Archive: 17/03/2020

Injury to the nose increases risk of bacteria entering the brain

New research from Griffith University has shown that damage to the lining inside the nose increases the risk of bacteria sneaking into the brain via nerves, potentially causing long-term health issues.

Mar 17, 2020

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Researchers developing coronavirus detection system to screen travelers

Researchers at Missouri S&T are developing an airborne-biohazard system that could help screeners spot air travelers with lung diseases due to coronavirus and other viruses. Professors in electrical and computer engineering ...

Mar 17, 2020

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Alcohol use disorder strongly linked to suicide risk, study finds

Alcohol use disorder is strongly associated with suicide risk, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University-led study published March 12 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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Student coronavirus tracking website tops nearly 1.4 million views from 193 countries

TrackCorona, a COVID-19 tracking website developed by two University of Virginia students, James Yun and Soukarya Ghosh, and friends at Virginia Tech and Stanford University, is proving to be a valuable public service for ...

Mar 17, 2020

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Video: Infectious disease specialist answers common questions about COVID-19

Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon specializes in infectious disease, and serves as medical director of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control at University of Chicago Medicine.

Mar 17, 2020

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Heavy spring rainfall is followed by spikes in gastrointestinal illness in Philadelphia

Heavy spring rainfall in Philadelphia may lead to twice the rate of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI), such as diarrhea or vomiting, throughout the city, reports a three-year study recently published in PLOS One from researchers ...

Mar 17, 2020

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Clean hands save lives, so wash up, expert says

You don't have to remind David Levine, UC Berkeley professor of business administration, to carry hand sanitizer and wash his hands thoroughly with soap. But why do many of us—from children to adults—lack these habits, ...

Mar 17, 2020

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Russia begins testing potential coronavirus vaccine

Russian scientists have begun to test vaccine prototypes for the new coronavirus, and plan to present the most effective one by June, a laboratory chief at a state biotech institute said.

Mar 17, 2020

Doctors map body's COVID-19 immune response: study

Researchers in Australia said Tuesday they had mapped the body's immune response to the novel coronavirus, in a potential breakthrough in the fight against the global killer.

Mar 17, 2020

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The coronavirus looks less deadly than first reported, but it's definitely not 'just a flu'

The avalanche of coronavirus infections in the current pandemic has been accompanied by a similar avalanche of information, making it hard to sift reliable news from the noise.

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