How is Ivermectin thought to work on COVID-19? For the SARS-CoV-2 virus to make you sick, it has to first infect your cells. Then while inside the cell, the virus makes heaps of copies of itself, so it can spread around your body. ...
SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) belongs to a group of viruses called coronaviruses. Currently, seven different types of coronaviruses have been identified; all of which originally circulated in animals before evolving to infect humans.Currently, there is no evidence that pets, such...
COVID-19 infected the hair cell precursors and, to a lesser extent, the Schwann cell precursors. "The virus was able to infect the hair cell-like cells in the organoids," the NIH wrote. "Together, these results point to SARS-CoV-2 infection of the inner ear as a cause of CO...
COVID-19 mutations in NYC sewage can infect rats: Is it related to the infected white-tailed deer from 2019? A recent study showed that there are four unknown combinations of COVID mutations in the sewers of New York, and the host of these mutant viruses might be rats. At the same tim...
Can people with asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic COVID-19 infect others: a systematic review of primary datadoi:10.1101/2020.04.08.20054023Aguirre-Duarte NCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Add another part of your body to the list of what COVID-19 can invade: New research shows mouth cells can be infected with the new coronavirus. Previous studies have shown that the coronavirus infects the upper airways and lungs, the digestive...
In mice, peripheral nerve cells that transmit touch and pain information to the central nervous system are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, offering a possible route to infect the brain (Jonathan D. Joyce, Virginia Tech). COVID-19 can result in a prolonged effect on brain wave p...
The Food and Drug Administration posted an adorable but cautionary YouTube video to warn people that while pets likely can't spread the coronavirus, they can get it from their owners.
If you are pregnant, you need to know this. It is one of the biggest concern for experts that could the COVID19 affect that pregnant woman and can it infect the unborn child? “Presently there is no evidence of the virus being transmitted in the womb. However, there is a huge ...
Can the world achieve “herd immunity” with respect to COVID-19? Anthony Fauci has said that80% of the populationneeds to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity. My view is that using vaccines is unlikely to achieve this result, something I discussed in my August 2020 ...