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[ad_1] DES MOINES — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the oldest Republican currently serving in the Senate, has tested positive for coronavirus, he announced Tuesday afternoon. “While I still feel fine, the test came back positive for the coronavirus. I am continuing to follow my doctors’ orders and CDC guidelines,” Grassley said in a statement. “I’ll […]

[ad_1] Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the oldest Republican senator, revealed on Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19. The 87-year-old chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who spoke on the Senate floor Monday, said on Tuesday he would self-isolate due to contact with an infected person. “I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I’ll b following

[ad_1] Mouthwash can kill COVID-19 within 30 seconds of exposure in a laboratory, a new UK study revealed. The preliminary findings — the result of research conducted at Cardiff University — indicate that over-the-counter mouthwashes containing at least 0.07 percent cetypyridinium chloride (CPC) showed “promising signs” of being able to destroy the virus when exposed

[ad_1] Dr Scott Atlas, advisor to President Donald Trump delivers an update on the nations coronavirus testing strategy in the Rose Garden of the White House on 28 September 2020 in Washington, DC (Getty Images) President-elect Joe Biden has responded to one of President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus advisers, who called for Michigan residents to

[ad_1] The Guardian California’s governor pulls ‘emergency brake’ on reopening amid Covid surge Statewide measures come as officials in Los Angeles county consider a curfew to slow the spread of the virus * Coronavirus live newsCalifornia will dramatically roll back its reopening efforts, the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, announced on Monday, saying he was pulling

[ad_1] Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted Monday that people in the high-risk category will have access to coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna by the end of December — but said he was “concerned” about the transition between the two administrations. The top US infectious disease doctor said on NBC News’ “Today” that the results reported

[ad_1] As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise nationwide, some states are halting phased reopening plans or imposing new coronavirus-related restrictions.   Several are putting limits on social gatherings, adding states to travel quarantine lists, mandating face masks and encouraging residents to stay home, as many did in the spring. Others are restricting business

[ad_1] Getty UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under self-isolation after a member of the parliament who he spent time with last week announced he tested positive for the coronavirus.  On Sunday, Conservative British parliament member Lee Anderson posted that both he and his wife tested positive. Anderson and Johnson had both attended a meeting

[ad_1] Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has criticized coronavirus shelter-in-place measures. Susan Walsh/AP; NIH; Photo illustration by Business Insider Elon Musk said on Twitter that he tested positive for the coronavirus. However, the rapid test Musk used is less reliable than other types. He got two positive and two negative results. Still,

[ad_1] Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin are rapidly becoming the most celebrated marriage in science since Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radioactivity. The German-Turkish couple are on the brink of claiming the first effective coronavirus vaccine but, like their predecessors, they ride everywhere on bikes, are not interested in the billions of dollars they could