Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Coronavirus T-cell immunity lasts at least six months even when antibodies are undetectable
Coronavirus patients have cellular immunity for at least six months after infection even when antibodies are undetectable, new research shows, boosting hopes of long-term protection from the virus. More...
New MIT app detects coronavirus by listening to your cough. 98.5% accurate.
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system which they claim can detect coronavirus by analysing the sound of people coughing. More...
CDC report shows how quickly coronavirus can spread within households, even when the first case is a child.
People who contract #Covid19 can quickly spread the virus through their households, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday, based on a study of 101 patients in Tennessee and Wisconsin, and 191 of their household contacts. More...
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus
Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern China’s Shandong province has tested positive for the coronavirus, the local government said. More...
Children are being hit by long-term Covid too
‘It’s been so overwhelming,’ said one parent of a teenager who has been suffering symptoms since first becoming sick in March. More...
Devi Sridhar: “The longer the UK delays lockdown, the longer it will last”
“In the West, in general, we went into a late lockdown and therefore it was a long lockdown. More...
Some COVID survivors have antibodies that attack the body, not the coronavirus
New research found ‘autoantibodies’ similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. More...
Coronavirus could age the brain by 10 years or cause IQ to fall
Coronavirus survivors may be at risk of lasting cognitive damage, according to a study that found that in the worst cases the infection can cause mental decline equivalent to an 8.5-point fall in IQ or the brain ageing ten years. More...
Covid antibodies ‘fall rapidly after infection’
Levels of protective coronavirus antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. More...
First case of coronavirus reinfection in the UK reported
A Yorkshire engineer has spoken out about his battle with coronavirus after becoming the first British man to test positive for the virus twice. More...