COVID Christmas FAQs: What You Need To Know About Christmas 2020
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COVID Christmas FAQs: What You Need To Know About Christmas 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has had us sit out most of 2020, and now it’s time for COVID Christmas. These trying times demand special measures to keep you safe and have a merry Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued several guidelines for U.S. citizens to celebrate a safe Christmas. Although these…

MIT Develops A “Cough Test” For COVID-19 Diagnosis
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MIT Develops A “Cough Test” For COVID-19 Diagnosis

If anything can help us tackle the spread of a novel virus head-on, it is technology — a medium that truly levels the playing field. In the latest example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed an AI algorithm that diagnoses you for COVID-19 by merely listening to your coughing sound. Upon receiving approval from the…

COVID-19: Gilead’s Remdesivir Becomes The First FDA-Approved Drug
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COVID-19: Gilead’s Remdesivir Becomes The First FDA-Approved Drug

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has formally approved Gilead’s remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment in the US. With this, the drug becomes the first to get FDA approval for use against the pandemic disease. Remdesivir has seen widespread usage since getting emergency-use authorization this year. Recently, the same drug was also used to treat US…

Trial By Fire: UK Plans To Infect Volunteers For Testing COVID-19 Vaccine
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Trial By Fire: UK Plans To Infect Volunteers For Testing COVID-19 Vaccine

The UK Government has shown the green light for a COVID-19 vaccine trial that involves infecting volunteers with the Coronavirus. After initial reports about the trial emerged in September this year, it finally got the government’s approval on October 20, 2020. The “human challenge trial” is a collective effort by various experts, including researchers at Imperial College London….

New Technology To Detect COVID-19 In The Air In Real-Time
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New Technology To Detect COVID-19 In The Air In Real-Time

Canada-based company Kontrol Energy has launched BioCloud, a device to detect COVID-19 presence in the air. The wall-mountable device has been independently tested and will be available for usage in public areas. Upon detecting COVID-19 in the air, BioCloud will trigger an alert system. The alert will notify facility managers of the presence of the…

Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Antibody Response In All Participants: The Lancet
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Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Antibody Response In All Participants: The Lancet

Russia has been in the news for approving a COVID-19 vaccine whose long-term effectiveness has been questioned by various experts. As per the latest development, the vaccine produced an antibody response in 100% of the participants during early-stage trials, according to The Lancet medical journal. Moscow is hailing this feat as an answer to all…

New COVID Strain ‘D614G’ Detected In Malaysia Could Be More Infectious
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New COVID Strain ‘D614G’ Detected In Malaysia Could Be More Infectious

A new strain of the coronavirus is currently spreading quickly across southeast Asia, especially the Philippines, which is facing the region’s largest outbreak. The new strain named D614G has been spotted in several countries across Asia but it was first detected in a Malaysian cluster of 45 cases. D614G started from someone who had just…

Indian Govt Will Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine For Free: Adar Poonawalla
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Indian Govt Will Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine For Free: Adar Poonawalla

Coronavirus pandemic is showing no sign of stopping with cases crossing 15 million worldwide, and everyone is waiting anxiously for the vaccine. Amidst the glooming situation, Oxford University has shown a silver lining in the dark cloud by publishing the data of the successful human trial of its vaccine. Serum Institute of India, one of…

Linux Foundation Public Health: A New Initiative Launched To Fight COVID-19
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Linux Foundation Public Health: A New Initiative Launched To Fight COVID-19

While the world is still going through the century’s worst pandemic COVID-19, we’re also experiencing an upsurge in the usage and role of open technology. We’ve witnessed several collaborations between tech communities and health experts in the fight against coronavirus. Following the same, Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) is the newest initiative by the Linux…

Russian Hackers Are Trying To Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research: US, UK, Canada
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Russian Hackers Are Trying To Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research: US, UK, Canada

Russian hackers have been accused of stealing COVID-19 vaccine research data from medical organizations involved in its development. These allegations were made by US, UK, and Canadian security officials citing the Russian hacking group called APT29 (alias: “The Dukes” or “Cozy Bear”) behind it. An advisory published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC),…