Month: July 2020

A New York fertility doctor has developed a rapid, noninvasive coronavirus test that can deliver accurate results in 30 minutes or less, according to a preliminary study. The test, developed by Dr. Zev Williams, a reproductive endocrinologist who runs the Columbia University Fertility Center, uses a person’s saliva to screen for COVID-19. A small sample of saliva is placed into a tube containing enzymes and a compound that causes a chemical reaction before the tube is then warmed up with a heat block. The liquid in the tube turns yellow when it’s positive for the virus or red when it’s negative. “We wanted to design a single step test where all the work was being done by enzymes and chemicals rather than cartridges and components,” Williams said, adding that enzymes and chem...

Hard-hit Florida reported 216 deaths, breaking the single-day record it set a day earlier. Texas confirmed 313 additional deaths, pushing its total to 6,190, while South Carolina’s death toll passed 1,500 this week, more than doubling over the past month. In Georgia, hospitalizations have more than doubled since July 1.

A human foot found along a rural Templeton road belongs to a driver whose legs were severed in a crash along Highway 101 earlier this month, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. Investigators were called to the area near Santa Rita Road Sunday at around 9:15 a.m. after a bicyclist reported finding the foot. While the sheriff's office initially called the remains "suspicious in nature," saying it was too early in the investigation to determine if the discovery was the result of an accident or foul play," the California Highway Patrol on Monday told KSBY News it was likely linked to an earlier crash. The sheriff's office confirmed that information Wednesday, saying with the help of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office and its rapid DNA process, it was determined th...

NIAID director Anthony Fauci told ABC News in an Instagram live discussing the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday evening, "If you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it." Why it matters: Eye protection is not currently included in formal guidance on COVID-19. The CDC currently only advises that health care workers use eye protection "in areas with moderate to substantial community transmission." By the numbers: More than 150,000 people in the U.S. have died of the novel coronavirus and over 4.4 million have been infected as of Wednesday night, per Johns Hopkins. What they're saying: ABC's Jennifer Ashton asked Fauci if he could envision the point where eye protection would be recommended, he replied: "It might, if you really want perfect protection of the mucosal surfaces." Fau...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Ohio hospitals are reporting their highest number of patients with COVID-19 since the pandemic started. “I’m not surprised because we saw a second peak last week,” said Dr. Keith Armitage, an infectious disease specialist with University Hospitals (UH). Ohio coronavirus numbers: 1,396 new cases, 40 new deaths reported According to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), 1,122 patients were treated in hospitals across the state Tuesday. That is the highest number reported since the pandemic began. The previous high was in late April when the state had 1,103 patients with COVID-19 in the hospital. “I think what we saw in Ohio was an increase of cases between Memorial Day and the 4th of July holiday.  There is a lag time between hospitalizati...

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