AvatarThomas CoryStrongest Evidence Yet Shows SARS-CoV-2 May Insert Itself Into The Human Genomeverified_publisherScienceAlert - Mike McRaeOur genome is a graveyard littered with genetic fragments of viruses that once plagued our ancestors. If a controversial claim by MIT researchers …
AvatarThomas CoryCovid pandemic was preventable, says WHO-commissioned reportverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sarah Boseley Health editorIndependent panel castigates global leaders and calls for major changes to ensure it cannot happen again The Covid pandemic was a preventable disaster that need not have cost millions of lives if the world had reacted more quickly, according to an independent high-level panel, which castigates …
AvatarThomas CoryWhat is the deadly ‘black fungus’ seen in Covid patients in India?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Melissa DaveyA rare “black fungus” that invades the brain is being increasingly seen in vulnerable patients in India, including those with Covid-19, as the health system continues to struggle in the midst of the pandemic. The health ministry on Sunday released an advisory on how to treat the infection. In the …
AvatarThomas CoryIs The Variant From India The Most Contagious Coronavirus Mutant On The Planet?verified_publisherNPR - Michaeleen DoucleffScientists in the U.K. now say that one of the variants from India, known as B.1.617.2, is highly contagious and likely more transmissible than the variant from the U.K., B.1.1.7. "Transmission of this variant is currently faster than that of the B.1.1.7 variant," the U.K.'s Scientific Advisory …
AvatarThomas CoryTwo Pfizer Covid vaccine doses give over 95% protection, shows Israel studyverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sarah Boseley Health editorFirst research of its kind shows power of vaccines to stem pandemic, cutting hospitalisation, death and infection rates Two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have proved more than 95% effective against infection, hospitalisation and death from Covid-19 in Israel, the country with the highest …
AvatarThomas CoryCan scientists predict all of the ways the coronavirus will evolve?The Conversation UK - Ed FeilLate last year, three distinct and fast-spreading coronavirus variants were observed in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. More recently, variants in …
