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A group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries is reportedly preparing to ask the World Health Organization (WHO) to revise its recommendations for the novel coronavirus due to evidence it says supports the claim the disease is airborne.The scientists are expected to publish an open letter making the request in a scientific journal next week, according…

FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. NEXU Science Communication/via REUTERS (Reuters)…

Updated: Fri 5:41 PM, Jun 26, 2020 NOEL, Mo. -- Hundreds of Tyson Foods employees from a plant in Noel, Missouri have tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday, Tyson Foods released the results of COVID-19 testing at its plant in Noel. near the southwest Missouri state line. According to a news release, more than 1,100…

More than 77,800 have tested positive for the coronavirus, and more than 400 have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which acknowledges that’s a significant undercount. The nation’s largest nurses union, National Nurses United, puts the total much higher: 939 fatalities among health-care workers, based on reports from its chapters around…

The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. Public health officials are on high alert for a mysterious new illness likely linked to the coronavirus that is hospitalizing hundreds…