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2 days ago · COVID-19, highly contagious respiratory illness, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. There is no cure for COVID-19, but individuals can be protected against severe illness through vaccination. Learn about the symptoms, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19.
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May 18, 2024 · The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. The figures presented are based on reported cases and deaths. While in several high-income countries the ratio of total estimated cases and deaths to reported cases and deaths is low and close to 1, for some countries it ...
22 hours ago · Dr. Anthony Fauci is expected to publicly testify in front of the US House Select Subcommittee next week on the Coronavirus pandemic. (TND) Open the Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski joined The National ...
1 day ago · SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Latest Research and Reviews. Kinetics of...
2 days ago · As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID induced deaths via excess deaths, the 95% confidence interval suggests the pandemic to have caused between 16 and 28.2 million deaths. [5] [6] For the latest daily updates of cases, deaths, and death rates see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.
3 days ago · August 27, 2020 / Infectious Disease. New Study Highlights New Evidence That Masks Prevent Coronavirus Spread. Our expert weighs in on the new data. Through all the ups and downs and uncertainty of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one thing has become concrete: wearing a mask prevents the spread of the virus. Advertisement.
4 days ago · The COVID-19 pandemic had an exceptionally long and consequential rally effect in China. Drawing on an eight-wave nationwide survey, this article shows that the Wuhan lockdown boosted public confidence in the central government. The persistence of the pandemic and the initial success of the zero-COVID policy sustained the enhanced trust in the ...
