Tag: covid-19
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New Trial Drug Significantly Blocks COVID-19 Infections in Human ‘Organoids’
A new trial drug dramatically blocks the COVID-19 coronavirus load by 1,000 to 5,000 times in human organoids. The drug is called hrsACE2 (human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2). Organoids are three dimensional replicas of cells in culture. The finding was made by researchers at the University of British Columbia and is published in the…
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Relative Humidity Indoors Between 40 to 60 Percent Can Slow Virus Transmission
Mice kept in environments with 40 to 60 percent relative humidity have much less ability to transmit viruses to non-infected mice. Researchers from Yale University made this conclusion after finishing their review study. The findings were published in the journal Annual Review of Virology, and the article is titled “Seasonality of Respiratory Viral Infections.” Seasonal…
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Plant-Based Diet is Better for Asthma Sufferers Than Dairy or High-Fat Diets
Eating a plant-based diet is better for preventing and managing asthma, while dairy or high-fat diets can worsen asthma. This finding was from a review study by researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The results were published in the journal Nutrition Reviews. Asthma Sufferers Can Be Vulnerable to COVID-19 Asthma affects over 25…
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Spreading COVID-19 Through Tears is Unlikely
There is low risk of spreading the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 through tears. It’s better to worry about the droplets and mucus expelled by coughing or sneezing. Those are more likely to spread the virus than through the bodily fluid of tears. The findings were by researchers from the National University Hospital in Singapore. Their…
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COVID-19 Coronavirus Can Stay on Surfaces For Hours to Days
Scientists have determined that the SARS-CoV-2 can remain on different surfaces from hours to up to three days. SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The researchers found that this virus can stay on copper for 3 hours, or cardboard for up to 24 hours, and on plastic and stainless steel for up to 2…
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Pay Attention to Older People in Poorer Countries for COVID-19, Say Experts
Some health experts are saying COVID-19 responses largely ignore the most at risk group: older people, especially those in poorer countries. These health experts stated this in an editorial in the journal British Medical Journal. The authors in the editorial included those from the University of East Anglia (UEA), London School of Hygiene & Tropical…
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COVID-19 Spreads Fast, With 1 in 10 Infected by Other People With No Symptoms
About ten percent of those who are infected for COVID-19 get infected from people with no symptoms. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin studying the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 made this finding. The team was also able to identify how quickly the virus spread. Their paper will be published in the journal…
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Incubation Period for COVID-19 is 5.1 Days, Says Study
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that the median incubation period of the respiratory illness COVID-19 is 5.1 days. 14-Day Quarantine Period Reasonable The researchers analyzed publicly available data on infections by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which caused COVID-19. Based on this incubation period, the researchers said the…
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Researchers Describe Chest CT Scans of COVID-19 Patients
A recent study compares the chest CT scans with the clinical conditions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia in 101 patients. According to the findings, 86.1 percent of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia had a CT feature called ground-glass opacities (GGO), 64.4 percent had mixed GGO, and 71.3 percent had vascular enlargement in the lesion. They described…
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COVID-19 is a Challenge for the Entire World
The emergence of COVID-19, which started in China and is now spreading globally, is now a challenge for the entire world, when it comes to the threat of emerging infectious diseases. Infectious diseases like COVID-19 “pose complex challenges to the global public health, research and medical communities,” write federal scientists from NIH’s National Institute of…