COVID-19 Shuts Out Baseball’s Miami Marlins

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has suspended all Miami Marlins games for the rest of the week after at least 15 players and coaches reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus.The team is in Philadelphia where the affected players are in quarantine. The Philadelphia Phillies, who hosted…


Scientists: Smelling, Tasting Loss From COVID-19 Is Temporary

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One of the most frustrating symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus is the loss of the sense of smell and scientists now say they think they understand why it happens. The experts writing in the journal Science Advances said the coronavirus infiltrates the cells that provide major structural support to sensory neurons -- the neurons that detect odors and send those messages to the brain. Since the sense of smell…


Can You Get the Coronavirus Twice?

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Is it possible to get the coronavirus more than once?  Scientists don't know for sure yet, but they believe it's unlikely.  Health experts think people who had COVID-19 will have some immunity against a repeat infection. But they don't know how much protection or how…


Scientists Develop Material that Repairs Itself

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Inspired by the pandemic-induced need for durable, clean face masks and other personal protection equipment to prevent the spread of COVID-19, researchers may have developed a biosynthetic polymer material that repairs itself by synthesizing a protein found in squids.A study published Monday in the science…


WHO Says COVID-19 Threatens Gains on Hepatitis

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The World Health Organization warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening gains made in eliminating Hepatitis B and C, which cause liver damage and liver cancer.  In observance of World Hepatitis Day Tuesday, the WHO is calling for action to stop transmission of viral hepatitis…


Potential US COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Phase of Human Testing

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Widescale testing began Monday in the United States on two potential COVID-19 vaccines to determine their safety and effectiveness.   A volunteer in Savannah, Georgia early Monday morning received the first dose of an experimental vaccine manufactured by U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna and developed by researchers at the National Institute of…


Hawaii Dodges Hurricane Douglas

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Much of Hawaii was spared when Hurricane Douglas passed just north of Oahu, Maui and the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island, early Monday. The Category 1 storm was on what forecasters had called a “dangerously close” path, but the islands managed to “dodge…


Trump Wears Mask, Voices Hope for Coronavirus Vaccine

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For the second time, U.S. President Donald Trump has been photographed wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Trump wore the face covering as he toured a North Carolina laboratory where key components are being manufactured for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax. “I trust all…


Indonesia Steps Up in COVID-19 Vaccine Race

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Indonesia is set to move into the front ranks of countries pursuing a vaccine against the coronavirus next week with the launch of phase 3 clinical trials in Bandung, West Java. About 2,400 samples of an experimental vaccine have been shipped from China to Bandung for…


Kenyans Urged to Treat Pandemic Stress

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 Kenya’s Ministry of Health says the number of mental health cases have jumped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the country's mental health taskforce, 25% of coronavirus outpatients and 40% of in-hospital patients suffer from mental health issues such as depression. But more Kenyans…


Public Health Measures Can Suppress COVID-19, WHO Says

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The World Health Organization warns COVID-19 is continuing to accelerate globally at breathtaking speed but says basic public health measures – if followed -- can control its spread and turn the pandemic around.The number of coronavirus cases globally has roughly doubled in the past six…


UK’s Johnson Urges Britons to Shed Weight

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging citizens to exercise and shed weight, saying he has done so since his recovery earlier this year from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.  The prime minister’s office introduced a “Better Health” campaign Monday and released a…


More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia

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Wildfires continue to burn in parts of Siberia this summer as a heatwave has continued to spread in areas north of the Arctic Circle.The World Metrological Organization (WMO) has raised the alarm, saying official figures show record warming in the Arctic."In general, the Arctic is…