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July 4, 2020, 11:12 a.m. ETMore than six months into the pandemic, the coronavirus has infected more than 11 million people worldwide, killing more than 525,000. But despite the increasing toll, scientists still do not have a definitive answer to one of the most fundamental questions about the virus: How deadly is it?A firm estimate…

Surgisphere Corp., a little-known medical-data company, said it had a massive data set of patients that researchers could use to study the effect of blood-pressure and malaria drugs on Covid-19, leading to the publication of high-profile papers on the disease. Now, the Harvard researcher who co-authored two articles on its research says he never saw…

Research into pathogens is key to tackling the mystery of the coronavirus’s originsCredit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It almost certainly originated in bats, and a new study out this week — the most comprehensive analysis of coronaviruses in…

By David Hambling Strange circular paths are a sign that ship locations are being spoofedSkyTruth Ships around the world are reporting false locations, seeming to circle Point Reyes near San Francisco when they are actually thousands of kilometres away. The locations are broadcast by each ship’s Automatic Identification System (AIS). These are required under international…

Published on May 9, 2020New York state is investigating 73 cases of what doctors are calling “pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome.” NBC News found cases of the rare condition, thought to be linked to coronavirus, in at least 8 other states and Washington, D.C.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNewsNBC News is…