Warning of Equating COVID-19 with HAPE
Razi Berry Early reports of COVID-19 symptoms and the compelling need to quickly identify treatment options and curb the growing number of critically ill patients have led to erroneous and potentially dangerous comparisons between COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases like high altitude pulmonary edema, or HAPE. Erroneous and potentially dangerous comparisons between COVID-19 and other […]
Global Air Quality Has Significantly Improved Since COVID-19 Pandemic
Razi Berry Levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant — ground-level ozone — has increased in China, according to new research. Nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the U.S. decreased by as much as 60% in […]
Blood Sugar Regulation Impacts Disease Severity in Those with T2D
Razi Berry A study reported in the journal Cell Metabolism on April 30 adds to the evidence that people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at greater risk of a poor outcome should they become infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. But there is some encouraging news: people with T2D whose blood sugar is well controlled […]
Study Links Dietary Selenium and Outcome of COVID-19
Razi Berry An international team of researchers, led by Professor Margaret Rayman at the University of Surrey, has identified a link between the COVID-19 cure rate and regional selenium status in China. Possible links between selenium levels in the body and cure or death rates of those with the COVID-19 virus Publishing their findings in […]
Your Kids Can Tell When You’re Stressed
Razi Berry Stress is common in a family setting, especially when people are spending so much time together under stay-at-home measures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. New research finds that parents suppressing feelings of stress around their kids can actually transmit those feelings to the children. Parents suppressing stressful feelings around their kids […]
Environmental Factors in COVID-19 Deaths: Nitrogen Dioxide
Razi Berry Elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air may be associated with a high number of deaths from Covid-19. Elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide associated with a high number of deaths from Covid-19, study finds A new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) provides concrete data that backs this assumption for the […]
Two Best Fabrics for #DIY Face Masks
Razi Berry In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public. Because N95 and surgical masks are scarce and should be reserved for health care workers, many people are making their own coverings. Now, researchers report in ACS Nano that a combination […]
Review of Most Promising Treatments for COVID-19
Razi Berry In an unprecedented effort, hundreds of thousands of researchers and clinicians worldwide are locked in a race against time to develop cures, vaccines, and better diagnostic tests for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. Locked in a race against time to develop cures and better diagnostic tests for COVID-19 Over 1,650 […]
Most of the World Can’t ‘Buy Local’ for Food
Razi Berry Globalization has revolutionized food production and consumption in recent decades and cultivation has become more efficient. As a result, diets have diversified and food availability has increased in various parts of the globe. However, this has also led to a situation where the majority of the world population live in countries that are […]
UMass Developed Design to Produce Low Cost Face Shields for PPE
Razi Berry In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed a design informed by clinical feedback for protective plastic face shields as the nation combats the spread of the coronavirus. It will be made available to manufacturers to mass-produce personal protective […]