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June 30, 2020, 12:01 a.m. ETAt a May 30 birthday party in Texas, one man reportedly infected 18 friends and family with the coronavirus.Reading reports like these, you might think of the virus as a wildfire, instantly setting off epidemics wherever it goes. But other reports tell another story altogether.In Italy, for example, scientists looked…

A new study explores the interactions between airway cells and immune cells at the molecular level to identify why some people are at risk of severe COVID-19 while others are not.Share on PinterestDoes an overactive immune response increase a person’s risk of severe COVID-19?There is plenty of evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus, affects individuals…

Coronavirus cases linked to crowds who visited a Michigan bar after it reopened have risen to 85, according to health officials.The Ingham County Health Department is asking anyone who visited Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub, outside of Michigan State University in East Lansing, between June 12 and 20, to self-quarantine for two weeks.As of Saturday, 85…

National coach of national women's soccer team Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, netted a donation from City of Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato today - to help feed the hungry. (Picture supplied by City of Cape Town.) Almost 1 000 people are currently in quarantine in the Western Cape.More than 40 isolation sites are hosting people…

Hope for people with Parkinson's after scientists eliminate the disease in mice using treatment that generates new brain cellsResearchers created new brain cells in mice after rewriting other types of cells They implanted the newly produced brain cells in mice with Parkinson's disease The team found that this helped to 'cure' the mice of their degenerative disease By…