Medical Reporting/Virus Research

Articles on Medical Reporting mostly intended for the General Public
Not the same as peer-reviewed studies, but may be layperson interpretation of such studies or sometimes outdated or misinformed - please correct and edit as you see fit, but also use healthy skepticism just in case

Viral Research

• 05 MAY 2020 Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original
• 04 MAY 2020 Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab
• 29 APR 2020 (South Korean CDC) Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' virus fragments: experts
  • Recovered Covid-19 patients’ testing positive result from ‘virus fragments’
• 28 APR 2020 The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide - Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2 .
• 28 APR 2020 Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels?
• 24 APR 2020 No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in semen of males recovering from COVID-19
• 23 APR 2020 Covid-19 causes sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say
• 22 APR 2020 Two cats in New York are first pets known to have coronavirus in the US
• 22 APR 2020 DOCTORS SAY COVID “ATTACKS” BLOOD VESSELS THROUGHOUT BODY - "FROM WHAT WE DO SEE CLINICALLY, PATIENTS HAVE PROBLEMS IN ALL ORGANS — IN THE HEART, KIDNEY, INTESTINE, EVERYWHERE."
• 21 APR 2020 Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others - COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.
• 21 APR 2020 CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating
• 21 APR 2020 Air conditioning spread the coronavirus to 9 people sitting near an infected person in a restaurant, researchers say. It has huge implications for the service industry.
  • 21 APR 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020 - Early release research
• 21 APR 2020 Coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different strains new study finds - Non-peer reviewed
• 20 APR 2020 A New Study Indicates Asymptomatic People are Still Highly Contagious
• 20 APR 2020 The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients We are just beginning to recognize that Covid pneumonia initially causes a form of oxygen deprivation we call “silent hypoxia” — “silent” because of its insidious, hard-to-detect nature.
• 20 APR 2020 Coronavirus’s ability to mutate has been vastly underestimated, and mutations affect deadliness of strains, Chinese study finds
• 17 APR 2020 How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes
• 17 APR 2020 Currently 'no evidence' that COVID-19 survivors have immunity, WHO warns
• 16 APR 2020 Boston ER Doctor Seeing Repeat Coronavirus Hospitalizations
• 15 APR 2020 Coronavirus damages kidneys and hearts as well as lungs, US doctors find
• 13 APR 2020 COVID-19 in forensic medicine unit personnel: Observation from Thailand
  • 13 APR 2020 Scientists Have Reported The First Case Of The Coronavirus Spreading From A Dead Body
• 13 APR 2020 WHO officials say it’s unclear whether recovered coronavirus patients are immune to second infection
• 12 APR 2020 Coronavirus could attack immune system like HIV by targeting protective cells, warn scientists
• 10 APR 2020 Scientists developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do
• 10 APR 2020 False Negatives Raise Doctors' Doubts About Coronavirus Tests
• 10 APR 2020 Brain, Nervous System Affected in 1 in 3 Cases of Severe COVID-19
• 09 APR 2020 Roseland Hospital phlebotomist: 30pct of those tested have coronavirus antibody
• 09 APR 2020 It’s difficult to grasp the projected deaths from Covid-19. Here’s how they
• 05 APR 2020 A (possible) solution to COVID-19This data suggests a simple and testable hypothesis –there are natural strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the world that have mutated to be non-pathogenic (asymptomatic or mild), but are still infective and will provide immunity to the more pathogenic (deadly) strains. -
• 27 MAR 2020 8 strains of the coronavirus are circling the globe. Here's what clues they're giving scientists.
  • Conclusions: Our findings suggest that patients with a shorter incubation period went on to have more severe disease. Further studies are needed to investigate potential biological mechanisms for this association.
• 27 MAR 2020 How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes
• 20 MAR 2020 How deadly pathogens have escaped the lab — over and over again