coronavirus health news sept 2020

Coronavirus: Care homes in England
warned of rise in infections
The government has written to care home providers
in England to warn them of a rise in new coronavirus
infections within...
Lab-on-paper strip: Small, inexpensive
platform for diagnosing tropical fevers
IMAGE: The Aedes aegypti mosquito can spread
various tropical diseases including dengue, zika,
and chikungunya, which...
Poor home hygiene contributing to
antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene
experts
IMAGE: The paper was developed by the Global
Hygiene Council’s panel of public health and AMR
experts, following...
Novel virus-based colorimetric sensor
can show true colors of airborne threats
IMAGE: Colorimetric sensors are easy-to-use
devices that can reveal information, such as
humidity, acidity, or the...
Is the "Mozart Effect" real? New analysis
indicates that music can help epilepsy
A new comprehensive analysis on the effect of
Mozart’s music on epilepsy has confirmed that
listening to his piano...
How does chronic stress induce bone
loss?
Clinical studies have found that bone mineral
density in patients with anxiety or depression is
lower than in ordinary people....
Inherited genetic variant influences
response to leukemia treatment for some
children
IMAGE: Jun J. Yang, Ph.D., of St. Jude
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Oncology view more
Credit: St. Jude Scientists...
Asthma patients given risky levels of
steroid tablets
More than one quarter of asthma patients have been
prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid
tablets, with researchers...
Quantitatively understanding of angleresolved
polarized Raman scattering from
black phosphorus
IMAGE: The ARPR intensity of BP at normal laser
incidence. (a) The atomic structure of BP. (b)
Schematic illustration...
Heated rivalries for pollinators among
arctic plants
IMAGE: Even in the Arctic, most plants are insectpollinated
– but here, most pollinators are small,
black midges...
Massive-scale genomic study reveals
wheat diversity for crop improvement
IMAGE: Wheat grows at CIMMYT’s experimental
station in El Batán, near Mexico City. A new study
analyzing the...
Decreased MIR2911 absorption in human
with SIDT1 polymorphism fails to inhibit
SARS-CoV-2
Previously, Chen-Yu Zhang’s group have identified
SID1 transmembrane family member 1 (SIDT1) as a
critical membrane...
Ammonium triggers formation of lateral
roots
IMAGE: Localized ammonium supply enhances the
import and accumulation of shoot-derived auxin into
the root vasculature,...
Feeding off fusion or the immortalization
of tumor cells
IMAGE: image illustrating the mitochondrial fusion of
the Drosophila tumor cells in red, blue staining
showing tumor...
First assessment of naturalized, invasive
and potentially invasive plan
IMAGE: CABI scientists have led the first
assessment of naturalised, invasive and potentially
invasive plant species...
When methane-eating microbes eat
ammonia instead
Some microorganisms, the so-called
methanotrophs, make a living by oxidizing methane
(CH4) to carbon dioxide (CO2). Ammonia...
Shedding light on coral reefs
IMAGE: One of the reefs studied in the project was
Hog Breaker Reef, Bermuda view more Credit: Eric
Hochberg Earlier...
Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love:
Living with my autism
Alleged British computer hacker Lauri Love was
arrested in 2013 on suspicion of stealing data from
the FBI, Nasa and other...
Coronavirus: Avoid ‘party weekend’
ahead of new restrictions, public told
People in the UK must not treat this weekend as a
“party” before the new “rule of six” coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Children will stay part of
rule of six, says Gove
The “rule of six”, the latest limits on social gatherings
in England, will not be changed to exempt children...
Coronavirus: Oxford University to resume
vaccine trial after pause
Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by
AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after
being paused due to a...
Does the Mediterranean diet protect
against rheumatoid arthritis?
Previous research has demonstrated a variety of
health benefits associated with the Mediterranean
diet, which is rich in...