• A new research study claims that administering an oral drug to snakebite victims can inhibit the venom from taking hold, thus giving victims more time to seek appropriate medical care.
• Poisonous snakes can kill more than 100,000 people a year, a figure much larger than deaths resulting from the murder hornet everyone is buzzing about right now.
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If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you might have seen some concern about murder hornets, otherwise known as Asian Giant Hornets, invading the United States. While murder hornets look like the stuff nightmares are made out of, the truth is that they only kill a handful of people every year and aren’t really a threat to humans. In truth, murder hornets — which can sometimes grow to be more than 2-inches long — are dangerous because of the threat they pose to local honeybee populations, not to people.

Interestingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, snakes pose a much more dangerous threat to humans. In fact, there tend to be more snake-related deaths, on average, in a single week than bee or hornet-related deaths over the course of an entire year. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), anywhere from 80,000 to 140,000 people die every year from snake bites. Historically, one of the inherent problems with getting that number lower is that snake bites often occur out in the wild and getting proper treatment often requires a clinical setting and the intravenous administration of antivenom. A new research study, however, may provide a new treatment option to help keep snake bite victims alive until proper treatment can be given.

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• Netflix is back with another busy week of releases, with 17 new shows, movies, and specials coming to the streaming service this week.
• Netflix originals Bordertown, Magic for Humans, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power all return with new seasons this week.
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is also back with an interactive special.
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A busy May for Netflix continues this week with the return of a few popular original series like Bordertown, Magic for Humans, and She-Ra. And while Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt wrapped up its fourth and final season early last year, the cast has reunited for an interactive special in the vein of Bandersnatch. But funnier.

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• Doctors from China conducted a Phase 2 trial for a triple-drug therapy in COVID-19 cases, proving that the three medicines can speed up recovery in mild to moderate cases.
• Coronavirus patients who were given the three drugs being asymptomatic faster than the control group and cleared the virus in an average time of one week.
• The control group that was on an HIV drug that is also being tested for COVID-19 needed 12 days, on average, to test negative for the novel coronavirus.
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The novel coronavirus had infected more than 4 million people worldwide as of Saturday morning, of which nearly 280,000 died fighting the disease. Some 2.4 million cases remain active around the world, but the number is likely far higher than that. Asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 patients can go undetected in many countries where there aren’t enough tests to go around. But the world has made tremendous progress at treating the disease and it’s going to be even easier to treat patients in the years to come, as we wait for viable vaccines to become widely available.

Remdesivir can reduce the recovery time from 15 days to 11 days according to a study that included more than 1,000 people, and is considered standard therapy for COVID-19. There’s not enough of the drug to go around though, so remdesivir alone won’t be enough. The drug can’t reduce mortality rates either, so additional medicines will be required. Blood thinners can reduce COVID-19 complications and death risk, as a different study has shown. Men given a specific type of prostate cancer treatment might also experience a milder COVID-19 case.

These are all COVID-19 therapy developments that have been detailed in the past few days. Now, we have gotten word of another novel coronavirus treatment that works, a triple-drug combo that can dramatically speed up recovery in mild and moderate cases.

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• Air traffic has collapsed over the past month or so in a historic and unprecedented decline due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• The pandemic has wiped out almost all business for air carriers that have resorted to flying what are essentially ghost planes with just a handful of passengers.
• Here’s one account of what passengers can expect for the few of you who are getting on planes right now amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Believe it or not, there are still some people who are getting on planes and flying right now amid the coronavirus pandemic, despite the fact that airports everywhere are virtual ghost towns. A month ago, airlines had started flying nearly-empty planes with just a handful of passengers on them, and the TSA was screening as few as 83,000 passengers a day, down from more than 2 million during the same point in 2019. Further underscoring the unprecedented moment the country is in, all commercial US airlines by May 11 will for the first time require passengers and crew to wear face masks.

Reading all this, though, you might be tempted by a particular thought — if practically no one is flying right now, wouldn’t this actually then be one of the safest times to fly right now? There will probably never be fewer people on planes and in airports than there are right now, so your risk in terms of picking up germs and, god forbid, the coronavirus, is practically nothing right now, right?

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• Coronavirus vaccine development is advancing at a rapid pace, but a viable drug might not be available to the general population until early 2021, in a best-case scenario.
• A more controversial human trial may speed up development: Challenge trials.
• The World Health Organization has come up with guidelines for deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 to see whether a vaccine candidate is effective and safe.
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Coronavirus vaccine research is off to a great start, as more than 115 teams were working on drug candidates as of mid-April. Several of them have shown promise in lab testing and have reached various phases of human trials. If everything goes well, the first COVID-19 vaccine could be ready to roll out this fall under emergency use authorization. The general public could get access to it as soon as early 2021. For most such drugs, the theoretical estimates sit at 12-18 months. That’s still much faster than other vaccines, but it may still be a long wait. And once the first vaccines are ready, we’ll have to wait for governments to manufacture them in large quantities

There is a speedier way to go about vaccine development, however, but it’s a controversial one because it comes with increased risk. That said, the World Health Organization (WHO) isn’t against vaccine challenge trials, and issued guidelines for vaccine makers that want to speed things up.

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More and more great deals are popping up now that things are beginning to move toward some semblance of normal, but the most popular bargains among our readers are still best-selling 78¢ coronavirus face masks that are back in stock at Amazon and 6-packs of ethyl alcohol hand sanitizer. Also available in Sunday’s roundup are thicker 4-layer face masks that are now back in stock, the Roku Premiere with 4K and HDR support for only $29.99, smaller bottles of ethyl alcohol hand sanitizer for $4.40 each, a new all-time low price on the Bose 700 wireless noise cancelling headphones that rarely go on sale, AirPods Pro back in stock at Amazon’s lowest price, SoundPEATS true wireless earbuds for only $22.31 thanks to an on-site coupon, Amazon’s $130 waterproof Kindle Paperwhite for $94.99, and the $90 all-new Kindle for $64.99. See all of today’s top daily deals down below.

Face Mask, Pack of 50: $38.99 ($0.78 / Mask)

Natural Concepts Hand Sanitizer Gel, 6-Pack, 8 oz Bottles, 65% Ethyl Alcohol, Protect Against G…: $47.99 ($8 per 8 oz. bottle)

Thick 4-Ply Face Shield with Elastic Ear Loop Cover Full Face Anti-Dust（1PCS): $14.99

Roku Premiere | HD/4K/HDR Streaming Media Player, Simple Remote and Premium HDMI Cable: $29.99

BushKlawz Eco Finest 5 Pack of 2 oz Rinse Free 75% Alcohol Instant Hand Sanitizer (5x Pack of 2…: $21.99 ($4.40 per 2 oz. bottle)

Bose Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones 700, with Alexa Voice Control, Black: $299.00 – -$349.00

Apple AirPods Pro: $234.95

SoundPEATS True Wireless Earbuds TWS Bluetooth Headphones in-Ear Stereo Bluetooth V5.0 Earphone…: $22.31

Kindle Paperwhite – Now Waterproof with 2x the Storage – Includes Special Offers: $94.99

All-new Kindle – Now with a Built-in Front Light – Black – Includes Special Offers: $64.99

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• Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, has become a familiar, comforting presence to Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic has dragged on for weeks now.
• Fauci, who’s also the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is currently preparing to quarantine himself after possibly coming into exposure with a White House staffer who’s tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The health expert who’s become the public face of the US response to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is preparing to begin what he describes as a “modified” self-quarantine after potentially coming into contact with the novel coronavirus.

Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in addition to being a member of the White House coronavirus task force, is doing so after telling CNN that he’s made a “low risk” contact with an unnamed White House staffer who’s tested positive for the virus. What makes this news disconcerting is that two additional chiefs of federal health agencies playing a role in the coronavirus response — Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration — are now doing the same.

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• The $2.2 trillion coronavirus-related stimulus legislation passed by Congress in March, which set aside billions of dollars for direct cash payments to most Americans, is one example of the unprecedented moment the US finds itself in right now.
• Here’s another: The tax deadline for 2020, which had already been pushed from April 15 to July 15, might get delayed for a second time.
• There are reports the White House is considering whether to push the deadline again, to the fall or even later.
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I have probably written some variation of this phrase more times than I can count over the last month or so, but here is yet another indicator of the completely unprecedented moment the US now finds itself in thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

Already, you’ll recall, the Trump administration decided to push back the normal April 15 tax deadline to the summer this year — a no-brainer if you ask me, considering we’re perilously close to Great Depression-level territory thanks to the wave of job losses and business closures in recent weeks. On Friday, the Labor Dept. reported that employers shed more than 20 million workers last month, pushing the jobless rate in the country to 14.7%. In light of all this economic devastation, the original idea was that taxpayers would have until July 15 to file their 2019 taxes — and that they wouldn’t have to pay a late-filing or late-payment penalty, either. The tax deadline was also part of a raft of emergency moves that included sending out direct cash payments to most Americans.

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• The Mandalorian season 2 is currently scheduled to launch on Disney+ in fall 2020.
• According to a new report, fan-favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett will join the show this season.
• Boba Fett will be played by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones.
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Disney+ has continued to rack up subscribers in the months since its launch, topping 54 million at last count, but the excitement surrounding the streaming service has certainly died down in 2020. The Mandalorian was one of the only scripted originals available on launch day, and not many new shows have joined it since. In fact, the most significant additions to the service in 2020 have been Frozen 2 and Onward, both of which were added to the streaming library much earlier than Disney had initially planned due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Meanwhile, some of the other highly-anticipated originals, including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, weren’t able to wrap up production before the pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt. But the good news is that filming for The Mandalorian season 2 is complete, and now we have another reason to get excited.

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• Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid probe snapped images that reveal the space rock had a close encounter with the Sun.
• Scorched rock was present on the asteroid’s surface, appearing red in spectral analysis and indicating extreme heating over a short period of time.
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid probe has already accomplished a lot. After launching in 2014 and spending several years traveling to intercept the space rock known as Ryugu, it made many key observations and even snagged samples of the asteroid before departing and heading back to Earth.

The biggest discoveries are sure to be made once scientists can get their hands on the asteroid rock samples. In the meantime, researchers are studying the data that the probe sent back over many months, and they just discovered something very interesting about Ryugu. Apparently, the asteroid has had some uncomfortably close brushes with another object in our solar system: The Sun.

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