Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases
Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower
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A College Student is Making Lip-Readable Face Masks for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing
More so than items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer, the demand for protective face masks has exploded with the
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The psychology of lockdown suggests sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of people to live under strict lockdown conditions, but the psychology of human behavior
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Study of COVID-19 risk communication finds ‘optimistic bias’ slows preventive behavior
A study of risk communication in the region of China where the coronavirus pandemic began, co-authored by a UConn researcher,
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From thousands of tiny magnetic balls to 150,000 COVID-19 tests per week
Tiny iron oxide nanoparticles coated with silica may seem like an unlikely player in enabling Norway to fight the coronavirus
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The effects of inflammatory bowel disease on pregnancy
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis—often affects women of childbearing age. A study published in Alimentary Pharmacology
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How understanding the dynamics of yeast prions can shed light on neurodegenerative diseases
Prions are a class of misfolded proteins that form aggregates called amyloid fibrils. These aggregates are the main culprit behind
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Coronavirus: three months of global upheaval
In the three months since China first came across a new coronavirus, the world has been plunged into turmoil. A
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Study explores the effects of bilingualism on the developing brain
Recent research in the field of neuroscience suggests that knowing and speaking more than one language could impact the speaker’s
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‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease
There’s a new disease-detecting technology in the lab of Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir, MD Ph.D., and its No. 1 source of
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