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This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. (C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/CDC via AP)OAN Newsroom UPDATED 1:18 PM PT —Saturday, July 11, 2020A new study has discovered more about the effects of COVID-19 on the…

The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, was found effective in treating COVID-19 patients by a new study after many others said no.The study, led by a research team from Henry Ford Health System in southeast Michigan, U.S., was published…

(Dennis Gleiss/Getty Images) CLAIRE CROSSAN, THE CONVERSATION 29 JUNE 2020 The novel coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2 – may have been in Europe for longer than previously thought. Recent studies have suggested that it was circulating in Italy as early as December 2019. More surprisingly, researchers at the University of Barcelona found traces of the virus when…

June 26, 2020Updated 4:13 p.m. ETIn a study not yet published in a journal, scientists have reported that the new coronavirus was present in wastewater in Barcelona, Spain in March 2019, a finding that, if confirmed, would show that the pathogen had emerged much earlier than previously thought.But independent experts who reviewed the findings said…

PLoS ONE, showed that the most common symptom of the virus was fever, which was found in 78 percent of COVID-19 cases. However, the researchers also found that the rates of this symptom varied from country to country, with 72 percent of patients in Singapore reporting a fever, compared to just 32 percent of patients…