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Climate change is impacting food security, productivity and social and economic inequalities, writes Adjunct Associate…
Climate change is impacting food security, productivity and social and economic inequalities, writes Adjunct Associate…
Questions surrounding the nature of asymptomatic cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been present since near the…
Toni Shindler-Ruberg encourages everyone to stay safe and wear their masks. The post Wear Your Fucking Mask. (Please.
By Jonathan Pugh This article was originally published here by the Conversation, on 22nd Dec 2020 The mass testing of…
R0 tells you how much people spread the disease on average. But averages don't tell you the whole picture.
Thank goodness for technology.
World Kindness Day (on 13 November) is “an opportunity to show solidarity and prove how small acts of kindness can go a long…
Victoria has continued to drive down its coronavirus second wave this week but worldwide coronavirus cases exceeded 40 million…
Tests for Covid-19 and the politics of big…
We really need to know “how many”. The NY Times tells the story of some Covid survivors who are forgetting entire holidays…
Normal CT Scan We really need to know “how many”. The NY Times tells the story of some Covid survivors who are forgetting…
You might not think much of them, but bodily fluids offer a treasure trove of information for medical diagnoses. Indeed…
Workers on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020 removed the main sign to the visitors' entrance to the CDC, leaving instead a temporary one…
'Disease tolerance' is the ability of an individual, due to a genetic predisposition or some aspect of behavior or lifestyle…
Roger Chou, M.D., says this of an anti-mask document that falsely claims to be from the World Health Organization and is being…
When people wear masks, they can still get infected, but they’re more likely to have milder symptoms.
More evidence in support of masks.
When people wear masks, they can still get infected, but they're more likely to have milder symptoms. Wenmei Zhou/Digital…
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Studies from around the world suggest that success depends on class size, distancing, the age of the students, and how…
Mark-Steven Howe takes a look coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 screening and the implications of false positive tests in this blog The…
The results are clear.
NextGov: “Turn on the TV news, or look at a news website, and you’ll see charts, graphics, and dashboards that supposedly…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. It’s the middle of the summer, and the coronavirus has not gone away. When…
There's more to COVID-19 numbers than what you see on TV.
In Irvine, Calif., a COVID-19 test is retrieved from a drive-in patient at Orange County Great Park. For four weeks, the…
“We don't know if things are going to necessarily get better. Or get worse.”View Entire Post ›
. I. “Colleges Face Rising Revolt by Professors,” proclaims an article in today’s New York Times, in relation to returning to in…
Almost half the people who carry the novel coronavirus but show no or very mild symptoms can spread it. Another reason to stay…
How Masks can Effectively Slow the Spread of Covid-19Note from the editors: Towards Data Science is a Medium publication…
The other day, while running on the mountain, I was stopped by a well-meaning bystander who warned me not to wear a mask while…
The surprising proportion of infected people with the COVID-19 virus who show no symptoms. → Support PsyBlog for just $5 per…
For those who remain to be convinced: COVID-19 is not the 'flu. Physician discusses lung damage in asymptomatic patients.
Much remains unclear about coronavirus cases that never involve symptoms, but they appear to represent at least 15% of cases…
The world’s premier health agency pushed a flawed coronavirus containment strategy — until it disappeared from public view one…
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Scientists previously measured the spread of COVID-19 with the R number, but now use the K number, to take into account super-spr…
Results from China, Japan, and USA show that half or more of asymptomatic cases have lung damage Asymptomatic cases show a…
We are a social species, and getting through this pandemic can be extremely tough. Here's how we can form small teams while…
Creating a quaranteam can help mitigate risk while still providing social interactions. After three months of lockdowns, many…
Quaranteams offer a way to limit the risk of infection while also maintaining social contacts and mental health. Oqvector …
An artistic rendering of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness. Getty Images / s-cphoto Viruses walk a fine…
Findings from the Scripps Research Institute suggest that as many as 45 percent of those infected with COVID-19 are free of…
As many as half of coronavirus patients with NO symptoms may silently suffer ‘disturbing’ lung damage that leaves them oxygen-dep…
Evaluation of knowledge from 16 teams of COVID-19 sufferers recommend ‘silent’ carriers might exacerbate efforts to cease…
Study reveals up to 45% of people infected with COVID-19 were asymptomatic. The findings suggest asymptomatic infections likely…
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There’s a difference between people who never develop symptoms and people who just don’t have them yet. And that matters when…
Non tutte le persone contagiate dal coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 manifestano la COVID-19 (l'infezione provocata dal patogeno) allo…
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“All of the best evidence suggests that people without symptoms can and do readily spread SARS-CoV2,” a group of Harvard…
Enlarge / WHO Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove attending a virtual news briefing on COVID-19 from the WHO headquarters in…
Durante una conferenza stampa tenutasi a Ginevra, la dirigente ed epidemiologa dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità Maria…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/asymptomatic-covid-19-spread-deemed-rare-who-says/ An official with the…
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on efforts to address racism, coronavirus research and…
Untreated sewage could be the best tracking tool we have to prevent a second wave.(192 kB)
TIME: “One of the more insidious features of the new coronavirus behind COVID-19 is its ability to settle into unsuspecting…
. Nearly 3 months ago I tweeted “Stat people: shouldn’t they be testing a largish random sample of people [w/o symptoms] to…