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It is a snapshot of a transitional moment in the pandemic and captures the patchwork nature across the country of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Some states have had little viral spread or “crushed the curve” to a great degree and have some wiggle room to reopen their economies without generating a new…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new antibody study of Los Angeles County suggests that hundreds of thousands of people may have been infected with the coronavirus without developing symptoms.Researchers with USC in April tested the blood of 863 LA County residents. The results were analyzed and published this week in the Journal of the American…

A new study suggests the number of Americans who will die after contracting the novel coronavirus is likely to more than triple by the end of the year, even if current social distancing habits continue for months on end.The study, conducted by the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics Institute at the University of Washington's…

US researchers have published a proof of concept on the efficacy of human monoclonal antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in laboratory conditions, as well as their pioneering use in a mouse model. The study is available on the preprint server bioRxiv*. Basic virology research of SARS-CoV-2 is of utmost importance during…

May 17, 2020 | 8:51am | Updated May 17, 2020 | 10:05am Enlarge Image Wuhan residents receive nucleic acid tests Getty Images A study found the coronavirus was taken to an animal market in Wuhan, China, by a person already infected with the disease, according to a report. “The publicly available genetic data does not…