There’s no evidence of transmission via contact with sweat, but sweating from exercise could help virus transmission indirectly.
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Exercise Affects Breathing, So Does It Help Spread Coronavirus?
Physical activity causes you to breathe faster and more deeply, which suggests it could also produce more virus particles.
This Startup Has Raised Nearly $100 Million To Make Good On The Promise Of AI For Drug Discovery
Flagship Pioneering’s David Berry founded Valo Health 18 months ago with an eye to making an AI platform to develop drugs more quickly and efficiently.
World May Not Return To Pre-Pandemic ‘Normal’ Until At Least 2022, Warns WHO, Bill Gates
“We’re looking at 2022 at least before enough people start getting the vaccine to build immunity,” Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said.
EXCLUSIVE: CDC’s Confession That America’s Covid-19 Tracking Failed
America didn’t have the “critical data” it needed to contain Covid-19, the CDC admits, even as it is offering states help on how to reopen.
Lilly’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Shortens Covid-19 Hospitalization When Combined With Antiviral Med
The pharmaceutical company said its drug baricitinib, combined with remdesivir, reduces median hospital stays by one day compared to remdesivir alone, and is pursuing an emergency use authorization with the FDA.
2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
David Baker, whose protein design technology is being used to develop therapies for Covid-19 and cancer, received one of several awards to scientists from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation that add up to a combined total of $21.75 million.
It’s Still Not Too Late To Fight Covid-19 Like A Scientist
It will take a national effort to get it done. Here’s how.
Covid-19 Antibodies Last For At Least Four Months, Study Finds
Researchers found that the amount of antibodies “increased during two months after diagnosis” and “remained on a plateau for the reminder of the study.”
Report: Trump-Backed Plasma Treatment Has ‘Insufficient Data’ Behind It, NIH Advisers Claim
President Trump on August 23—the eve of the Republican National Convention and a day after accusing the FDA of holding up treatments for political reasons—announced an emergency authorization for the “powerful therapy,” which drew rebukes from health e…
