TopicSARS

Topic: SARS

A coronavirus epidemic broke out 20,000 yrs ago too & this is the impact it had on the world

Mohana Basu - 25 June, 2021

Study says ancestors of people from what is now China, Japan, Mongolia, N Korea, S Korea & Taiwan experienced an epidemic of a coronavirus-induced disease similar to Covid-19.

Covid infection can block pain — that’s how it remains undetected for long

Rajesh Khanna - 26 September, 2020

Our finding that Covid infections can block pain in humans opens up new and unexpected possibilities for pain relief research.

Scientists are already fighting the next pandemic — superbugs

David W Graham - 13 June, 2020

The spread of SARS-CoV-2 shows just how fast infectious agents can move with human travel. The impact of increasing antibiotic resistance is no different.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers have joined race to stop coronavirus

Jeremy Smith - 6 June, 2020

Supercomputers are being used in many facets of responding to Covid-19, including to predict spread of the virus, design vaccines and understand sneezes.

India’s coronavirus fight lacks the most crucial thing in its arsenal — Data

Rukmini S - 28 May, 2020

Only a handful of cities and districts in India are currently publishing anywhere near the kind of Covid-related data that the Home Ministry wants states to use and consider.

Why the ACE2 receptor could be key to treating Covid-19

Krishna Sriram - 17 May, 2020

Called the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, or ACE2, the protein provides the entry point for the coronavirus to hook into and infect human cells.

Listen to your gut: Why having a good microbiome matters in Covid-19 fight

Martin Veysey - 14 May, 2020

The molecule that the coronavirus attacks in our bodies – Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 – is present not just in our lungs, but in our gastrointestinal tract as well.

Coronavirus survivors could suffer severe health effects for years

Lisa Du - 13 May, 2020

Past epidemics tell us that survivors have compromised immune systems. A study of SARS showed people were falling sick more frequently than others for as long as 12 years.

Why humans have themselves to blame for the coronavirus pandemic

Mark Buchanan - 16 April, 2020

There are more people coming into contact with wildlife species, as agriculture, forestry, mining & oil exploration destroy animals' natural habitats.