Month: June 2020

Our “hidden enemy,” in plain sight. View original article Contributor:

The best practices for controlling an infectious disease like COVID-19 aren’t easy to follow—keeping six feet apart from others, wearing face masks in public, and, if you’re a health care worker, wearing shields to protect your eyes as well. But in a study published Monday in The Lancet, researchers provide the strongest evidence yet that … Read more

In its latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) say that there were limited instances of COVID-19 in the U.S. during most of January, and that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, didn’t start to spread widely until the end of the month and into February. … Read more

Every time she has to buy groceries lately, Lily Marquez gets worried. She lives in a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco with her two young children, her husband, her chronically ill mother-in-law, and her husband’s grandmother. Both of the older women are at high-risk of becoming severely ill if they get COVID-19, and she doesn’t … Read more

An Italian report suggests recent patients have lower viral loads, but that’s not likely because of changes to the virus, experts say. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach

Asthma can vary greatly from person to person, with differences in severity and frequency of attacks as well as what triggers those attacks. View original article Contributor: Linda Searing

Five hundred species are likely to become extinct over the next two decades, according to a new study. View original article Contributor:

Researchers whose canceled U.S. grant caused an outcry from other scientists urge preventive monitoring of viruses in southwestern China. View original article Contributor: