July 2020

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Physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19’s effects outside the lung

Date: July 10, 2020 Source 1: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Based on their experience treating COVID-19, physicians have assembled critical information about the coronavirus’s effects on organs outside the lungs. After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York […]

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Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths

Date: July 10, 2020 Source 1: Virginia Tech Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: While a direct correlation between BCG vaccinations and a reduction in coronavirus mortalities still needs to be understood more fully, researchers hold hope that the BCG vaccine might be able to provide at least short-term protections against severe COVID-19, particularly for front-line medical

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Socio-economic, environmental impacts of COVID-19 quantified

Holistic study charts effects of the coronavirus on sectors and regions globally Date: July 10, 2020 Source 1: University of Sydney Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: How is COVID-19 impacting people and the planet and what are the implications for a post-pandemic world? A new study quantifies the socio-economic losses and environmental gains. The first comprehensive

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