A NASA Earth Observatory image using data from several satellites shows the pair of tropical cyclones headed toward Louisiana and Texas Sunday (Aug. 23). Tropical storm Marco will hit Louisiana and Texas later today (Aug. 24), and will likely cause…
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would not allow widespread use of blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients without more evidence that the therapy works. Yesterday (Aug. 23), the agency apparently reversed this decision and…
China has been giving doses of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate to “high risk” groups, including medical personnel, since late July, even though the clinical trials of the vaccine that would show whether it works have not been completed, according to…
The soaring number of cases over the weekend has seen stricter lockdown measures enforced
A man in Hong Kong is the first with a confirmed reinfection with the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. This may be the first major clue to a still-unanswered question about the COVID-19 pandemic: How long does immunity to…
Since the discovery of the virus that causes COVID-19, the daily news cycle has become swamped with updates about how the pathogen spreads, what the bug does to the body and what solutions might finally bring an end to the…