People who have been seriously ill and treated in intensive care units can wait a few months to fully recover, regardless of their condition. However, with COVID-19, the evidence is mounting that some people who have had relatively mild symptoms at home may also have prolonged illness. Overwhelming fatigue, palpitations, …
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A handful of initial studies have found that people with O blood type may have a slight advantage during this pandemic. Research published over the weekend found that patients with type O were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than patients with type A, B, or AB blood. An …
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A record number of new new coronavirus cases were reported in Tennessee on Monday, breaking the previous one-day record in more than 800 cases. Novel coronavirus in Tennessee by the numbers: 3,314 new cases and 8 new deaths reported Monday. 65,274 Total cases since monitoring began in March. 64,737 confirmed. …
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Tokyo – Under pressure from the scientific community, the World Health Organization recognized last week that airborne transmission of “droplets” as a possible third cause of COVID-19 infections. For many researchers in Japan, admission felt anticlimactic. This densely populated country has operated for months on the assumption that small “aerosolized” …
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Brain-eating amoeba infection, naegleriasis. Trophozoite, infectious form of the parasite Naegleria … [+] fowleri, (Illustration: Getty) Getty Putting the words “brain eating” in front of almost anything can make it sound very dangerous. Teddy bear eating brains. Kitten eating the brain. Brain-eating slice of pizza. That’s why it should come …
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