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The structure of SARS-COV-2 with its spike protein. (PenWin/iStock/Getty Images Plus) JULIAN HAMILTON-SHIELD, THE CONVERSATION 22 JUNE 2020 Recent studies from England and other countries have suggested that adults with both types 1 and 2 diabetes have an increased risk of death if they catch COVID-19, especially if they have poor glucose control. The weight…

(Reuters) - The report on Tuesday of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brought skepticism along with optimism among U.S. doctors, who said the recent withdrawal of an influential COVID-19 study left them wanting to see more data. A pharmacist displays a box of Dexamethasone at the Erasme Hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

Two nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., communicate via walkie-talkie, as one helps on floor with COVID-19 patients and her colleague stands by to assist. Eman Mohammed for NPR hide caption toggle caption Eman Mohammed for NPR Two nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children's…

The Thusong Multipurpose Center in Khayelitsha which will serve as a Covid-19 site in Cape Town. (Brenton Geach, Gallo Images) The Western Cape is looking to hire more than 5 000 health workers to bolster its battle against the coronavirus as the death toll reached 699 on Saturday.This after President Cyril Ramaphosa said "money isn't…

spur resistance to the lifesaving drugs as bacteria mutate and outsmart the drugs.Many critically ill patients on ventilators have developed serious secondary infections. But widespread fears that coronavirus patients were especially susceptible to drug-resistant infections — a concern first described in studies from China — appear to have been misguided, according to interviews with researchers…