Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How long should kids isolate after they've contracted COVID-19?

School policies that require students with COVID-19 to stay out of the classroom for five days are more than sufficient. That's because children infected with the omicron variant remained infectious for a median time of three ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thai device tests for coronavirus in armpit sweat

For Bangkok market sellers, the armpit sweat soaking their T-shirts during the humid monsoon season may contain subtle signs of coronavirus infection, local scientists have said.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why do some people get severe COVID-19? The nose may know

The body's first encounter with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, happens in the nose and throat, or nasopharynx. A new study in the journal Cell suggests that the first responses in this battleground help determine ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Examining the dynamics of COVID-19's pandemic peak

The SARS-CoV-2 virus swept across the globe at the beginning of 2020, and one of the earliest and hardest-hit areas of the United States was New Jersey.

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