Coronavirus

Image copyright Getty Images The UK, along with much of the rest of the world, is thought to be heading into the worst recession for decades. So what exactly does that mean? What is a recession?In normal times, a country's economy grows. Its citizens, on average, get slightly richer as the value of the goods…

clinical trials, including a late-stage trial in combination with the antiviral drug remdesivir. And a recent paper in the journal Science Immunology described preliminary data on a drug that stems the flood of cytokines at its source, and seems to lead to rapid recovery.When immune cells first encounter a pathogen, they release molecules called cytokines…

Bald men appear to be at higher risk of suffering severe coronavirus symptoms — a risk factor being named after the Big Apple man who was the first U.S. doctor to die of the contagion, according to a new report.“We really think that baldness is a perfect predictor of severity,” Professor Carlos Wambier of Brown…

Two hairstylists in Missouri were positive for the novel coronavirus while seeing clients last month, potentially exposing them to the disease. But the 14-day incubation period has now passed and none of the 140 clients seen between the two of them has showed symptoms of COVID-19, officials said this week.The hairstylist at Great Clips in Springfield, Mo., tested positive…

Arizona is seeing an alarming resurgence of Covid-19, with the number of daily new reported cases increasing by 211 percent over the past two weeks to nearly 30,000 total cases, according to the state Department of Health Services (ADHS). The state’s hospitals are preparing for a surge of severely ill patients: Cara Christ, director of…