Friday, 19 June 2020

Coronavirus Attacks the Lungs. A Federal Agency Just Halted Funding for New Lung Treatments.


By BY KATIE THOMAS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3hI2ArG

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Scientists Take Aim at Another Coronavirus Study in a Major Journal


By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2BmssbC

How COVID is Affecting U.S. Food Supply Chain

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During the pandemic, meat processing businesses appeared to be the weakest link throughout the food supply chain. Meat processing plants have been virus hot spots as workers have fallen ill with COVID-19, some of them dying.



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How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID?

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Months into a global pandemic, some groups of Americans simply don't know enough about COVID-19 to protect themselves and others against the highly infectious respiratory virus, a new study reports.



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People With HIV Still Live Shorter, Sicker Lives

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HIV may not be the death sentence it was 20 or 30 years ago, but people who are HIV-positive still face much shorter lives than other adults -- even if they're treated with medications that make the virus undetectable.



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