(Video) How Much Do Cloth Masks Protect You From Getting the Coronavirus?
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There Is Another Version of Coronavirus And, It Won’t Be The Last
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has changed the entire lifestyle of people. After claiming as much as 350,000 lives, the novel coronavirus is reportedly mutating. This mutation has put the researchers in a precarious position. During the first few months of the outbreak, biologists were closing in on identifying a proper diagnosis. However, they […]
A Replaceable, More Efficient Filter For N95 Masks
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones worn by health care workers. Although these coverings provide the highest level of protection currently available, they have limitations. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a membrane that can be attached to a regular N95 […]
2 Billion People Without Proper Sanitation At High Risk For Coronavirus, Study Finds
Without access to soap and clean water, more than 2 billion people in low- and middle-income nations – a quarter of the world’s population – have a greater likelihood of acquiring and transmitting the coronavirus than those in wealthy countries. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation […]
COVID-19: Managing Mental Health With Yoga
The ancient practice of yoga could provide a sustainable exercise alternative for thousands of people isolating at home, as new research from the University of South Australia, shows that movement-based yoga can significantly improve mental health. The world first study conducted in partnership with the Federal University of Santa Maria, UNSW Sydney, Kings College London […]
Smoking Increases SARS-CoV-2 Receptors In The Lung
New research from CSHL scientists suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2), the protein that the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 grabs and uses to enter human cells. The findings, reported May 16, 2020 in the journal Developmental Cell, may explain why smokers appear to be particularly vulnerable to […]
The Newly Emerged Coronavirus Did Not Spill Over From Scaly Anteaters
Mammals known as scaly anteaters are natural hosts of coronaviruses, but are not likely the direct source of the recent outbreak in humans, according to a study published May 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Jinping Chen of the Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, and colleagues. As noted by the authors, the […]
Reddit Reveals Peaks Of Public Interest In COVID-19 Topics
Machine learning can be used to track surges in interest in health topics on popular online comment boards, like Reddit, according to a new study conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine). Such insight could help public health officials better understand and […]
(Video) Can Soap Truly ‘Kill’ The Coronavirus?
Constantly being told to wash your hands? Us, too. So we’re diving into the chemistry behind why soap is so effective against viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
Bioethicist Calls Out Unproven And Unlicensed ‘Stem Cell Treatments’ For COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third month, businesses in the United States are marketing unlicensed and unproven stem-cell-based “therapies” and exosome products that claim to prevent or treat the disease. In Cell Stem Cell on May 5, bioethicist Leigh Turner describes how these companies are “seizing the pandemic as an opportunity to profit from […]