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During its seven-month global rampage, the coronavirus has claimed more than 700,000 lives. But Gandhi began to think the bigger mystery might be why it has left so many more practically unscathed.What was it about these asymptomatic people, who lived or worked so closely to others who fell severely ill, she wondered, that protected them?…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that over a third of Americans who took its survey reportedly misused household cleaners by using them on their fruits and vegetables in the attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Calls to poison control centers regarding disinfectants and household cleaners reportedly went up since the beginning of the pandemic.“Thirty-nine…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Ten percent of COVID-19 patients with diabetes die within one week of being hospitalized, according to the first study of the virus to examine its impact on hospitalized patients.According to the research, published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A new study has revealed that more than 80 percent of passengers and crew members on a cruise ship that contracted COVID-19 were asymptomatic.The research, published in the scientific journal Thorax, notes that 128 of 217 passengers and crew members…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are of great concern to public health officials and lawmakers due to their ability to spread the virus without knowing they're sick themselves.Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than a third of…