Coronavirus patients can develop lesions similar to rashes inside the mouth, a small Spanish study recently concluded. The researchers who participated in the study, published last week in JAMA Dermatology, examined 21 consecutive patients who had a rash and COVID-19 at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid between …
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According to a new study, one in three young adults is vulnerable to severe cases of coronavirus, and smoking plays an important role. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that 32 percent of people ages 18-25 who participated in the study were “medically vulnerable” to the deadly …
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According to a new study, nearly 90 percent of people who lost their sense of smell and taste for coronavirus either fully recovered or improved within a month, but about 10 percent never recovered. Italian research found that 49 percent of patients fully regained their sense of smell or taste …
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A massive star in a distant galaxy has baffled astronomers by disappearing without a trace. Scientists have been observing the star for decades as it was in the later stages of its lifespan, meaning that a large supernova explosion could occur. It was observed to shine between 2001 and 2011, …
Read More »Study says some New Yorkers had coronaviruses in early February
The coronavirus appears to have been circulating at low levels in the Big Apple since early February, about a month before the first case was confirmed in the city, new research reveals. A study published this week, based on more than 5,000 plasma samples collected from patients at Mount Sinai …
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