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Bill Gates says there are 4 big lessons from the Spanish Flu that we should heed during the coronavirus pandemic
The Microsoft founder and philanthropist said sugarcoating facts and findings about the coronavirus…
Julia Naftulin
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The coronavirus is officially a pandemic. Here's what that means, and 8 other outbreaks that got the designation - or should have.
The WHO's hesitation in using the term may have to do with its experience during the H1N1 outbreak …
Aylin Woodward
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More people are being diagnosed with coronavirus outside China than in - another indication that the virus is nearing pandemic status
The virus is most often transmitted through close contact, such as between partners, and in househo…
Hilary Brueck
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Bill Gates has been warning of a global health threat for years. Here are 11 people who seemingly predicted the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, COVID-19, the disease that can result from the coronavirus pandemic, is spreading across the g…
Hillary Hoffower
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Deutsche Bank says a giant volcanic eruption and another deadly pandemic are among the 'catastrophic' disasters that could devastate the world economy in the next 10 years
The four biggest risks are: a major influenza pandemic killing two million, a catastrophic volcanic…
Saloni Sardana
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A 2015 report reveals that New York has 15% of the ventilators it might need in a pandemic, and it shows why we need social distancing
A review conducted by researchers at the University of Hong Kong and published in the Centers for D…
Lydia Ramsey
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The World Health Organization has listed 'Disease X' as the next potential pandemic - here's how worried you should be
Writing in the Daily Mail, Dr. Jonathan Quick, a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and chair…
Kevin Loria
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US efforts to prevent global disease outbreaks may get cut by 80% - but that could dramatically raise the risks of a pandemic
But money for that program is running out, according to CDC documents reviewed and reported on by t…
Kevin Loria
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The Smallpox Mistake Was Just The Tip Of The Iceberg - Our Next Pandemic Could Start From Within
Some of the researchers creating these viruses say that doing so and having access to their genomes…
Kevin Loria
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Why 'The Last of Us' show kicks off a decade earlier than the video game
HBO's "The Last of Us" adaptation starts a decade earlier than its video game. Cocreator Craig Mazi…
Kirsten Acuna
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Sister André — the world's oldest person — has died at 118. She drank a glass of wine every day and credited her long life to working until she was 108.
Sister André, a French nun who survived two world wars, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and then a COV…
Rebecca Cohen
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More Americans could die from coronavirus than those killed in battle during Civil War, White House projection shows
"We really believe we can do a lot better than that," Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus…
David Choi
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Zoonotic diseases need to be curbed to prevent outbreaks like COVID-19: UN
She said meat production has increased by 260 per cent in 50 years, agriculture has intensified, in…
PTI
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These are the 20 days in the past 100 years when America saw the most deaths from a single catastrophe. Over half are in the past 2 weeks.
December 16 saw the most US deaths recorded from a single catastrophe since at least 1920. That inc…
Susie Neilson
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Delirium, rare brain inflammation, stroke linked to COVID-19: Study
According to the scientists, including those from the University College London (UCL) in the UK, t…
PTI
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Plasma therapy safe, effective for severe Covid-19 patients: Study
New York, June 3 (IANS) A new trial has found that convalescent plasma therapy is a safe treatment …
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Bill Gates revealed a scary simulation that shows how a deadly flu could kill more than 30 million people within 6 months
Experts think that if a new deadly flu like that 1918 pandemic virus were to emerge now, it would s…
Kevin Loria
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Three-week lockdown reasonable starting point to fight coronavirus in India: former White House official
A three-week lockdown is a reasonable starting point to contain the coronavirus pandemic in a coun…
PTI
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A teen computer whiz is poised to become 'the patron saint of the internet' after Pope Francis declared he had enacted a miracle from heaven
In February 2019, Pope Francis said a boy who prayed to Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, was cured o…
Bill Bostock
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The White House may recommend all Americans wear cloth masks or face coverings to prevent coronavirus spread
Masks were in widespread use during the 1918 flu pandemic in the US, even though experts debate whe…