Mexico reports 49,219 cases of coronavirus and 5,177 deaths
FILE PHOTO: A doctor talks to workers of the Central de Abastos, one of the world’s largest wholesale market complexes, while waiting to be checked on suspicion of the coronavirus…
Blind study participants ‘see’ shapes via electrodes: study
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Scientists sent patterns of electricity coursing across people’s brains so they could see…
China reports seven new coronavirus cases, up from five a day earlier
People wearing face masks are seen at Wuhan Railway Station, in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit the hardest by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Hubei province, China, May…
Asian wet markets still ‘filthy’ despite coronavirus pandemic, PETA video shows
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A shocking graphic video posted on Twitter this week shows conditions in Asian…
In Mexico, one of world’s biggest food markets stirs unease about infections
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Every day, thousands of Mexicans crowd a massive food market that is a linchpin of the capital’s food supply, though it sits at the heart of…
Coronavirus vaccine might be available this year, but don’t ‘bank on it,’ Johns Hopkins expert says
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A Johns Hopkins University health expert on Sunday said a vaccine for the…
China reports eight new COVID-19 cases, up from four a day earlier
FILE PHOTO: Residents wearing face masks line up for nucleic acid testings at a residential compound in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Hubei…
Coronavirus ‘may never go away,’ could become endemic like HIV, WHO official warns
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The novel coronavirus might “never go away” and instead could take on a…
UK’s COVID-19 death toll tops 38,000, worst in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll topped 38,000 as of early May, by far the worst yet reported in Europe, raising questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s…
Coronavirus up to 100 times more infectious through eyes, airways than SARS: report
The eyes are a key point of infection for the novel coronavirus, a team of Hong Kong researchers said this week, detailing how the disease has higher rates of transmissibility…