by Albert Einstein College of Medicine Researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may have solved a mystery surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic: Why men infected by the virus generally show more severe symptoms and are more likely than women to die from COVID-19. In collaboration with the Kasturba Hospital for...
Researchers are developing ultraviolet LED lights that can decontaminate surfaces—and potentially air and water—that have come in contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As COVID-19 continues to ravage global populations, the world is singularly focused on finding ways to battle the novel coronavirus. “One major application is in medical situations—the disinfection of personal protective equipment, surfaces,...
by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought by COVID-19, some anti-vaccine groups are joining with anti-lockdown protesters to challenge restrictions aimed at protecting public health. Vaccine critics suffered serious setbacks in the past year, as states strengthened...
Coronavirus face mask causing glasses to fog? Here’s how to prevent misty lenses How to prevent your glasses from fogging while wearing a face mask. Read in Fox News: https://apple.news/AEXX_ut_tQMyOAQiZaabXYw Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPad. Phil Hamilton
by Louise D. Hickman, Jane Phillips and Patricia Davidson, The Conversation If you become seriously unwell with COVID-19 and are likely to benefit from active treatment and need a ventilator or are dying, do those closest to you know what type of care you would want? COVID-19 steals the luxury of time but these are...
An early study from China looked at 78 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Researchers found those with a history of smoking had 14 times the risk of needing a higher level care, requiring a ventilator, and/or dying. COVID-19 death rates in China are higher in men than in women, and higher smoking rates in men in that...
by Tracie White, Stanford University Medical Center Researchers found that, in addition to upper respiratory symptoms, a significant number of those sick with the new virus also suffered from loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The study, one of the earliest on U.S. patients with the coronavirus, was published online April 10 in Gastroenterology....
As COVID-19 continues to ravage global populations, the world is singularly focused on finding ways to battle the novel coronavirus. That includes the UC Santa Barbara’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) and member companies. Researchers there are developing ultraviolet LEDs that have the ability to decontaminate surfaces—and potentially air and water—that have...
By: Kim Barker is an enterprise reporter BOSTON — On the first Monday in March, Michel Vounatsos, chief executive of the drug company Biogen, appeared in good spirits. The company’s new Alzheimer’s drug was showing promise after years of setbacks. Revenues had never been higher. Onstage at an elite health care conference in Boston, Mr....
In a recent study about coronavirus, experts from Cambridge University were able to map the genetic history of COVID-19 from December, when the spread was first recorded, to March, discovering that the virus has three distinct strains, all of which are closely related to each other. The analysis showed three different strains of coronavirus. Three...
