How bats avoid disease caused by the Coronavirus Bats can transmit the corona virus without being ill themselves. A recent study tried to find possible reasons for this. The Virus and the cells of bats seem to each other to adapt, which leads to a protective effect. In the current investigation of the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) was to investigate […]
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Researchers have identified a mutation in the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 that mirrors changes scientists saw in the 2003 SARS outbreak. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the illness COVID-19. In the mutation, 81 letters in the virus’s genome had been deleted. Viral mutations are a normal part of a virus’s evolution and can alter the severity of the disease […]
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“Testing, testing, testing.” It’s a mantra that health officials have been constantly promoting because screening people for COVID-19 is the best way to contain its spread. In the U.S., however, that crucial necessity has been hampered due to a lack of supplies.But University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Massood Tabib-Azar has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation Rapid […]
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Schools in Norway, where the number of new cases of coronavirus is decreasing by the day, will be able to reopen as of Monday and bars from June 1, the government said Thursday. Cultural and sporting events of up to 200 people will be permitted from June 15, the government also said. The national football championship, which was due to […]
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Amber Rose Isaac, 26, died last month while giving birth to her first child, son Elias — and her family says it was "100 percent preventable." According to her partner, Bruce McIntyre III, Isaac had noticed that her platelet levels had been decreasing since February, but she was unable to see a doctor in person because of the ongoing coronavirus […]
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Japan on Thursday authorised the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving another medication Avigan this month. This makes Japan the second country to approve the drug after US regulators authorised it on Friday for emergency use against severe cases of COVID-19. “Remdesivir was approved under exceptional measures,” a health, labour and […]
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New research has identified an antibody that may be effective in treating and preventing coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment. A new study has identified an antibody that may be valuable in responding to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The antibody […]
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When a Brazilian man went to the doctor complaining of low-back pain, his doctors got a surprise: They discovered that the man had not two, but three kidneys — a very rare condition. To figure out the cause of the 38-year-old man’s severe pain, doctors at the Hospital do Rim in São Paulo, Brazil, performed a CT scan to evaluate […]
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Men and women aged 40-79 are at significantly lower (25-27%) risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity, a new study suggests. Inactive participants in the study spent just over 4 days more in hospital over the next ten years than those who did at least some physical activity, whether for work or […]
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged countries to invest in getting their healthcare systems fit to fight the next pandemic rather than scrambling around in panic when it hits. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said investing now would save lives later, as the death toll from COVID-19 surged past 250,000. “The COVID-19 pandemic will eventually recede, but there can […]
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