Date: December 23, 2020 Source 1: Rutgers University Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: People with severe COVID-19 and a secondary blood infection were significantly sicker upon hospital admission, had longer hospital stays and poorer outcomes, according to a new study. People Read More …
Tag: INfections
Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans
Ducks, rats, mice, pigs and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection Date: December 10, 2020 Source 1: Center for Genomic Regulation Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: An analysis of ten different species finds that humans — followed by ferrets Read More …
Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic
Date: October 1, 2020 Source 1: University of Notre Dame Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the Caribbean went undetected between 2015 and 2018, according to a new Read More …
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sicker Date: July 2, 2020 Source 1: DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: New research shows that a specific change in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus Read More …
Face masks critical in preventing spread of COVID-19
Study found that wearing a face mask stopped person-to-person spread of the virus Date: June 12, 2020 Source 1: Texas A&M University Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A study has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person’s Read More …