sarbecovirus
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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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Experimental Nasal Spray Could Provide Temporary Protection Against COVID-19
Researchers in Finland say they’ve created a novel nasal spray treatment that can provide brief but effective protection from the coronavirus and its many variants, including Omicron. In a recent preliminary study of cells in a petri dish as well as mice, the nasal spray appeared to block the virus from infecting cells up to…
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Uh Oh, the Coronavirus Has Been Spreading Widely in U.S. Deer
The coronavirus behind covid-19 appears to have found another species in which it can easily reproduce and spread. Preliminary research out this week seems to confirm that the virus is now freely circulating among wild deer. Though it’s unclear how important this discovery may be, it’s possible that it could affect our own future with…
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What to Know About the Latest Covid-19 Lab Leak Hype
The debate over the origins of covid-19 is reaching a fever pitch. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing a report circulated within the U.S. government last year, which found that a virus research lab in Wuhan, China plausibly could have been the source of the pandemic. At the same time, though,…