Weekly Health Quiz: Coronavirus Testing, Exercise and a Strange Brain Disorder

By | July 17, 2020

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The United States reported its highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases this week, with the daily total exceeding:

10,000

25,000

50,000

75,000

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True or false? Coronavirus cases continue to mount in the United States, but death rates continue to decline:

True

False

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This country now has more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus, ranking third in the world behind the United States and Brazil:

Russia

Mexico

India

China

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True or false? If you test positive for coronavirus antibodies, you are protected against future infections from the virus:

True

False

Scientists aren’t sure

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Of the following treatments, this drug has shown the most promise in treating Covid infections:

Chloroquine

Hydroxychloroquine

Remdesivir

Ritonavir

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Aphantasia is a brain condition characterized by an inability to:

Read written words

Be aware of the self

Conjure mental images

Recognize people’s faces

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A mysterious protein known as GPLD1, produced by the liver during exercise, is thought to strengthen this organ:

Lungs

Brain

Heart

All of the above

Well

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