A new study suggests that the risk of passengers being exposed to the virus from an infected person on the plane could be reduced by 23% to 57% if the middle seats are empty, compared to a full flight . No masks Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kansas … Read more
With the vaccines that are already in place and those that will be given in the coming weeks, although there is no group immunity yet, the death toll will drop to almost residual . In Spain, 44% of those over 60 have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. And this is already … Read more
In a document sent to the Public Health Commission for debate and approval this Tuesday at an extraordinary meeting, the Spanish Ministry of Health now proposed to delay the second dose of Pfizer and Moderna prophylaxis . Although it had been stated that such a delay would not take place, in order to increase the … Read more
According to a new study led by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, COVID-19 patients experiencing fever show reduced gray matter volume in the brain’s frontal-temporal network . The study found that a lower volume of gray matter in this brain region was associated with a higher level of disability … Read more
Citizens of England will be able to use the National Health Service app as a vaccine passport from Monday. The digital certificates will be available from May 17, the same day the country lifts the ban on non-essential travel . Tourists without a smartphone can request a paper version by calling the NHS helpline at … Read more
In 2016, a Siberian heat wave exposed the remains of an anthrax-infected reindeer , releasing spores of a 75-year-old bacterium into the air, water and the food chain, resulting in the death of a 10-year-old boy from age These are some consequences of opening Pandora’s box in the Arctic, that is, melting the permafrost in … Read more
Along with many other effects that are still being explored, being infected with COVID-19 could make you more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction, according to this (preliminary) study by Sansone et al. Research points to three factors that can lead to the possible occurrence of erectile dysfunction in men who have had the virus … Read more
There remains a significant proportion of the population whose resistance to vaccination will be difficult to change, regardless of what incentive we use . Experts generally agree that a vaccination rate of at least 80% is needed among people 12 years and older to achieve enough herd immunity to stop larger outbreaks. Possible incentives There … Read more
The first death of a fully vaccinated COVID-19 patient has already occurred, the first among (approximately) 13,000 deaths in Greece. The man, a 70-year-old dentist, had followed all precautions and his wife and children had also been vaccinated, and he had no underlying symptoms . Getting vaccinated is the best option More than 13,200 people … Read more
Among the most common symptoms of severe COVID-19 cases is the need for patients to be placed on ventilators to ensure they can continue to receive enough oxygen while breathing. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an online tool to help medical staff quickly determine which COVID-19 patients will need help breathing with … Read more
According to a recent study , published in the journal Gut by researchers at King’s and Harvard Medical School, people with the highest quality diet were about 10% less likely to develop COVID-19 than those with the lowest quality diet and a 40% less chance of getting seriously ill . Rather than looking at specific … Read more
Denmark’s high vaccination rate has enabled the Scandinavian country to become one of the first nations in the European Union to lift all internal restrictions. More than 80% of people over the age of 12 have received both injections . Masks in some places As of midnight, the Danish government no longer considers COVID-19 as … Read more
A new study by researchers at King’s School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, published in Nature Immunology, has looked at the immune systems of babies born to mothers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at different stages of pregnancy . They found that babies born to mothers with a recent or ongoing infection had a higher percentage of … Read more
According to new research led by professors at Binghamton University, State University of New York, Americans led by Democratic leaders have better fought COVID-19 . Understanding the relationship between policy and public health measures can better prepare American communities for what to expect from their governments in a future crisis. Differences between Democrats and Republicans … Read more
A new study looks at what has happened to the social life of Australians during lockdown by the pandemic. The findings suggest that COVID-19 may have had a long-term impact on our friendships, and not necessarily for the better . The participants came from all states and territories, ranged in age from 18 to 88, … Read more
A rapid point-of-care test for the detection of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) to SARS-CoV-2 has been developed by researchers from the Interdisciplinary Antimicrobial Resistance Research Group of the Singapore-MIT Research and Technology Alliance ( SMART). This simple test, which only requires a drop of blood from the fingertip, can be performed in 10 minutes without the … Read more
Around 65% of Austria’s nearly 9 million people are vaccinated, below the EU average of 67% , while daily increases in infections have reached records this week. This is causing infections to increase in a worrying way. For that reason, Austria will be the first EU country to conduct selective lockdown targeting unvaccinated people. Over … Read more
An international team of researchers led by Professor Alexander Gorban of the University of Leicester has analyzed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants that can dramatically change a country’s infection rate . To do this, they used available data from 13 countries to determine the stress response rate and the spontaneous burnout rate. Their … Read more