More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air—a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the ...
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Hand, foot and mouth disease, most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus, is a highly contagious childhood illness. The virus can be spread through respiratory droplets, person-to-person contact and touching a contaminated ...
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems.
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Singing doesn't need to be silenced, however, but at the moment the wisest thing is to sing with social distancing in place. The advice comes from aerosol researchers at Lund University in Sweden. They have studied the amount ...
Sep 7, 2020
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When someone coughs, talks or even breathes, they send tiny respiratory droplets into the surrounding air. The smallest of these droplets can float for hours, and there is strong evidence that they can carry live coronavirus ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Inside cells, where DNA is packed tightly in the nucleus and rigid proteins keep intricate transport systems on track, some molecules have a simpler way of establishing order. They can self-organize, find one another in crowded ...
Aug 15, 2018
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Current advice for COVID-19 health workers is based on the assumption that droplets bearing the virus travel no further than 2 meters and do not remain in the air. The body of published evidence suggests otherwise.
Apr 21, 2020
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Although being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 dramatically reduces your chances of becoming hospitalized and dying from the disease, the shots don't entirely eliminate risks of infection.
Sep 23, 2021
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Treatment for glioma has long relied on MRI imaging to track tumor markers and treatment response. But findings from a team at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, led by Carl Koschmann, M.D., pediatric neuro-oncologist ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Researchers at Swansea University have laid out a step-by-step guide to reduce exposure to the coronavirus when traveling by car, including some important and surprising advice on opening windows.
Aug 16, 2021
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