coronavirus
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Covid-19 Paralysed a Teen Girl’s Vocal Cords, Doctors Say
We’re still discovering new ways COVID-19 can harm us, some four years after the emergence of this complicated viral disease. In a recent report, doctors in Massachusetts describe a teen girl whose vocal cords became paralysed soon after a bout of COVID-19. The girl required a tracheostomy in place for more than a year to…
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New List of the Most Dangerous Pathogens Will Include ‘Disease X,’ the Likely Next Pandemic
The World Health Organisation is creating an updated list of the globe’s most dangerous microbes. The public health agency will recruit over 300 scientists to work on the list. They will consider known germs across dozens of virus and bacteria families. One automatic inclusion will be “Disease X,” the moniker given to a currently unknown…
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RIP COVIDSafe App, You Were Trash From Day One
Health has cancelled the issue-plagued COVIDSafe contact tracing app that did nothing but drain the batteries of those who installed it.
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Why Pet Hamsters Are the Latest Suspect in Coronavirus Outbreaks
You can add pet hamsters to the long list of animals known to carry the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Officials in Hong Kong say they’ve confirmed an outbreak involving hamsters and humans that was traced back to a pet shop, though it’s not clear whether these hamsters transmitted the virus to people. With much controversy, Hong Kong…