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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts. FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes care of a patient infected with…

By Adam Vaughan A climate change researcher slicing an ice core sample from Antarctica for analysisBRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) scientists are almost half as likely to be awarded funding to research climate change, wildlife and other environmental science as their white peers. Statistics published last year…

By Adam Vaughan and Jason Arunn Murugesu Healthcare biochemists at work at a research facility in LondonSolStock/GettyImages “IN SCIENCE, I am surrounded by a lot of privileged white people,” says Aya Osman, a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Born in Sudan, she moved from the UK to the US two years ago…

Researchers found that even light exercise can do wonders for your health (Getty Images)While there has been a rise in those turning to exercise of late, the coronavirus lockdown is likely to have seen many people become a lot more sedentary.However, a new study has shown just how damaging sitting around all day can be…

Syda Productions/Shutterstock">From the first reports coming out of Wuhan, Iran and later Italy, we knew that losing your sense of smell (anosmia) was a significant symptom of the disease. Now, after months of reports, both anecdotal and more rigorous clinical findings, we think we have a model for how this virus may cause smell loss.One…