Increased infectious disease risk likely from climate change
Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 โ and it's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, especially in Africa and Asia, according to a new study.
How can I volunteer for a COVID-19 vaccine study?
How can I volunteer for a COVID-19 vaccine study? Mid-stage studies of COVID-19 vaccines recruit a few hundred people, including some older adults. Enough study participants have to be exposed to the virus for researchers to be able to tell if the vaccine works. A few websites list vaccine studies for people interested in volunteering. โ The website clinicaltrials.gov lets people search for COVID-19 vaccine studies by country.
Asian markets mostly higher on hopes for coronavirus vaccine
It forecast that the economy would improve later in the year, assuming there is no major second wave" of outbreaks of the new coronavirus. The bank's growth forecast for the year was downgraded to minus 5.7%- minus 4.5% from the earlier forecast of minus 5%-minus 3%. News about the vaccine came after the end of trading for U.S. markets, where after another day of unsettled trading the S&P 500 rose 1.3% to 3,197.52. Upbeat earnings news is helpful, But the cherry on top has to be the positive virus vaccine update as optimism on the vaccine is more than a show stopper. Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose 10 cents to $40.39 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
WATCH: President Trump, White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force hold daily briefing
WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus (COVID-19) task force held the daily briefing Monday afternoon. The task force holds a press conference each day to provide an update on the countryโs response to COVID-19. Watch the briefing below (or click here):Read a COVID-19 update from the Associated Press below:The United States is bracing for a painful week, with a wave of coronavirus deaths expected across the nation. Yet President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are striking optimistic tones, insisting that hard weeks ahead will ultimately lead to the nation beginning to turn a corner. โ Coronavirus patients around the world are rushing to join studies of an experimental drug that showed promise against some similar viruses in the past.
Measles saps kids' ability to fight other germs
"This goes under the radar" because doctors wouldn't necessarily connect a child's pneumonia to measles they suffered a year earlier, Mina explained. After recovering from measles, the youngsters were left with plenty of antibodies against that virus but ones they'd previously harbored against other germs had plummeted. Elledge is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports AP's Health & Science Department. But two months after recovering from measles, the children had lost on average 20 percent of their usual antibody mix. Importantly, researchers didn't find loss of antibodies in "control" populations that didn't get infected with measles or in children after they received the measles vaccine.