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Ultra-Cold Freezer for Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Costs $20K, Poses Logistical Nightmare Ahead

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine must be kept at -94° Fahrenheit, meaning it will need special freezers to keep them stored before administering two doses 21 days apart

Nov 17, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Oxford Study Says Playing Video Games Could Be Good for Your Mental Health

The study surveyed 3,274 players of Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons and found games could help mental wellbeing.

Nov 17, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Plot of 'Planet of the Apes'? Scientists Use Key Human Gene to Make Monkey Brains Larger!

By introducing a human-specific gene known as ARHGAP11B into Common Marmosets, scientists managed to make their neocortexes larger.

Nov 17, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

This Arthritis Drug Drastically Reduces Deaths In Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Study

Baricitinib, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, was found to reduce deaths in hospitalized patients struggling with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection.

Nov 16, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Coronavirus

After Pfizer, Focus Turns to Moderna's Trial Data Showing Its Coronavirus Vaccine As 94.5% Effective

Moderna said it is expecting to produce 20 million COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2020, while Pfizer would have almost 50 million by the same time

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

342 NHS Staff Members Join Anti-Vax Facebook Group Claiming Coronavirus Vaccine a 'Poison'

Hundreds of NHS workers including accidents and emergency nurses, private and public care home staff have joined an anti-vax Facebook group

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Facebook

Scientists Use Rolls-Royce's Advanced Jet-Testing Cameras To Make OT Safe from COVID-19

The study is trying to discover how far bodily droplets that may contain SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can travel in the air inside operation theaters

Nov 16, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Coronavirus

Raiden Gonzalez has lost BOTH his parents

A Sad Tale of 4-Year-Old Kid From Texas Who Lost His Parents to Coronavirus, And Many Are There

Texas has reported more than 20,000 death cases related to COVID-19 that includes Raiden Gonzalez's parents

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Japanese Store Deploys Robot to Ensure Shoppers Wear Masks and Maintain Social Distancing

The clerk robot is equipped with cameras and LiDAR sensors to measure the distance between two people and asks shoppers politely to wear a mask

Nov 16, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Forget Wuhan, Covid-19 May Have Appeared in Italy 5 Months Before February, Finds Shocking Study

The study says that novel coronavirus may have been present in Italy five months before the first official case was recorded in the European country

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Elon Musk's SpaceX Crew Dragon Launched, Taking Four Astronauts into Orbit

The historic moment for Elon Musk comes 18 years after he founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. with the goal of populating other planets.

Nov 16, 2020

By R. Ghosh

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Cuomo Criticizes Federal Covid-19 Vaccination Plan, Threatens Legal Action

The black and brown communities that were first on the list of who died cannot be last on the list of who receives the vaccine, says Cuomo.

Nov 16, 2020

By IANS

Coronavirus

Scientist Behind Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Expects Return to Normal Life by Next Winter

The scientist behind the development of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine believes that the vaccine will have an impact by summer next year

Nov 16, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

'Evolution' of Antibodies In COVID-19 Patients May Help Predict Their Survival: Study

Individuals in whose bodies the antibody response did not evolve or develop fully, most often did not survive the SARS-CoV-2 infection, found the study

Nov 15, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

Coronavirus

Chilling Video Shows Texas Prisoners Removing Dead Bodies of Coronavirus Patients

After an epidemiologist shared a video that shows the new job of Texas prisoners during the pandemic, a New York doctor called it modern-day 'slavery'

Nov 15, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

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Ultra-Cold Freezer for Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Costs $20K, Poses Logistical Nightmare Ahead

Oxford Study Says Playing Video Games Could Be Good for Your Mental Health

Plot of 'Planet of the Apes'? Scientists Use Key Human Gene to Make Monkey Brains Larger!

This Arthritis Drug Drastically Reduces Deaths In Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Study

After Pfizer, Focus Turns to Moderna's Trial Data Showing Its Coronavirus Vaccine As 94.5% Effective

342 NHS Staff Members Join Anti-Vax Facebook Group Claiming Coronavirus Vaccine a 'Poison'

Scientists Use Rolls-Royce's Advanced Jet-Testing Cameras To Make OT Safe from COVID-19

A Sad Tale of 4-Year-Old Kid From Texas Who Lost His Parents to Coronavirus, And Many Are There

Japanese Store Deploys Robot to Ensure Shoppers Wear Masks and Maintain Social Distancing

Forget Wuhan, Covid-19 May Have Appeared in Italy 5 Months Before February, Finds Shocking Study

Elon Musk's SpaceX Crew Dragon Launched, Taking Four Astronauts into Orbit

Cuomo Criticizes Federal Covid-19 Vaccination Plan, Threatens Legal Action

Scientist Behind Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Expects Return to Normal Life by Next Winter

'Evolution' of Antibodies In COVID-19 Patients May Help Predict Their Survival: Study

Chilling Video Shows Texas Prisoners Removing Dead Bodies of Coronavirus Patients

Three Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting a Single Binary Star—Could Life Exist?

Three Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting a Single Binary Star—Could Life Exist?

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