Keyword: SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 miracle remedies

A preprint describing a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus caught the attention of Dutch biologist Elizabeth Bik, who runs a blog on scientific integrity

Indigenous knowledge

Tuyuka doctor battles COVID-19 in the Amazon

Professional interactions online

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, online scientific meetings offer a new way of sharing knowledge

Healthy spaces

The knowledge acquired during past pandemics, especially long-term ones, can help us face the current one

The fatality conundrum

Difficulties identifying the exact number of people infected and killed make it hard to calculate how deadly the disease is

Science under pressure

Political interference in the approval process may undermine public confidence in vaccine development, researchers warn

SARS-CoV-2 can attack immune cells

The novel coronavirus is capable of infecting and killing immune cells, say researchers from the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto

Study determines Chinese vaccine is safe

CoronaVac is safe and has no serious side effects

Antiviral plastic

Researchers have developed an adhesive plastic capable of inactivating 99.8% of novel coronavirus particles in two minutes

Manaus and herd immunity

Weeks after the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths peaked in Manaus, the city appeared to have achieved herd immunity

Effect on births

Fearful of contracting the novel coronavirus, many pregnant women are putting off going to the hospital until they are at a more advanced stage of labor

Antibody treatment reduces time spent in hospital

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly presented the initial results of a clinical trial that used monoclonal antibodies in patients infected with the novel coronavirus

Obesity can exacerbate COVID-19

A large-scale study found that obese people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are twice as likely to need medical care

Why the Covid-19 vaccine is important

Never before so many vaccines have been developed at the same time against a single disease, nor so rapidly | 7'32

Masters of challenge

COPPE, an engineering institute best known for its marine engineering, energy, and sustainability research, is now helping to tackle COVID-19

The distance between dental research and treatment

The pandemic focuses attention on the debate regarding scientific production and dental care in the public healthcare system

Scientific philanthropy boost

Pandemic drives donations from companies and individuals wishing to support COVID-19 research in Brazil

The uncertainty of herd immunity

With a lack of scientific consensus on the subject, experts warn that protection measures against COVID-19 must be maintained

Potential treatment

With no effective antiviral therapy, COVID-19 management for the time being consists of reducing inflammation and preventing blood clots

The effects of COVID-19

The novel coronavirus can affect the lungs, heart, kidneys, pancreas, and brain, causing long-term damage after the acute phase of the disease has passed

Seismographs used to measure social distancing

Due to the social distancing measures adopted to contain the pandemic, seismographs in large cities registered a significant reduction in the waves generated by ground movement

The content of fake news

Scientific institutions have created websites to combat fake news

Intranasal coronavirus vaccine

Two international studies have suggested that COVID-19 aerosol vaccine candidates, administered intranasally, offer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in animals

Mutation makes COVID-19 less serious

A mutation that erased a stretch of DNA from two SARS-CoV-2 genes appears to make the symptoms of COVID-19 less aggressive

High levels of asymptomatic infection in children

Clinical data suggest that although children and young adults tend to develop milder symptoms of COVID-19, they can be silent spreaders of the disease

Research during quarantine

War on the plague

Doctors and public authorities acted quickly against a bubonic plague outbreak in Santos in 1899

Pandemics as allegory

Writers and artists use images of plague to portray tragic events and reflect on the human condition

Sharing and expanding knowledge

Data sharing has grown amid the pandemic and perceived benefits can drive further growth

Varying investment in science

Countries increase spending on COVID-19, but levels of investment in research vary