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·March 30, 2020·2 min read

COVID-19 patients often infected with other respiratory viruses

Co-infections between COVID-19 and other respiratory infections are more common than previously believed.

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·March 18, 2020·2 min read

Digestive symptoms are prominent among COVID-19 patients

Digestive symptoms, such as diarrhea and anorexia, are common in COVID-19 patients. Almost 50% of coronavirus patients from the Hubei province of China presented digestive symptoms and cited them as their main symptoms.

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·April 10, 2023·5 min read

Mild COVID During Pregnancy Does Not Slow Brain Development in Babies

Babies of mothers who contracted mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 during pregnancy showed similar brain development to those born of mothers who did not contract coronavirus during pregnancy.

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·April 2, 2020·2 min read

Drugs considered for Coronavirus can raise risk for dangerous abnormal heart rhythms

Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, two drugs touted as potential coronavirus therapeutics, could increase the risk of heart arrhythmias, cardiologists say.

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·April 30, 2020·3 min read

DNA may hold the key to protecting populations from COVID-19

A new genetics test for COVID-19 has been developed by an international team of researchers. The full genome sequencing test can not only provide accurate results in less than two minutes, but it can also extract intricate and highly complex genetic data about the strain of the coronavirus infection.

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·November 13, 2021·4 min read

COVID-19 Has a Negative Influence on Prosocial Behavior

COVID-19 infections in families widened the prosocial gap almost three-fold between people with higher socioeconomic status and those from backgrounds of lower socioeconomic status.

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·April 20, 2020·3 min read

Early antibody testing results reveal more COVID-19 infections than confirmed cases

The first round of antibody testing in L.A country reveals approximately 4.1% of the adult population has COVID-19 antibodies. Adjusting for margin of error, between 2.8% to 5.6% of the adult population has antibodies to the virus. This means between 221,000 and 442,000 adults in the Los Angeles area have been infected with coronavirus. The estimate is up to 55 times higher than confirmed cases reported for the area.

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·August 2, 2022·4 min read

Could Loss of Smell From COVID-19 Create Future ‘Dementia Wave?’

Study questions whether smell loss associated with COVID-19 infection may increase the risk of developing dementia later in life.

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·May 5, 2020·2 min read

Fully human antibody that blocks infection from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in cells identified

Researchers have identified a fully human monoclonal antibody that prevents SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from infecting cultured cells. The antibody binds to a domain that is conserved in SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing the virus. The findings are an initial step towards developing a fully human antibody to prevent or treat coronavirus.

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·March 23, 2020·4 min read

Containment efforts appear to step COVID-19 spread down from exponential norm

Community actions taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may help to contain the virus and stop the exponential growth of cases. Researchers say the viral spread in China occurred in a fractal pattern. When social distancing was implemented, viral spread slowed. With more communities adopting social distancing measures, the spread became smaller in each new area exposed.

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·February 7, 2022·5 min read

Brain Stimulation Rapidly Improves Cognitive Deficits in Long-COVID

Cognitive deficits as a result of long-COVID can be significantly improved within 3 - 4 days following alternating non-invasive brain stimulation using microcurrents.