Can COVID-19 Cause Parkinson’s Disease Later?
Research on mice suggests people infected with COVID-19 may be at increased risk of Parkinson’s disease long after the infection has cleared.
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A Game Playing App May Have Just Helped Create COVID Vaccines for the Developing World
Thanks to volunteers playing a citizen science game, researchers have identified better mRNA for vaccines, possibly unlocking COVID vaccines for the developing world.
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Colleges need vaccine mandates
H. Holdent Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of AAAS Science journals explains why college communities will benefit from vaccine mandates in the school year to come.
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Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection
As the world enters Pandemic Year Two, data is showing that the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection are becoming a long-term problem.
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Your health on COVID-19 stay-at-home orders
COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have had a divided impact on health, and new research finds that the effect is different for people with obesity.
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Editorial: COVID-19 Dark Web Marketplace
Kate Stone With COVID-19 vaccinations in short supply, consistent government messaging in its infancy, and distribution plans taking stumbling first steps, the so-called dark web marketplace (DWM) is rife with unregulated products and opportunistic medical fraud. Not all information is trustworthy, but nor is it all untrustworthy. Before putting trust in a piece of information (or an online product listing), and before assuming that all news is “fake,” please check the reliability of the source of that information. Reliable information about the coronavirus pandemic, including vaccines and personal protective equipment…
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Fact Check: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is 94.1% Effective
New England Journal of Medicine confirmed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine known as mRNA-1273 was 94.1% efficacious in preventing COVID-19.
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BioNTech-Pfizer mRNA vaccine effective against UK variant of COVID-19
Researchers find that the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine is able to neutralize the UK variant of COVID-19 and provide people with immune protection.
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Can Coronavirus Infect Non-Human Animals?
A new study suggests that many endangered and threatened species, particularly primates, could be susceptible to the novel coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Highlights Lack of Clean Water Access
The need for good hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the lack of access to clean water some communities are facing.
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