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Share on PinterestResearchers think that a severe form of COVID-19 may trigger diabetes in some people.Diabetes develops when the body’s ability to regulate blood glucose levels breaks down. It can either result from damage to beta cells in the pancreas that produce the hormone insulin, known as type 1 diabetes, or from the body becoming…

Share on PinterestResearchers are developing a new type of antibody test that may be better at detecting immunity to the new coronavirus.In the weeks after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, many companies rapidly developed tests, or assays, for detecting antibodies to the virus.Unlike assays that detect the virus itself, antibody tests…

By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Dexamethasone is the first drug anywhere in the world that’s been found to reduce mortality from covid-19.Felipe Caparros Cruz / Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 17 June UK begins using dexamethasone to treat covid-19 patients Covid-19 patients in the UK are being treated with dexamethasone…

Six months into a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people globally, scientists are still trying to understand the wildly variable nature of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.Among their lines of inquiry: Are distinct strains of the coronavirus more dangerous? Does a patient’s blood type affect the severity of the illness? Do…

Brazil on Tuesday recorded its highest daily jump in new coronavirus cases, with nearly 35 000 registered in 24 hours.Visitors meeting President Vladimir Putin at his residence must first pass through a walk-through device that sprays them with disinfectant.Peru's health ministry said on Tuesday that the hard-hit nation's coronavirus death toll had reached 7 056.Putin…