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Coronavirus cases on the rise in young people More than 100 students living in fraternity houses near the University of Washington campus have reported testing positive for COVID-19, with hundreds of results pending. The Interfraternity Council, a student-led governing board for UW fraternities, said that at least 105 residents living in 15 fraternity houses have…

(Picture: University of the Free State) The University of the Free State's SRC has called for the removal of the term Kovsie, saying it is linked to a racist history. It says the use of the term is exclusionary and symbolises the exclusion of black students in the 1940s."Students do not feel as belonging and…

Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center say the coronavirus appears to be becoming less potent.  Dr Donald Yealy, chair of emergency medicine at UPMC, explained at a press conference on Thursday that people seem to be contracting the virus less easily and cases appear to be less severe then when the pandemic first took…

First results of human trials expected in June By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Published 3:12 pm PDT, Thursday, April 30, 2020 This screen grab taken from video issued by Britain's Oxford University shows microbiologist Elisa Granato being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK for a potential coronavirus vaccine on April 23, 2020.…

A team of researchers at the University of Louisville say they have developed a technology that could prevent the COVID-19 virus from infecting human cells by blocking its ability to replicate itself inside the body.The researchers’ findings were reported Wednesday by the University of Louisville’s UofL News’ Baylee Pulliam, who covers research and innovation at the university.…