Authorities confirm the Covid-19 deaths of a Hongkonger and a resident with a British passport Earlier, a woman became the first of the Hongkongers airlifted from Hubei province to be diagnosed with the coronavirus Two Hong Kong residents who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died in Japan, as the city confirmed [...]
Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear they may be infected to swab their noses and send the samples back for analysis. Results, which [...]
It’s a life-changing diagnosis, but there is hope It’s hard to wrap your head around the possibility that a loved one may have schizophrenia. Yet each year, about 3 million people are diagnosed with this mental health disorder in the United States — typically as young adults. So it’s important to understand the risk factors and [...]
A new detection kit for the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has been developed. It can give a result in 15 minutes through the test of just one drop of the patient’s blood, China’s State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases revealed on Friday. The detection kit, which has passed preliminary lab and clinical evaluations, is the [...]
‘A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one’. – Heraclitus of Ephesus The study of buildings, and in particular indoor air science, has great intellectual merit. Buildings are highly heterogeneous, with steep spatial gradients in materials, environmental conditions, and occupant activities. Buildings are dynamic, changing over timescales that range from seconds (e.g., as HVAC [...]
MANILA – Meat products from China seized at the Manila port in December tested positive for African swine fever (ASF), the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Saturday. The shipment, consigned to Dynamic M Intl Trading Inc., contained food items such as dumplings, pork-chicken balls and roasted chicken wings. Credit: iStock, Smederevac Read more… The [...]
Two particularly tenacious species of bacteria have colonized the potable water dispenser aboard the International Space Station (ISS), but a new study suggests that they are no more dangerous than closely related strains on Earth. Aubrie O’Rourke of the J. Craig Venter Institute and colleagues report these findings in a new paper published February 19, [...]
But for some 2,000 Hongkongers locked down in mainland China’s Hubei province – the epicentre of the outbreak – there remains no sign of escape Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong, Luo Huining, visits mainland companies to inspect stock as panic buying continues to clear city’s supermarket shelves CC0 Creative Commons Pixabay Read more… [...]
(CNN) Concerns are mounting about how long the novel coronavirus may survive on surfaces — so much so that China’s central bank has taken measures to deep clean and destroy its cash, which changes hands multiple times a day, in an effort to contain the virus. It is unknown exactly how long the novel coronavirus can linger on [...]
WHO delegation of medical experts heading to other regions after meetings in Beijing – but will not visit the outbreak’s epicentre of Hubei Chinese government unveils relief measures, particularly targeting SMEs and Hubei businesses, as outbreak hits sectors from farming to tourism Read more… The post Coronavirus: vital to stop human-to-human spread in Wuhan, says [...]
