm Vaccine Highly Efficient Against Delta Variant: Study

According to the study, 95 per cent of individuals who received two doses of the Sinopharm vaccine have developed antibodies similar to a naturally infected Covid-19 person.

Jul 22, 2021

Coronavirus

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