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Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.
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The Uncomfortable Truth Of What Really Happened With COVID | Dr. Paul Offit
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World's first "self-amplifying" vaccine approved in Japan
The approval of the world's first saRNA vaccine could signal a new era in how we prevent and treat everything from infections to cancer.
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One Simple Change May Dramatically Boost The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccines
Sometimes it's the simplest solutions that get lost in the kerfuffle of scientific progress.
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Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and treatments to match could aid progress in tackling the condition.
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Chinese doctors released chest X-rays of a 33-year-old coronavirus patient that show what the illness looks like in her lungs
Researchers at a hospital in Lanzhou, China, just released chest X-rays of a 33-year-old coronavirus patient.
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PC gamers in China are getting free porn games to encourage them to stay inside
As the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China continues to make headlines, residents in affected areas have been advised to avoid travel, avoid contact with others, and stay home. If there’s one thing that can encourage videogame fans to stay inside, it’s pornography, so one Steam developer is giving away its racy, flagship title to Chinese players.
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Apple iPhone Sales Affected by Coronavirus
Next month, Apple had planned to ramp up production of its cheap successor to the iPhone SE—variously referred to as iPhone 9 and iPhone SE2—by up to 10 percent. Then, the devastating, tragic, SARS-like Coronavirus broke out across Wuhan, China, putting the tech company's Asian production facilities in a bind. Now, executives tell Nikkei Asian Review the company's production schedule is facing "massive uncertainties."
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Apple is Closing all Offices and Stores in China through February 9th
The Tech giant Apple Inc. is reportedly shutting down all its corporate offices, stores, and contact centers in mainland China through February 9th. After the major coronavirus, outbreak has killed more than a 200 people in China, infected nearly 10,000 worldwide, been declared a global public health emergency in China, triggered the first compulsory CDC quarantine in the United States...
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Drones scold Chinese residents without masks as coronavirus spreads
Chinese authorities are taking coronavirus surveillance to new heights — using drones to scold citizens who go outside without face masks. “Yes, auntie, this is the drone speaking to yo…
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China pumps billions into economy as coronavirus hits
China is to pump a net 150 billion yuan ($22bn; £16.3bn) into its economy on Monday to help protect it from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. China's central bank said the move would ensure there was enough liquidity in the banking system and help provide a stable currency market.
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Scientists have been warning us about coronavirus for years
A DEADLY NEW CORONAVIRUS — 2019-CoV — is spreading like wildfire across the globe. The decade's first large public health crisis appears to have caught us by surprise. It shouldn't have.
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North Korea says it is free of new virus amid travel restrictions
North Korea has had no cases of the new coronavirus that is spreading in neighboring China, a health ministry official said on state media on Sunday. North Korea has ended most flights with China and Russia, imposed mandatory quarantines on any foreigners arriving in the country and ended international tourism programs, among other measures.
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Coronavirus: first Hong Kong death reported as China cases pass 20,000 – live updates
A Belgian woman who has just tested positive for coronavirus was on the same French repatriation flight that brought back 11 UK evacuees from Wuhan. The woman was one of nine Belgians on board the flight, Belgium’s health agency said. It was a French chartered flight evacuated more than 250 people from 30 countries including the UK. The French plane first landed at a military airbase in Istres, southern France. The non-French evacuees were then flown to their respective countries.
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Coronavirus forcing Apple to postpone February 10 China retail reopen
Currently, Apple offices and 42 stores are closed because of the coronavirus. Apple's Senior Vice President of Retail and People, Deirdre O'Brien, has written to all Apple Store staff in China with an update saying that while Apple was planning to reopen on February 10, discussions are still ongoing.
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Coronavirus brings China's surveillance state out of the shadows
When the man from Hangzhou returned home from a business trip, the local police got in touch. They had tracked his car by his license plate in nearby Wenzhou, which has had a spate of coronavirus cases despite being far from the epicenter of the outbreak. Stay indoors for two weeks, they requested.
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Coronavirus Won't Impact Switch Sales In North America And Europe
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that Switch production and shipment to Japan from China will be impacted by coronavirus. Nintendo has issued a statement to Kotaku saying Switch sales and shipments for North America and Europe won’t be delayed.
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How to design an emergency hospital that's built in days
How do you go about creating, in a matter of days, a large-scale field hospital that can in theory, prevent a virus from spreading beyond -- and within -- its walls?
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Pressure grows on China to re-open factories
Global firms are waiting for China to re-start production to avoid further disruptions.
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All the ways China’s coronavirus outbreak is affecting tech
From delayed iPhones to canceled e-sports tournaments, the coronavirus is heavily impacting tech.
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