Day: 11 March 2020

Will Covid-19 Perish in Summer? Should we be Optimistic About the Summer?

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Will Covid-19 Perish in Summer? Should we be Optimistic About the Summer?

Will Covid-19 Perish in Summer? Covid-19 may have a temperature sweet spot at which it spreads fastest but it may not react to heat the same way other pathogens do. Covid-19 sensitivity to temperature Coronavirus’ (Covid-19) sensitivity to temperature has many people looking at summers with high hopes as the outbreak continues to rage on. Recent studies, however, are not as optimistic.Research by a team from south China’s Sun Yat-sen University, sought to determine how the spread of the virus might be affected by changes in season and temperature, according…

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Reversing Diabetes with Human Stem Cells | Phase 1 Mice Testing Successful

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Reversing Diabetes with Human Stem Cells | Phase 1 Mice Testing Successful

Reversing Diabetes with Human Stem Cells – These Insulin-secreting Cells Cured Mice From Severe Diabetes “within Two Weeks.” A team of researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis successfully converted human stem cells into cells capable of producing insulin. These insulin-producing cells were then able to control blood sugar levels in a demonstration involving diabetic mice. Reversing diabetes with stem cells “These mice had very severe diabetes with blood sugar readings of more than 500 milligrams per deciliter of blood — levels that could be fatal…

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UK Stocking up on Body Bags | 200 Mobile Morgues Being Set Up

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UK Stocking up on Body Bags | 200 Mobile Morgues Being Set Up

UK Stocking up on Body Bags – The UK government plans to stock up on body bags as the coronavirus continues to rip through the country, according to a leaked confidential memo. UK braces itself to face COVID-19 onslaught Clinical waste containers, aprons, face masks, testing kits and hand soap were also among the essential items listed on the ‘high importance’ email to local resilence forums – partnerships bringing local authorities and public services together. Eye protectors, detergent, gloves and alcohol hand rub are also on the ‘stockpiling exercise’ list…

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Earthquake rocks Italy | Tremors send Residents Running into Streets Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

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Earthquake rocks Italy | Tremors send Residents Running into Streets Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Earthquake rocks Italy – Italy felt the tremors of a 2.6 magnitude earthquake today as residents came to terms with their first full day under quarantine. Lucca residents reported feeling the ground shaking beneath them Italians poured out of their homes in the country’s north this afternoon after an earthquake shook Tuscany amid the nation’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The 2.6-magnitude quake, which struck around a mile north of Camaiore, was recorded by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at 2.17pm local time. It had an epicenter in the Lucca…

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