Month: August 2020

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A study released overnight from Mass General Hospital finds children may play a large role in spreading COVID-19 because many won't show symptoms.Researchers tested 192 kids for the coronavirus at MGH and Mass General Hospital for Children.They said 49 tested positive for the virus and 18 had late-onset, coronavirus-related illness. Most did not have symptoms. Those that did had a runny nose, cough, slight fever.“When we screened kids with the symptoms, half had the virus and half have not, and this is going to get only worse with the flu season, in which a lot of kids will have the symptoms,” Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Alessio Fasano said. The researchers said given their data, mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing are even more vital to slowing the spread.The stu...

In the Middle Ages, the plague caused tens of millions of deaths in Europe in a series of outbreaks known as the Black Death. And while it's extremely rare in modern times, the deadly bacterial infection is still around today — but how likely are you to catch it? This week, California reported its first case of plague in five years. The patient, a resident of the South Lake Tahoe area, is said to be recovering at home. And in July, a 15-year-old boy in western Mongolia died of bubonic plague that he contracted from an infected marmot. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of 3,248 cases were reported worldwide between 2010 and 2015, resulting in 584 deaths. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Peru were the most affected countries.  Reports of th...

Local authorities on Tuesday gave final approval to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys over a two-year period, starting in 2021, with the hope of preventing diseases such as the Zika virus but has faced blowback and comparisons to a Steven Spielberg thriller. The Monroe County Mosquito Control District signed off on the proposal that had already won state and federal approval. It will be the first time genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the U.S. The plan has not been universally accepted and has received backlash from residents and environmental advocacy groups. "With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida --  the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change --  the administration has used tax dolla...