Archive for May 29th, 2020
CDC has guidance for administrators of group homes (GHs) for people with disabilities. GH administrators may consider implementing several strategies to encourage behaviors that reduce the spread of COVID-19. Source: Guidance for Group Homes for Individuals with Disabilities
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Tags: COVID-19
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A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shapeshifting as it gained the ability to infect human cells. Source: Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
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Mandates like those found in the federal government’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act may be helping to slow the pandemic. Source: Paid sick leave mandates hold promise in containing COVID-19
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Older men may be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 because they worry less about catching or dying from it, according to a new study. Source: Older men worry less than others about COVID-19
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A new study shows the differences in visual motion perception in autism spectrum disorder are accompanied by weaker neural suppression in the visual cortex of the brain. Source: Using brain imaging to demonstrate weaker neural suppression for those with autism
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As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges with the COVID-19 outbreak? What can we do to prepare? Source: When COVID-19 meets flu season
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Scientists have developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the virus in 10 minutes. It uses a simple assay containing plasmonic gold nanoparticles to detect a color change when the virus is present. Source: Researchers develop experimental rapid COVID-19 test using nanoparticle technique
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Researchers used existing technologies to show that exposing the coronavirus to riboflavin and ultraviolet light reduces blood-borne pathogens in human plasma and whole-blood products. Source: Using riboflavin, UV light reduces SARS-CoV-2 pathogens in plasma, whole blood
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Evidence available to date suggests that minority ethnic groups in England, particularly black and south Asian people, may be at increased risk of testing positive for Covid-19, compared to people from white British backgrounds, according to a new study. Source: Growing evidence that minority ethnic groups in England may be at higher risk of COVID-19
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Researchers have developed new technology to monitor cholesterol in brain tissue which could uncover its relation to neurodegenerative disease and pave the way for the development of new treatments. Source: New method to map cholesterol metabolism in brain
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