There is evidence in non-perinatal populations that human coronaviruses can be neurotropic and that virus infection may increase vulnerability to neuropsychiatric illness, including depression, anxiety, psychosis and delirium. Based on this finding, researchers have speculated that there may be an association between contracting COVID-19 and developing a postpartum psychiatric illness. This hypothesis has been preliminarily… Read More »
LIMA, Peru — Peru announced a sharp increase in its COVID-19 death toll, saying there have been more than 180,000 fatalities since the pandemic hit the country early last year. The announcement was made in the presidential palace during the presentation of a report by a working group commissioned to analyze and update the death… Read More »
On the one hand, Covid-19 passports, which declare your coronavirus status, sound like a great idea, paving the way for moving around freely once again. But is it that simple? I don’t think so. There are some choppy waters to be navigated as Tasnime Osama, research fellow at Imperial College London, and colleagues point out.… Read More »
Researchers at City of Hope, a research center based in California, and Griffith University in Australia have collaborated to create a new experimental anti-viral therapy that can treat COVID-19. The therapeutic consists of small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules encapsulated within lipid nanoparticles. When delivered into the bloodstream, the nanoparticles travel to the lungs. There, the… Read More »