According to Northwell Health spokesperson, large doses of vitamin C, among other meds, are being given to patients in the ICU at some hospitals in New York who have the coronavirus. The vitamin is given intravenously in quantities far over the RDA which is 90 mg for men and 75 […]
After news about an Italian innovation firm Isinnova saving lives by 3D printing ventilator valves for its local hospital, the CEOs, Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaioli, got calls from all over the world. A lot of 3D printing firms wanted to join and offer their help and some countries wanted […]
The deadly coronavirus pandemic which is believed to have begun at a wildlife market in Wuhan, China has led to the strict ban on the consumption and farming of wild animals. Even though it remains unclear which of the animals transferred the virus to humans (bats, pangolins, and snakes have […]
Soldiers in Spain helping in the fight against the coronavirus have discovered elderly patients in care homes abandoned and in some situations, lying dead in their beds, according to the Spanish defense minister. The prosecutors in Spain said that an investigation has been opened up into this case. The soldiers […]
Bill Gates was apparently aware that a pandemic was coming and he knew that we’re not ready for it. The co-founder of Microsoft who recently announced stepping down from the board of his brainchild talked on several occasions throughout the last decade about something like the new coronavirus. Bill Gates’s […]
With cities globally setting lockdowns and quarantines because of the coronavirus outbreak and recommending people to distance themselves from each other, social media has been filled with posts about animals wandering the empty streets. Unfortunately, many of these positive animal stories were actually fake- there were no drunken elephants in […]
Through her charitable organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation named after her grandparents, the pop singer and entrepreneur Rihanna donated $5 million to different organizations on the forefront in the fight against the coronavirus. According to the official statement by her organization, in the beginning of this year, they could’ve never […]
In Georgia, Atlanta, a 12-year-old girl named Emma is fighting for her life in the hospital after she was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Her cousin, Justin Anthony, claims that the girl was diagnosed with pneumonia on the 15th of March and was tested positive to the virus several days later. […]
Nature has apparently turned on the reset button amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and resulted in clear waters in the Venice canals that have attracted some beautiful creatures. Because of the quarantine measures to contain the virus COVID-19, the canals in Venice are empty of their usual boat traffic, but are […]
A team of infectious illness experts from the Australian University of Queensland, Brisbane claim that meds used for malaria and HIV may also beneficial for the treatment of the COVID-19. The HIV combination lopinavir/ritonavir and the anti-malarial drug chloroquine have reportedly shown promising results in human tests and helped the […]