Don Pelton As someone who is a member of at least four demographic groups associated with a higher risk of death from Corona virus, I’m distressed to live in the least vaccine-compliant county in California. The scientific understanding of the Corona virus is changing rapidly, and the degree of vaccine compliance required to achieve…
Liangfang Zhang, University of California San Diego The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Researchers around the world are working frantically to develop COVID-19 vaccines meant to target and attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Researchers in my nanoengineering lab are taking a different approach toward stopping SARS-CoV-2. Instead…
Melissa Hawkins, American University After sustained declines in the number of COVID-19 cases over recent months, restrictions are starting to ease across the United States. Numbers of new cases are falling or stable at low numbers in some states, but they are surging in many others. Overall, the U.S. is experiencing a sharp increase…
Breathing in through the nose is an integral part of meditation and delivers virus-fighting gases to the lungs. triloks / Getty Images Louis J. Ignarro, UCLA School of Medicine Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. It’s not just something you do in yoga class – breathing this way actually provides a…
Coughing, sneezing, talking and even just breathing can produce airborne particles that can spread SARS-CoV-2. Stanislaw Pytel/Digital Vision via Getty Images Douglas Reed, University of Pittsburgh I am a scientist that studies infectious diseases and I specialize in severe respiratory infections, but I also serve as a member of my church’s safety team. Over…