Study Reveals Why Men Are More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Scientists say the higher levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) found in men may explain why men are more vulnerable to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus than women. A new study published in the European Heart Journal on Monday has provided scientific evidence that men have higher concentrations of ACE2 in their blood than women. ACE2, which is found in organs … Continue reading
Video Shows Just How Easily an Infection Can Spread Through Contact
Keep this in mind if you think we don’t need to stay at home in order to prevent or reduce the spread of coronavirus (covid 19), or other highly infectious virus or bacteria. via science alert: In theory, by now all of us should understand why washing our hands, wearing masks, and keeping up sound hygiene practices is important during … Continue reading
Covid-19 Makes a Return To Wuhan And Countries Where Lockdown Has Eased
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the outbreak began, has reported a fresh cluster of Covid-19 cases over a month after lockdown restrictions were eased. Now looking to fight off a second wave, authorities are hoping to test all 11 million people living in the city, according to state media reports. The city’s first confirmed Covid-19 case since early April was … Continue reading
Coronavirus Found in Semen, Raising Questions of Sexual Transmission
Scientists are still learning about the ways the coronavirus moves through the body. Viral particles have been found in saliva, blood, urine, and stool samples. A new study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medicine Association, found the coronavirus in semen, too. Particles were detected in the semen of both men who had active infections and those who … Continue reading
The Brain Can Also be Affected by Acute Covid-19 Illness, According to New Study
Conditions that severely damage the respiratory system, such as Covid-19, can also cause inflammation to the part of the brain that controls breathing, US researchers have revealed. The new research, published in The Journal of Physiology, studied rats to show that treatment to areas of the brain that control respiration could play a key role in helping patients recover from … Continue reading
COVID-19 Pandemic Could Last For Two Years Warns Infectious Disease Agency
“The researchers also urged states, territories and tribal health authorities to plan for the worst-case scenario… to assume that there will be no “vaccine availability or herd community.”” via sputniknews: A new report released Thursday by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota predicts that the coronavirus pandemic could last for as long … Continue reading
France Already Had Covid-19 ‘Silently Circulating’ Even Before Virus Arrived from China & Italy
The outbreak of the coronavirus in France has little to do with cases imported from China or Italy, as another strain of the disease of unknown origin had already been infecting people in the country, research claims. The virologists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have sequenced the genomes from samples taken from 97 French and three Algerian coronavirus patients … Continue reading
UK Children Fall Ill With Mysterious New Syndrome Similar to Severe Covid-19
Children have largely been spared from the coronavirus. But now British GPs have warned of youngsters being hit by a mysterious virus-like syndrome that may be an offshoot of the virus, or a new infectious pathogen. An “urgent alert” has been issued to British doctors as what seems to be a serious coronavirus-related syndrome that affects children emerges in the … Continue reading
Pentagon Vax Study Shows Flu Shot Increases Risk of Coronavirus by 36%
On March 12th, 2020, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “Corona Facts and Fears.” During the discussion, Anderson said to the viewing audience, “And, again, if you are concerned about coronavirus, and you haven’t gotten a flu shot…you should get a flu shot.” Setting safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination aside, is Anderson’s claim … Continue reading
Coronavirus Mutations Greatly Underestimated, Mutations Affecting Deadliness of Strains
“The deadliest mutations in the Zhejiang patients had also been found in most patients across Europe, while the milder strains were the predominant varieties found in parts of the United States, such as Washington state, according to their paper. A separate study had found that New York strains had been imported from Europe. The death rate in New York was … Continue reading
