Sunlight destroys coronavirus quickly, say US scientists

The new coronavirus is quickly destroyed by sunlight, according to new research announced by a senior US official on Thursday, though the study has not yet been made public and awaits external evaluation. William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told reporters at the White House that government scientists had found ultraviolet rays had […]

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Game theory suggests more efficient cancer therapy

Cancer cells not only ravage the body—they also compete with each other. Cornell mathematicians are using game theory to model how this competition could be leveraged, so cancer treatment—which also takes a toll on the patient’s body—might be administered more sparingly, with maximized effect. Their paper, “Optimizing Adaptive Cancer Therapy: Dynamic Programming and Evolutionary Game Theory,” published April 22 in […]

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Corona-crisis: Virtual reality can prevent the psychological effects – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal

Virtual reality in times of isolation In the time of Isolation to protect against the new Coronavirus of their social contacts and dealing with other people, many people. This can have a negative impact on our mental health. Virtual reality, however, could help the negative effects of prevent. In a current study of the Virtual Reality Medical Institute in Brussels […]

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Covid-19: Protects the Smoking of tobacco in front of the Coronavirus? – Naturopathy Naturopathy Specialist Portal

Analysis shows less severe COVID-19 gradients in smokers A French research team investigates the hypothesis of whether nicotine may have a protective effect against the new Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Already in March of this year, a study based on Chinese data first came to the conclusion that, obviously, less smoke, and smokers find the COVID-19-people suffering from the disease. Smoking is […]

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Novel coronavirus detected, monitored in wastewater

Within weeks of arriving on the world stage, SARS-CoV-2 has managed to encircle the globe, leaving illness, mortality and economic devastation in its vast wake. One of the central challenges facing health authorities and the medical community has been testing for the elusive virus on a sufficiently comprehensive scale. A new approach to monitoring the novel coronavirus, (as well as […]

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FCC doles out $3.7 million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment

The Federal Communications Commission approved the next five funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which includes health centers from coast to coast. WHY IT MATTERS These include NYU Langone Health in New York City; St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles; Health Partners of Western Ohio in Lima; Banyan Community Health Center in Coral Gables, Florida; and the University of […]

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NIAID strategic plan details COVID-19 research priorities

Urgent public health measures are needed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. Scientific research to improve our understanding of the virus and how it causes disease, and to develop strategies to mitigate illness and death, is of paramount importance. A new strategic plan from the National Institute […]

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Italy launches antibody tests for virus immunity

Italy began conducting antibody tests in the northern region of Lombardy on Thursday, seeking information about coronavirus immunity to help guide authorities as they reopen the long locked-down country. Lombardy, the region hardest-hit by the coronavirus crisis in Europe’s worst-affected country, is betting that the science about “herd immunity” derived from the blood tests will help the prosperous industrial region […]

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