COVID-19 can spread through households via the virus on hands and surfaces, according to the results of a study by Imperial College London. The study results are the first to show that the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on individuals’ hands and frequently touched household surfaces is linked to the risk of …
Read More »Study reveals how Covid affects the brain
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 can within days move from the respiratory system into the brain, heart, and nearly every organ system in the body, and stay there for months, a new study says. A team from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) described their research as the …
Read More »WHO says it may be ‘last chance’ to find COVID origins
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be “our last chance” to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases. The first human cases of COVID-19 were reported in the central Chinese city …
Read More »A Coronavirus Epidemic Hit 20,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds
Over the past two decades, coronaviruses have been responsible for three major outbreaks – SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2, according to the new research findings.
Read More »Ten times more infectious than Coronavirus: All you need to know about D614G
On Sunday, Malaysia’s health ministry announced that D614G, a mutation of SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19, has been detected in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner returning from India and breached his 14-day home quarantine. The D614G mutation was first …
Read More »Coronavirus makes infected cells sprout tentacles to quickly travel inside the body, new study claims
Coronavirus transforms the infected cells in a highly unusual manner, forcing them to grow long, protruding branches, which penetrate multiple healthy cells at once, a new study has found. Scientists took a closer look at the effects of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – through a powerful microscope …
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