Bill Gates says he tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. Here’s what we know.
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COVID-19 can infect and damage human kidney cells, Duke scientists warn
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney injury is one of the main complications observed in patients with severe COVID-19, according to biomedical engineers and virologists at Duke University.
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Certain asthma patients are less susceptible to severe COVID – here’s why, say UNC-CH researchers
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill revealed biological reasons for how disease progression happens and why a certain population of asthma patients are less susceptible to severe COVID.
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Elon Musk tweets he has COVID again ‘but almost no symptoms’
In a tweet early Monday, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said he “supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms.” Here’s the latest.
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Pill form of drug to treat COVID-19 shows promise, UNC scientists report
“Oral antiviral medications have the potential to shorten the duration of disease, potentially diminish transmission and prevent hospitalization if taken early enough,” a UNC-CH researcher reports.
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Durham firm Baebies secures clearance to commercialize fast COVID-19 test in EU
Baebies Inc., a medical device and diagnostics company in Durham, has received regulatory clearance to commercialize a test for the COVID-19 virus in Europe.
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Is COVID becoming endemic? And, if so, what does that mean? NCSU experts say …
“The people who are in a hurry to declare COVID endemic seem to be operating under the assumption that when we get there, the pandemic is over. Like endemic is some Hogwarts spell that turns COVID into the common cold,” says an NCSU virologist. “But endemic doesn’t mean the disease is less bad or even that there are fewer cases. It just means there is an ever-present level of disease in a population.” So what’s really happening with the virus?
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Labcorp teams up with Walgreens to offer COVID-19 test kits at no cost
Burlington-based Labcorp has partnered with Walgreens to make its Pixel by Labcorp COVID-19 test kit available in drugstores at no cost for people who meet clinical guidelines.
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Lost your COVID vaccine card? Don’t panic – here’s what to do
You’ve searched your car, emptied your purse or backpack and torn apart your house, but your vaccine card is nowhere to be found. Here’s what to do.
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