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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to save lives among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as infection rates rose in Africa and Asia, and there were worrisome upticks of contagion in countries that had largely contained the virus.The cheap, widely available steroid, called dexamethasone, reduced deaths by 35%…

virus in Latin America, which has turned from a haven to an epicenter of the pandemic over the past two months. About 1.5 million people in Latin America have tested positive — and experts say the real number of infections is much higher.The numbers are still rising sharply and the worst appears to be far…

June 12, 2020, 3:28 p.m. ET(Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.Coronavirus has more than one gateway into cellsTwo teams of European researchers, working independently, have identified a…

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.Coronavirus has more than one gateway into cellsTwo teams of European researchers, working independently, have identified a new entryway through which the coronavirus gets…

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