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giuseppelombardo/Shutterstock Pascal Vrticka, University of Essex and Philip J. Cozzolino, University of Essex After a fairly relaxed summer, more and more places are bringing back tighter restrictions in response to rising COVID-19 cases, with some even returning to full or near-full lockdowns. We all know that social distancing makes sense: the fewer people we meet (and the further away from …

Shutterstock Evita March, Federation University Australia Humans are curious and social creatures by nature. The news helps us make sense of the world around us and connects us with our local, national and international community. So it’s no wonder we’re drawn to it. Objective, legitimate news also keeps us informed, empowering us with knowledge to make balanced decisions. But the …

Kzenon/Shutterstock Helen Higson, Aston University As UK university students begin an academic year, they are experiencing a totally different way of life. Some have already found themselves in lockdown in their residences and are afraid they will not be getting some of the usual benefits of university education. Universities have a duty of care for students’ health and well-being, and …

Nata Bene/Shutterstock Stephanie Baines, Bangor University During the first pandemic lockdowns at the start of 2020, social media was flooded with pictures of homemade banana bread as people turned to baking in lieu of socialising. Now with many places reintroducing or anticipating further restrictions as COVID-19 case numbers rise again, there’s a good chance we could see a revival of …

The search goes on. Shutterstock/Orpheus FX Lynn Williams, University of Strathclyde Vaccination will be hugely important in controlling future waves of COVID-19. But for it to work, we will need high levels of public acceptance of a vaccine, if and when it eventually becomes available. In recent years, vaccination rates have fallen across the world, and public confidence in vaccines …

صدر الصورة، GETTY IMAGES سمح الفهم الأفضل لطبيعة الفيروس للأطباء بتقديم علاج أفضل للمرضى بما في ذلك علاجات مثل ديكساميثازون وطرق أسهل لدعم التنفس قالت مديرة أقسام الرعاية المركزة البريطانية إن فرص نجاة مرضى كورونا الذين يتم وضعهم على أجهزة التنفس الاصطناعي أصبحت أعلى مما كانت عليه في شهر أبريل //// نيسان الماضي وأضافت دكتور أليسون بيتارد أن نسبة الوفيات …

تشير بعض الدراسات إلى أن نحو 80 في المئة من المصابين بالفيروس يشعرون بأعراض طفيفة، أو لا تظهر عليهم أعراض على الإطلاق، بيد أن عددا قليلا آخر قد يعاني من أعراض مرضية حادة. فما هو هذا المرض؟ وماذا تفعل كي تقي نفسك من الإصابة به؟ ما هي الأعراض؟ يُصيب فيروس كورونا الرئتين، وتظهر أعراض رئيسية هي: الحمى والسعال الجاف المستمر. …

Hepatitis C led to an estimated 400,000 deaths in 2016. (Shutterstock) John Bergeron, McGill University This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to virologists Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and biochemist Michael Houghton for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. This recognition is yet a further testimonial of the need for discovery research …

Sheena Cruickshank, University of Manchester As President Trump claims that he is immune to COVID-19 and isolated reports emerge of reinfection, what is the truth about immunity to COVID-19? To date, there have been six published cases of COVID-19 reinfection, with various other unverified accounts from around the world. Although this is a comparably small fraction of the millions of …