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FILE PHOTO: Office workers wearing protective face masks walk in Singapore's central business district, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar SuSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week.…

Share on PinterestNew data from Wuhan, China, suggest that COVID-19’s incubation period may be longer than experts originally thought.The incubation period of a disease is the time between infection and the emergence of symptoms. Although it varies from person to person, understanding the average incubation period of an infectious disease is critical to controlling it.Authorities…

VICKI: COVID-19 CAN BE HIGH TO VISUALIZE, BUT SPIKES AROUND THE VIRUS IN CHECK THEMSELVES BY ATTACHING TO OUR LUNG RECEPTORS. HE COMING A HOST AND MORE CORONAVIRUS. UC SAN FRANCISCO JUST ANNOUNCED SOMETHING COOL. THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR COINVENTED A COVID-19 STRAITJACKET. >> THIS IS A MOLECULE THAT WOULD BIND TO THE CORONAVIRUS INCREDIBLY TIGHTLY.…

Synthetic antibodies that researchers believe neutralize the coronavirus have been created at UCSF and could be available for use in nose sprays or inhalers within a few months if clinical trials go well. They hope the development will be a game changer in the worldwide effort to halt the pandemic. The tiny, engineered protein molecules,…

Scientists have found that coronavirus can sometimes be airborne.The results have not yet been peer-reviewed.Some scientists have already amended their views on microdroplet coronavirus transmission.Scientists have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients when they speak and breathe, but until now there was no proof that these…