coronavirus health news sept 2020

‘Anxiety app helped me at my new
school’ says Essex pupil
Coronavirus: Teacher writes about
‘horrendous’ Covid-19 battle
An 11-year-old girl has spoken about how a new app
funded by the NHS helped her cope with anxious
thoughts as she started...
Famous photos of Marlow’s town centre – in colour
Cancer taskforce aims to reduce patient
backlog
A new taskforce will meet next week to kick-start the
recovery of cancer services across the NHS in
England. Charities believe...
Covid: PM considering new restrictions
amid second coronavirus wave
Media captionNewcastle pub-goers adapt to new
coronavirus measures Boris Johnson is spending
the weekend considering...
Scientists explaining how diverse species
coexist in microbial communities
Like all life, microbes require certain nutrients, such
as sunlight, sugars or nitrogen sources, to survive
and reproduce....
The Phish scale: New tool helps IT staff
see why users click on fraudulent emails
By 2021, global cybercrime damages will cost $6
trillion annually, up from $3 trillion in 2015, according
to estimates from...
Authoritative new analysis links
increased omega-3 intake to
cardioprotection and improved
cardiovascular outcomes
The research concludes that EPA and DHA omega-
3 intake is associated with reduced risk of coronary
heart disease (CHD) events,...
Many practitioners are not prescribing
HIV prevention medication
The study, led by Ashley Leech, PhD, assistant
professor of Health Policy, surveyed 519
practitioners in five major U.S....
Humans develop more slowly than mice
because our chemistry is different
In the early phase of the development of
vertebrates, the embryo develops into a series of
“segments” that eventually...
Uncovering the clock that sets the speed
of embryo development
Different development time-scales All mammals
follow the same steps to grow from embryo to adult.
This involves the same...
VLBA makes first direct distance
measurement to magnetar
Astronomers using the National Science
Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have
made the first direct geometric...
Ten minutes of massage or rest will help
your body fight stress
Allowing yourself a few minutes of downtime
significantly boosts mental and physical relaxation.
Research by psychologists...
Most homemade masks are doing a great
job, even when we sneeze, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Studies indicate that
homemade masks help combat the spread of
viruses like COVID-19 when combined with...
Engineers produce a fisheye lens that’s
completely flat
IMAGE: 3D artistic illustration of the wide-field-ofview
metalens capturing a 180° panorama of MIT’s
Killian...
After developing CRISPR test, UConn
researchers validate clinical feasibility for
COVID-19 testing
In March, researchers in the Department of
Biomedical Engineering– a shared department in the
schools of Dental Medicine,...
Complex phonological tests are useful for
diagnosing reading dysfunction
HSE University researchers have confirmed that the
level of phonological processing skills in children
can impact their ability...
New design principles for spin-based
quantum materials
As our lives become increasingly intertwined with
technology — whether supporting communication
while working remotely...
UC study sheds light on cancer
treatment, COVID-19
IMAGE: Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, associate
professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology
Oncology at the UC...
Up to 50% of people may already have
immune cells that could fight coronavirus
HALF of Americans could have some protection
against COVID-19: Studies find many people have
immune T cells to other coronaviruses...
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Here’s how you
CAN let a second wave wash over you
After a last, glorious blast of heat, the British
summer is almost over and we are now heading into
autumn. I normally...
Generation of three-dimensional heart
organoids
Heart development as it happens in vivo, or in a
living organism, is a complex process that has
traditionally been difficult...
How Dantu blood group protects against
malaria, and how all humans could
benefit
The findings, published today (16 September) in
Nature, could also be significant in the wider battle
against malaria. Because...