Two new studies point to an ever-increasing number of young people in the United States who identify as transgender and nonbinary, with the figures doubling among 18- to 24-year-olds in one institute’s research — from 0.66% of the population in 2016 to 1.3% (398,900) this year. In addition, 1.4% (300,100) […]
Scientists have released three studies that reveal intriguing new clues about how the COVID-19 pandemic started. Two of the reports trace the outbreak back to a massive market that sold live animals, among other goods, in Wuhan, China1,2, and a third suggests that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spilled over from animals […]
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant has a much higher rate of “asymptomatic carriage” than earlier variants, which could explain why it has spread so rapidly across the globe. The studies – one of which was carried out […]
Breathing water and salt reduces generation of respiratory droplets, and potentially reduces COVID-19 incidence and symptoms, new research suggests. Two parallel studies were conducted by researchers at Columbia University; the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Massachusetts General Hospital; and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). […]
Créditos: Comité científico Covid
Immunity to the novel coronavirus could last for a year — and possibly longer — particularly after COVID-19 vaccination, according to The New York Times . Two recent studies indicate that most people who contracted COVID-19, recovered and then got vaccinated later may not need a booster shot. Those who were never […]
