With all the bad news over the coronavirus, there is a piece of good news from Michael Levitt, a Nobel prize winner and Stanford biophysicist. Over the weekend, Levitt delivered his optimistic take on the coronavirus pandemic to the Los Angeles Times. […]
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 184 countries and territories around the world. The death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 16,490 worldwide with 5,000 in Europe. U.S. reports at least 132 coronavirus deaths in a single day, 545 U.S. […]
With ongoing coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably heard over and over again during the past few weeks that washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds will protect you from the Coronavirus. Yes, it is true. Deadly […]
As coronavirus pandemic continues to claims many lives around the world, many are asking why we the world seems to be caught off guard about the danger of this deadly virus. According to South China News post, the Chinese government […]
Cepheid, a Sunnyvale, California-based diagnostic testing company, announced on Saturday that it has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2, a rapid molecular diagnostic test for qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the […]
On Thursday, we wrote a piece about Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, an MIT scientist with 4 PHD degrees, after he said in his famous tweet that “fear mongering on coronavirus will go down as the biggest fraud to manipulate economies.” He also accused the […]
Last week, we wrote a story about MIT Biologist, Dr. Shiva after he accused the media of panicking people saying: “Fear mongering on coronavirus will go down as biggest fraud to manipulate economies. Then yesterday, a leading Israeli virologist and infectious […]
Coronavirus is deadly, lethal and real. As such, the coronavirus pandemic situation should be taken seriously. As of the time of writing, there are more than 254,701 confirmed cases worldwide with at least 10,447 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns […]
This is TechStartups’ live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. The live updates information is based on data complied by Johns Hopkins University. This blog will be updated throughout […]
Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc around the world. To date, the virus has claimed at least 10,447 lives with a total of 254,701 confirmed cases worldwide. A total of 89,071 people have recovered from the virus. The outbreak has led […]
We’ve been talking about chloroquine for at least a week now. The anti-malaria has been used in France and other Asian countries. A recent study conducted by Thomas R. Broker, (Stanford PhD), James M. Todaro (Columbia MD), and Gregory J. Rigano, […]
As coronavirus pandemic claimed over 10,000 lives around the world, the race is on to find cure for the deadly virus. So far, there are only three major types of treatments: antiviral drug, antibody solution and vaccine. However, vaccine does […]
With scientists, researchers and pharmaceutical companies all working together in their fight against coronavirus, Now, Biopharma giant Bayer announced it is donating 3 million tablets of malaria medicine chloroquine, a 70-year old anti-malaria drug that’s available for cheap, according to […]
While the United States is still grappling with coronavirus and dealing with government bureaucracy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered U.K citizens a ray of of hope and a piece of optimism Thursday, saying that the country could turn the […]
Earlier this month, we reported a story of Chinese government spokesperson Zhao Lijian after he said the coronavirus’ origin is not necessarily China, calling it “irresponsible” to trace the origin to China. Lijian’s warning came after some reports that coronavirus may […]
Could the coronavirus outbreak have been prevented? This is the question a lot people have been asking. Sadly, the answer is probably “yes.” Let’s walk through the sequence of events to find how it all started. Yesterday, we published a […]
As death toll from coronavirus tops 8,000, scientists and researchers are working around the clock to develop vaccine for the deadly virus. These morning we wrote about by three major biotech companies, BioNTech, CureVac and Moderna that have been thrust into the spotlight for their […]
As the world grapples with the deadly coronavirus, the reported cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 200,000 worldwide, with more than 8,000 people killed by the virus globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The good news is that more than […]
On March 12, we wrote a story about Dr. Shiva, an MIT Biologist with four PHD degrees from the same school, after he expressed his concerns about the coronovirus and how the media has exaggerated the coronavirus outbreak to scare […]
Update: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (9.20 PM EST) —New controlled clinical study conducted by doctors in France shows that Hydroxychloroquine cures 100% of coronavirus patients within 6 days of treatment (covidtrial.io) On March 16, we covered a story about new […]
