The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health workers and experts use the term “intubation” for the extra breathing support some patients need in an emergency. But many people don’t know what this procedure involves and the trauma it can cause. Patients with COVID-19 who […]
Natural infection or vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) confer considerable protection against reinfection and reduce the risk of severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. However, reports on decaying neutralizing antibody (Ab) levels against SARS-CoV-2 have raised questions regarding long-term immunity. Sporadic breakthrough infections have been reported after vaccination due to lower […]
It’s easy to have the best of intentions when it comes to fitness. We make vague promises about going to the gym three times a week, about doing more cardio, or working on our strength. But what does that actually look like in practice? Without the the help of an expensive personal trainer, figuring out […]
It seems like no one is enjoying their new-parent glow quite like Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay and her fiancé Brock Davies. The couple welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Summer Moon Honey Davies, in April 2021, and have since documented their life together on social media. But in the five months since Summer’s […]
Like highways, roads, and side streets, blood vessels in the human body come in different sizes, with a range of traffic-carrying capacities. These differences are critical to facilitating blood flow through tissues. But when it comes to blood clots—oversized vehicles on the blood cell highway—the risk of a traffic jam escalates with every turn into […]
Today, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), American Lung Association and American Thoracic Society released the following statement in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations: Recently, there has been a dramatic rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations due to the highly contagious Delta variant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s […]
Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to treatment, information that could one day guide physicians in treating patients with the therapies best suited to their disease. Building off of earlier studies that discovered clinically relevant subtypes of breast cancer and non-metastatic prostate cancer, researchers identified genetic signatures that can […]
When news broke that Texas would introduce an abortion law effectively banning the procedure at as early as six weeks of pregnancy, women around the world felt a collective grief. It’s hard to believe that in 2021, we are still fighting for autonomy over our bodies but the Texas law felt like a disastrous backslide […]
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Coronaviruses such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2 are enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses that are a huge threat to public health globally. They can be transmitted from animals to humans and can cause many diseases ranging from the common cold to severe respiratory illnesses. Study: The supramolecular organization of SARS-CoV and […]
