Prevention CDC recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including: Avoid close contact with people who are sick. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Stay home when you are sick. Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. Clean and disinfect frequently...
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Coronavirus Alert!
Hello, As you may have been aware, in the past few months news of coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak from China has been rampant. Orange County recently declared a local health emergency in response to this coronavirus. This emergency declaration came after one confirmed case of the virus in Orange County and Orange County officials are taking...
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Health authorities expect coronavirus spread on US soil
American health authorities said Tuesday they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments, businesses, and schools to develop plans like canceling mass gatherings or switching to teleworking. The comments mark a significant escalation in the level of threat being conveyed to the US public and come...
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Coronavirus Alert!
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE SUMMARY as of 2/26/2020 Information summarized from WHO, CDC, CNN CDC established a COVID-19 Incident Management System on January 7, 2020. On January 21, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to better provide ongoing support to the COVID-19 response. Although WHO has declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern,” the...
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Steroids should not be used to combat the coronavirus
COVID-19, better known as Coronavirus, is still spreading fear across the globe. Close to 2 thousand people have died and tens of thousands more have been infected. There are no vaccines and there is no cure, even though more and more people are recovering completely. There is, however, one treatment that probably should be avoided...
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Is Coronavirus Man-Made? Baseless Conspiracy Theories about Its Origin Including China Bioengineering Debunked
10 February 2020, 10:28 pm EST By Urian B. Tech Times Could China Bioengineering be the Coronavirus Origin? Well, there are quite a few posts online sharing this theory without sufficient scientific data to back this up. There are even posts that state that the Coronavirus contains HIV “insertions,” which shows that it could possibly...
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9 ways to talk to people who spread coronavirus myths
by Claire Hooker, The Conversation The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself. The World Health Organisation (WHO), government health departments and others are trying to alert people to these myths. But what’s the best way to tackle these if they come...
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NEW RESEARCH: PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS CAN SPREAD CORONAVIRUS
IF TRUE, THE FINDING PRESENTS A DIRE THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK. BY DAN ROBITZSKI / JANUARY 31 2020 In a grim development, scientists believe they’ve identified a case in which a patient transmitted the coronavirus 2019-nCoV to another person — before they started to have any symptoms. Last week, a man...
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NEW RESEARCH: PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS CAN SPREAD CORONAVIRUS
IF TRUE, THE FINDING PRESENTS A DIRE THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK. BY DAN ROBITZSKI / JANUARY 31 2020 In a grim development, scientists believe they’ve identified a case in which a patient transmitted the coronavirus 2019-nCoV to another person — before they started to have any symptoms. Last week, a man...
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Portable lab you plug into your phone can diagnose illnesses like coronavirus
Smartphone lab delivers test results in ‘spit’ second UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Engineers with the University of Cincinnati have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to a doctor’s office through a custom app UC developed. The lab the size of a credit card can diagnose infectious diseases such as...