Contact rates in the study were based on the interaction of people in the Netherlands, but the model is appropriate for other western countries, researchers at the Utrecht University Medical Center said. “A major epidemic can be prevented if the effectiveness of these measures exceeds 50%,” they wrote. However, if …
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A doctor in Israel has reportedly been reinfected with COVID-19, three months after his first attack with the coronavirus. While there have been several reports of COVID-19 reinfection globally, the news comes amid ongoing uncertainty in the scientific community about whether long-term immunity is possible after infection. Channel 13 Israel …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own homes than from contacts outside the home. FILE PHOTO: A man and children wearing masks to protect themselves against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk through a Han River …
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Only one in 100 women has the variant, which reduces the ability of nerve cells to send pain signals to the brain, researchers at the University of Cambridge found. The gene then acts as a natural epidural and may explain why childbirth is a less painful experience for a small …
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Quick-Panwala, who describes herself as very deaf, relies on lip reading to communicate. She says that in the middle of her pregnancy, when the Covid-19 crisis began, she was concerned that she would not be able to communicate with doctors and nurses when wearing protective masks. “I like to say …
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