COVID-19 has spurred the government to impose its strictest policy measure yet in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. The Prime Minister has announced a countrywide lockdown in the UK. According to Mr. Johnson, there are only two medical reasons that can be used for residents to leave their houses. What are these?
A UFO 'expert' claimed to have spotted a fossilized alien skull in a photo taken by NASA on Mars. According to the expert, the photo proves that complex extraterrestrial beings once lived on the Red Planet.
NASA recently shared a stunning photo of the Moon looking like the Saturn. Like the planet, the Moon appears to have rings around it in the picture.
To lessen the impact of the crisis, the general public was urged to observe social distancing. To help people become more aware, a coronavirus patient has disclosed the content of her daily symptoms diary.
This is why the coronavirus death numbers of men outnumbered women.
Air pollutant levels significantly dropped in Metro Manila.
Cabin fever can be dealt with in simple ways.
NASA has completed a rigorous test for its next-generation thrusters that could be used for its future Artemis missions. For the test, the agency subjected the thruster prototypes to 60 hot-fire simulations.
Due to the worsening state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Space Agency (ESA) has decided to temporarily suspend some of the scientific operations of four of its active space missions. Some of the projects affected by the suspension are the ESA’s current missions on Mars.
NASA is currently preparing to use its robotic spacecraft to collect samples from the massive potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu. But, before the spacecraft can complete its objective, it will first have to navigate through the asteroid’s harsh surface.
The strongest annual meteor shower caused by the debris of a passing comet is about to take place next month. During the peak, there’s a chance the shower could produce about 100 meteors per hour.
NASA’s automated asteroid tracker has detected a near-Earth object (NEO) that’s expected to fly past the planet tomorrow. According to the data gathered by the agency, the asteroid is known to follow a natural orbit that directly intersects Earth’s path.
A nurse from the Life Care Center in Washington warned that redness around the eyes could be a symptom of coronavirus infection as she and her colleagues observed COVID-19 patients having them and some individuals would die with only redness around the eyes as symptoms. Recent researches also show that the loss of taste and smell could be clear signs of a coronavirus carrier.
The researchers of Manhattan's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have focused their attention to developing COVID-19 tests using antibodies. The tests could provide a more accurate picture of infection and fatality rate, could determine which individuals have high antibody levels that could combat the disease which makes them fit to care for coronavirus patients with minimal to no risk, and most importantly, the antibody-rich blood component (convalescent plasma) of COVID-19 survivors could be donated and transfused to critically ill patients to stimulate their immune systems to fight off the virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains that Hantaviruses are a family of viruses primarily spread by rodents and can cause a diverse disease syndrome.
The surging death toll due to COVID-19 infection is causing a lot of fears and tension to mount in the UK. As if to aggravate the already dreadful situation, there is the horrifying death toll in Italy which averages over 600 deaths within 24 hours. Because of this, the UK government is advising the general public to identify the symptoms as soon as they manifest. Technology may help in this area.
You cannot be transmitting the coronavirus or any other respiratory illness by donating blood.
Michael Levitt had rightly predicted the decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in China. And this is what he predicts now!
As coronavirus cases in the UK hit 6,650 with 335 deaths, everyone is now on high alert with the looming threat of infection on their minds. While much focus has been given on the elderly and those with an existing medical condition, there is also a need to know what symptoms to look for in children. Recently, a mother from Cardiff has revealed the signs you should watch out for in children. This is after her baby was found to be COVID-19 positive.
The list of 'high risk' people gets updated with obese people and pregnant women.
When you know you are immune to the coronavirus, you can go back to work without having to fear that you might infect others.
The death toll due to COVID-19 infection in the UK is now at 335, adding further pressure on PM Boris Johnson’s government to immediately impose a total lockdown like Italy. Health agencies have issued several coronavirus emergency warning signs you need to look out for. This includes the failure to perform something.
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in dozens of countries around the world, bringing the total global confirmed cases to 382,420 and 16,569 fatalities. 102,513 patients were able to recover from the virus infection. At present, health experts in countries around the world are engaged in a race against time to curb the spread of the highly-infectious disease. If you have already been infected by the coronavirus and had the symptoms, are you already immune from the disease?
The common symptoms of coronavirus infection are shortness of breathing, continuous cough, and fever. Recently, however, reports of a new symptom manifesting in some COVID-19 patients led some health experts to check on it. True enough, there is a new and confirmed symptom, and if you experience this, you need to self-isolate.
Astronomers estimated that a newly-discovered comet’s atmosphere, which is a gaseous cloud, has reached a diameter of about 720,000 kilometers. They expect the comet to become massive and bright enough to be spotted by the human eye.
A couple of new studies have offered guidance for patients suffering from a digestive disorder to manage their condition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts say primates are likely susceptible to the complications that could arise from COVID-19.
WHO and FIFA teamed up for a campaign called "pass the message to kick out coronavirus."
Photos posted and videos on Twitter show a huge booster from a rocket launched by China sticking out from the ground. The debris came from a rocket recently launched by China’s space agency to deploy a satellite into space.
NASA confirmed that an employee from its Kennedy Space Center in Florida tested positive for coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the agency has suspended the work on the rocket that will be used for its crewed mission to the Moon.
