Share on PinterestResearchers wonder under which circumstances reinfection is possible and what it might imply.The resident of Reno, Nevada tested positive for infection with SARS-CoV-2 in mid-April 2020 after the onset of mild symptoms, such as a sore throat, a cough, headaches, nausea, and diarrhea.After recovering, he twice tested negative for the virus in May.…
Share on PinterestOlder COVID-19 tests can have turnaround times of up to 9 days.Image credit: Amilcar Orfali/Getty Images.The researchers, from the University of Colorado Boulder, report their development in a preprint article that has yet to be peer reviewed.While scientists are working to develop vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 and treatments for the disease that it causes,…
this dog is being trained to detect prostate cancer. She's presented with urine samples on Rewarded. When she identifies the correct one, This'll Dog is able to identify the odor off malaria sufferers. Their next mission here is to train dogs to sniff out people infected with Cove in 19. The way we're gonna do…
Cloudy with a chance of COVID — A look at the data on aerosol transmission. Beth Mole - Jul 9, 2020 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / A doctor wears a hood as he tests the seal of an N95 respiratory mask during a training at the La Clinica San Antonio Neighborhood Health Center in California.…
Share on PinterestA new, widespread variant of SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious but does not cause more serious symptoms, recent research suggests.All viruses mutate, and the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is no exception. As an RNA virus, the new coronavirus is highly prone to mutation, partly because the replication enzymes of RNA viruses make more mistakes when…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of