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- Pets linked to maintaining better mental health and reducing loneliness during lockdown, new research shows
- Carriers of two genetic mutations at greater risk for illness and death from COVID-19
- Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive
- Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks
- U.S. hospital admissions for non-COVID-19 have only partially rebounded from initial decline
- During pandemic, racism puts additional stress on Asian Americans
- COVID-19 spurs anxious, upsetting dreams
| Posted: 26 Sep 2020 11:52 AM PDT Sharing a home with a pet appeared to act as a buffer against psychological stress during lockdown, a new survey shows.      |
| Carriers of two genetic mutations at greater risk for illness and death from COVID-19 Posted: 26 Sep 2020 11:52 AM PDT Researchers suggest that carriers of the genetic mutations PiZ and PiS are at high risk for severe illness and even death from COVID-19. These mutations lead to deficiency in the alpha1-antitrypsin protein, which protects lung tissues from damage in case of severe infections. Other studies have already associated deficiency in this protein with inflammatory damage to lung function in other diseases. |
| Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive Posted: 26 Sep 2020 11:52 AM PDT The life-support option known as ECMO appears to be saving lives for many of the critically ill COVID-19 patients who receive it. Patients in a new international study faced a staggeringly high risk of death, as ventilators and other care failed to support their lungs. But after they were placed on ECMO, their actual death rate was less than 40 percent. |
| Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity to disinfect N95 masks Posted: 26 Sep 2020 11:51 AM PDT Researchers found that gently heating N95 masks in high relative humidity could inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus trapped within the masks, without degrading the masks' performance. |
| U.S. hospital admissions for non-COVID-19 have only partially rebounded from initial decline Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:47 AM PDT While declines in U.S. hospital admissions during the onset of COVID-19 has been well-documented, little is known about how admissions during the rebound varied by age, insurance coverage and socioeconomic groups. The decline in non-COVID-19 admissions was similar across all demographic subgroups but the partial rebound that followed shows that non-COVID-19 admissions for residents from Hispanic neighborhoods was significantly lower than for other groups. |
| During pandemic, racism puts additional stress on Asian Americans Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:36 AM PDT People of Asian ancestry face yet another set of challenges posed by racism and xenophobia which has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| COVID-19 spurs anxious, upsetting dreams Posted: 25 Sep 2020 08:33 AM PDT The anxiety, stress and worry brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime hours. The pandemic is affecting our dreams as well, infusing more anxiety and negative emotions into dreams and spurring dreams about the virus itself, particularly among women, according to new research. |
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