Vitamin deficiency linked to virus deaths
A new study has found having low levels of a particular vitamin could make people more likely to die from coronavirus. The kicker is: lockdown isn’t helping.
A new study has found having low levels of a particular vitamin could make people more likely to die from coronavirus. The kicker is: lockdown isn’t helping.
A promising drug to treat COVID-19 will reportedly be available in five Aussie hospitals, as the US also rolls out remdesivir for emergency use.
Whether or not people can get COVID-19 twice remains a subject of investigation. Now, a new study suggests the virus may lurk deep in the lungs.
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The deadly coronavirus was not man-made or engineered, the top US intelligence agency has concluded.
Tasmania’s northern region has been hit by tragedy twice in the same day as two more locals were killed by the virus.
Fake “vaccines” allegedly made from the blood of recovered patients are among hundreds of COVID-19 related products being sold online.
There was welcome news overnight with the US identifying a possible COVID-19 treatment. But it’s not the drug Australia is relying on.
A woman who was targeted by Chinese social media after false reports named her as “patient zero” says her life has been ruined by the saga.
Scientists in the US have announced the first effective treatment against coronavirus with an experimental drug able to “block” COVID-19.
A $250 million package to prepare public infrastructure for the loosening of the virus lockdown will provide a boost for the workforce.
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Donald Trump “can’t imagine why” there’s been a spike in calls on injecting disinfectant – days after “sarcastically” suggesting doing so could kill COVID-19.
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Moments before she “fell”, the respected Russian doctor was reportedly on a call to the Minister of Health complaining about shortages of protective equipment.
The daughter of a hospital worker who died from COVID-19 has claimed her mum was denied a coronavirus test four times before her death.
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Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is just one intensive care unit in Australia battling the coronavirus outbreak and doctors say every day is “a matter of life and death”.
Spain has started a gradual return to normal life in the country that has the second-highest number of confirmed infections behind the US.
The World Health Organization has issues a grim warning to the world that recovering from coronavirus might not protect people from reinfection.
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