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Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread 03:39 Over the past several months, there has been controversy over the way SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, travels from an infected person to others. While official guidance has often been unclear, some aerosol scientists and public health experts have maintained that the spread…

Endocrinology.In the brain, aromatase transforms testosterone, a hormone that drives sexual activity in males, into estradiol, which is a type of estrogen.Scientists have shown that estrogens are important for the control of reproductive function in both sexes. In addition, estrogens are critical for functional and organizational roles in brain development and adult behavior.To determine whether…

coronavirus vaccine would enter large clinical trials, the mayor of a picturesque island town in the Pacific Northwest invited a microbiologist friend to vaccinate him.The exchange occurred on the mayor’s Facebook page, to the horror of several Friday Harbor residents following it.“Should I pop up and get your vaccine started?????,” wrote Johnny Stine, who runs…

Scientists warned that allowing taxi occupancy levels back to normal, would increase the risk of Covid-19 infections.The Health Department made scientific advisories public on Thursday, after refusing to do so for months.69% of SA households made use of taxis every day, driving an unregulated industry worth roughly R50-billion a year.Scientists advising government, explicitly recommended that…

study findings reveal individuals infected with COVID-19 will likely experience symptoms in the following order:fevercoughing and muscle painnausea, vomiting, or bothdiarrheaThe research appears in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. Doctoral candidate Joseph Larsen and his colleagues conducted the study in collaboration with faculty advisers Peter Kuhn and James Hicks, at the USC Michelson Center…