Tagged: Covid-19

Texas passes 10,000 confirmed new coronavirus cases in single day

Texas surpassed a grim coronavirus milestone Tuesday. The state passed more than 10,000 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a single day, bringing its total to more than 210,000, with more than 2,700 having resulted in death. The marker comes after Gov. Greg Abbott issued an...

How Viruses Work

The COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world in 2020 made many of us realize the huge impact that a virus can have upon our lives. Most of us at one time or another have had colds or the flu, and we are especially vulnerable during...

What You Need to Know About Chloroquine and COVID-19

Hoping to stave off a coronavirus infection, an Arizona couple poured the chemical additive known as chloroquine phosphate into a soda and drank it. The additive is commonly used to clean fish tanks. However, the couple did so because the chemical name is very similar...

COVID-19 lockdown reveals human impact on wildlife, researchers say

The worldwide lockdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic can provide us with valuable insights into how humans and wildlife interact, according to scientists. In an article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution on Monday, a group of international reseachers explain how research amid COVID-19 could...