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White House new COVID-19 page promotes Wuhan lab leak theory
By  Jessica Hagen 02:34 pm April 21, 2025
The White House has replaced a federal website that provided information about COVID-19 with a web page titled "Lab Leak: The True Origins of COVID-19" that cites the controversial theory that the virus was leaked from a Wuhan lab in China. The previous websites, covidtests.gov and covid.gov, provided information on treatment options for COVID-19, vaccinations and testing. Those sites now...
Israel's Sheba Hospital turns to telehealth to treat incoming coronavirus-exposed patients
By  Jonah Comstock 03:44 pm February 19, 2020
This story has been updated to include additional information. Israel’s Sheba Medical Center is preparing to take custody of the 12 Israeli passengers onboard the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that has been quarantined in Japan for several weeks because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The group does not include any confirmed cases — the two Israelis in that number are being treated in a hospital...
Facebook pledges to curb spread of misinformation about novel coronavirus
By  Laura Lovett 01:55 pm February 5, 2020
Facebook is looking to curb misinformation about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak by removing false claims and conspiracy theories about the disease posted on its social media platforms.  In a recent blog post, the company announced that it is working with a network of third-party fact checkers to review information. If a piece of information is rated as false, the company pledges to limits its...
Combating the spread of coronavirus in China through continuous temperature monitoring
By  Dean Koh 10:00 pm January 30, 2020
VivaLNK, a Santa Clara, California-based connected health startup, recently announced that Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC) is using the startup’s continuous temperature sensor to combat the spread of coronavirus in China. Modeled after the previous SARS outbreak in 2003, SPHCC contains special wards designed to limit cross infection and to provide more efficient treatments. SPHCC...
Veredus Laboratories announces development of detection kit for Wuhan Coronavirus
By  Dean Koh 09:39 am January 25, 2020
Singapore-based Veredus Laboratories, a provider of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions, recently announced the development of VereCoV detection kit, a portable Lab-on-Chip application capable of detecting the Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) i.e. Wuhan Coronavirus, in a...

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