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ScienceHealthLatest Coronavirus Science: How Covid-19 Spreads in a Family
Here’s our roundup of the latest developments and research into covid-19, including more evidence of racial disparities during the pandemic, the possible higher risks from for-profit nursing homes, and Brazil’s worsening disaster. How coronavirus spreads in a household A new study in BMJ Global Health is one of the first to provide current evidence of … Continued
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ScienceHealthLots of People Have Weird Digestive Troubles, Global Survey Finds
A substantial portion of the world’s population deals with chronic and mysterious digestive issues, the results of a large global survey indicate. More than a third of people said they recently had symptoms of a functional gastrointestinal disorder, the research found, with “functional” meaning that their symptoms had no clear outside cause or mechanism. The … Continued
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ScienceHealthNew Zealand Hospitals Discharged Their Only Remaining Covid-19 Patient
New Zealand continues to be one of the few success stories during the covid-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, health officials announced that the country’s sole remaining patient hospitalized with covid-19 was discharged. The good news is more validation of the country’s aggressive strategy to try eliminating the disease within their borders, rather than simply contain it. … Continued
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ScienceHealthStudy Finds Vaping Puts an ‘Incredible Amount of Stress’ on Mouth Bacteria
Vaping’s potential harms may extend beyond the lungs, a new study published on Wednesday in Science Advances suggests. Looking at the mouths of young healthy vapers, the study found evidence of drastic changes to the oral microbiome—changes that could raise their future risk of gum disease. Smoking is well known to seriously damage our mouth’s … Continued
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ScienceHealthPregnant Women With Covid-19 May Have Higher Risk of Placenta Injury, Study Finds
A small study suggests that women who contract covid-19 while pregnant may be at higher risk for complications. Compared to uninfected women, women with covid-19 had a greater chance of injury to their placenta, the study found. Infectious diseases like covid-19 can oftentimes be especially risky to pregnant women and their babies. Germs like rubella … Continued
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ScienceHealthHere Are Some Upsetting Parasites
The world is filled with disturbing creatures that slither, crawl, and scuttle. But few things are more dreadful to the imagination than the animals, fungi, and other assorted organisms whose sole purpose in life is to invade and feed off the lives of others. Here are some of the creepiest parasites in the animal kingdom.
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ScienceHealthLatest Coronavirus Science: Outlook for Hydroxychloroquine Just Gets Worse
Here’s our roundup of the latest developments and research into covid-19, including more insight into its deadly effects on the body, how ready U.S. states are for reopening, and a massively disappointing result for two potential treatments that were once hailed as “game-changers” by President Trump. More bad news for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine Update 6/4/2020: … Continued
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ScienceHealthThe CDC Is Screwing Up How We Count Covid-19 Testing Numbers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with several states, are muddling the statistics on covid-19 testing, according to reporting from The Atlantic and other media outlets. They have combined the results of two different types of tests in their tallies released to the public, only one of which is used to confirm an … Continued
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ScienceHealthCovid-19 Has Cut the Life Expectancy of New Yorkers by 5 Years, Report Estimates
A report released Wednesday provides some early insight into the damage covid-19 has already wrought on one of the hardest-hit regions: New York City. It concludes that the first wave of the outbreak has shaved five years off the life expectancy of NYC residents. The report was created by Vital Strategies, a nonprofit organization founded … Continued
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ScienceHealthStudy Finds Coronavirus Could Spread Via Poop, Which Is Often Just Floating Through the Air
New research out this week suggests that feces can spread covid-19. The study found that infectious viral particles can survive in fecal matter taken from patients, but it’s still unknown how common a transmission path this might be. Scientists have occasionally reported finding RNA traces of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes covid-19, in the feces … Continued
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ScienceHealthSymptom Checker Apps Are Awful at Guessing the Right Illness, Study Finds
Using the internet to diagnose your latest health concern is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not all that effective. A new study from scientists in Australia tested more than two dozen so-called symptom checker apps and found that they correctly diagnosed a hypothetical person’s illness barely over one-third of the time. Apps designed to tell someone if they … Continued
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ScienceHealthAn Experimental Vaccine for Covid-19 Shows Early Promise in Human Trial
An experimental vaccine for covid-19 is showing some promising (though still very preliminary) results in people, according to its manufacturer. On Monday, biotech company Moderna announced its incomplete findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial of the vaccine candidate, called mRNA-1273. The trial found that the vaccine was overall tolerable and safe, and many of … Continued
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ScienceHealthLatest Coronavirus Science: The Link Between Pandemics and Psychosis
Here are some of the latest developments in covid-19 research, including whether people can develop immunity, the effects of covid-19 on the brain, and the potential for the pandemic to grow even larger than it has already. Covid-19 and psychosis The full range of health effects of the coronavirus, which has infected at least 4.5 … Continued
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ScienceHealthWhat Scientists Know So Far About the Syndrome Affecting Children With Coronavirus
Children across the U.S. and Europe are coming down with a rare but life-threatening condition that appears to be connected to covid-19. But as doctors continue to study the ailment, some experts are arguing that it should stop being compared to another rare disorder in children, called Kawasaki disease. Rather, it seems to be its … Continued
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ScienceHealthShady Stem Cell Clinics Are Peddling ‘Immune-Boosting’ Covid-19 Treatments
Some stem cell clinics are trying to take advantage of the covid-19 pandemic, according to an expert who has been tracking the industry. Clinics both in and out of the U.S. are marketing stem cells as a preventative, “immune-boosting” treatment against the coronavirus, with little to no evidence to back up their claims. Stem cell … Continued
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ScienceHealthOne Child Killed, 72 Others Sickened by Coronavirus-Linked Syndrome in New York
Dozens of children in New York are severely ill and at least one child has died due to a dangerous inflammatory condition possibly connected to covid-19, state officials reported this week. Now, health officials are alerting doctors to look out for and test children with these symptoms for the coronavirus that causes covid-19. Doctors and … Continued
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ScienceHealthThe U.S. Government Has Abandoned Meatpacking Workers
Though the covid-19 pandemic has affected all walks of life, it’s hit some people in the U.S. much harder than others. That especially includes those working in the meatpacking and processing industry, with factories becoming the epicenters of massive outbreaks across the U.S. But these outbreaks are only the latest sign of a government that … Continued
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ScienceHealthWhy Temperature Screenings Alone Won’t Protect People From Covid-19
As parts of the U.S. begin to reopen and ease restrictions on physical movement, a major looming question is how to prevent new spikes in cases of covid-19. One commonly touted idea is to implement wide-scale temperature screenings at businesses and public places, as some companies like Amazon already are doing. But while such a … Continued
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ScienceHealthWhat to Know About That New Paper Claiming the Coronavirus Is Becoming More Contagious
A preliminary scientific paper on covid-19—detailed by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday—is sure to unnerve people. It argues that the world is now dealing with a mutated, more contagious form of the coronavirus that causes covid-19 than the version that originated in China. But scientists we spoke with are skeptical of the paper’s conclusions. … Continued
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