COVID-19 can infect cells of the inner ear – and potentially lead to hearing loss and tinnitus, study finds Researchers creates models of different types of inner ear cells, including hair cells, supporting cells, nerve fibers and Schwann cell These models were then compared with 10 Covid patients who reported a number of ear-related symptoms […]
COVID-19 patients infect half of household: CDC study
People who develop COVID-19 infect around half of their household members, with adults only slightly more likely than children to spread the virus, a US government study said Friday. The paper by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the latest to attempt to quantify the household transmission rate of the disease, with […]
UK to infect volunteers with coronavirus in bid to speed up vaccine development
Experts predict COVID pandemic will ‘get worse before it gets better’ Cases increasing across much of US; Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on ‘Special Report.’ Researchers in the U.K. are looking for healthy volunteers who are willing to be infected with the novel coronavirus in a bid to speed up vaccination development. […]
The most frequent diarrhoea viruses disproportionately infect children
A research team from the University of Valencia has carried out a study of infection and immunity markers by detecting antibodies in the blood of seven different genotypes of the rotavirus VP8 protein, the virus that causes infectious diarrhoea, and concludes that more frequent types mainly affect the child population. The work, with samples from […]
New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans
Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential universal vaccine for Ebola viruses that preclinical tests show might neutralize all four species of these deadly viruses infecting people in recent outbreaks, mainly in Africa. Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report their preclinical results in the Journal of Virology, published by the American […]