coronavirus health news aug 2020

currently reduced to less...
Premature delivery linked to heightened
risk of early death for mothers
These findings were not explained by shared
genetic or early life environmental factors in families,
suggesting that women...
Bioluminescent tag to detect DNA break
repair
“One of the main reasons cancer cells are resistant
to treatment is that they can inherently repair the
DNA damage...
NASA nighttime image shows a weaker
Genevieve moving away from Mexico
IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed
the Eastern Pacific Ocean overnight on Aug. 20 at
4:14 a.m. EDT...
NASA’s Terra satellite analyzes
Caribbean’s Tropical Depression 14
IMAGE: On Aug. 21 at 0315 UTC (Aug. 20 at 11:15
p.m. EDT), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard
NASA’s Terra...
Understanding how birds respond to
extreme weather can inform conservation
efforts
IMAGE: Short-distance migrants like yellow-bellied
sapsuckers were negatively affected by heat waves,
with their numbers...
NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights
California wildfires at night
IMAGE: NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP was able to
image this nighttime image of the California fires on
Aug. 20, 2020....
Finding clues to a successful immune
response in the T cells of COVID-19
patients
When news about a novel coronavirus switched
from a chronicle of its progress in China to headlines
about a worldwide COVID-19...
Researchers validate rapid tests to detect
dengue, Zika, yellow fever and other
viruses
IMAGE: The method identifies and distinguishes
between flaviviruses that cause many diseases in
humans and animals...
Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity comet
NEOWISE
IMAGE: This image of comet C/2020 F3
(NEOWISE) was taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope on Aug. 8, 2020. Hubble’s...
Long-acting, injectable drug could
strengthen efforts to prevent, treat HIV
Scientists have developed an injectable drug that
blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new
drug potentially offers...
New remdesivr study raises questions
after some patients’ conditions improved
and others didn’t
Remdesivir may NOT be effective in treating
COVID-19 in moderate cases, new study finds
Remdesvir is the only drug in the...
Nearly one-third of all American high
school students used e-cigarettes in
2019, CDC finds
Nearly one-third of American high school students
said they used e-cigarettes in 2019, a new report
finds. Last year,...
DR MAX PEMBERTON: To hell with
Covid! Children MUST go back to school
This past week has been an emotional roller-coaster
ride for A-level and GCSE students. I have every
sympathy with them,...
Two million women have lost access to
contraception across the world because
of coronavirus
Covid-19 pandemic could trigger a ‘baby boom’
because almost two million women have lost access
to contraception...
Viagra and other erectile dysfunction
drugs may reduce risk of death from
colon cancer by 20%
Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs may
reduce risk of death from colon cancer by 20%,
study finds Researchers looked...
Nearly half of British parents will NOT get
their children vaccinated against Covid-
19, poll claims
University of Oxford Oxford University academics
began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in
January. It is now named...
WHO official urges young people not to
feel ‘invincible’ against Covid-19
Younger people should not feel ‘invincible’ as
draconian coronavirus restrictions are lifted, a World
Health...
England records five more coronavirus
deaths in the preliminary toll
Britain today recorded 1,182 more Covid-19 cases
as government figures revealed the rolling average
number of daily infections...
Air pollution linked to higher risk of
young children developing asthma
Other risk factors associated with a higher risk of
developing asthma and persistent wheezing were
having parents with asthma,...
When learning on your own is not enough
Single dose radiotherapy as good as
conventional therapy for most women
with early breast cancer
This combination of targeted radiotherapy (restricted
to the area around the tumour) given immediately
after surgery is called...
Biochemistry: Move over Michaelis-
Menten!