Two genetic regions linked with coronavirus
Abby Olena :It’s not yet clear why some people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, get really sick, while others have only mild...
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New highest daily jump in India with 22,772 cases India reported its biggest single-day spike of 22,772 coronavirus cases and 442 deaths, according to the...
COVID-19 shows weak points in global food system
Timothy Huzar :In a commentary for the journal One Earth, Franziska Gaupp, Ph.D., a research scholar at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),...
Five important information of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :1. Time for a single infected person to yield one million infected peopleThe basic reproduction number, R0, suggests each infection directly...
Oats: A natural super food
Naimur Rahman Afid :Oat is a type of cereal grain grown from a plant called Avena sativa. Generally oats are taken as breakfast food with...
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UK scraps sales tax on personal protective gear until October Britain’s finance ministry said it will extend the scrapping of sales tax on personal protective...
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New infection spike in Japan’s capital Tokyo has confirmed 107 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily tally in two months, but Japan’s chief cabinet secretary...
A Shift on the Front Line
Silvia Castelletti, M.D. :I have just finished the night shift on the Covid-19 ward. I look at myself in the mirror: I have a C...
Pandemic sparks food security crisis
Bethan Grylls (New Food) :Following the UN’s Food Programme’s warning that the COVID-19 pandemic will double the number of people suffering acute hunger by the...
Foods that boost our immune system
Md. Naim Hossain :As coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted communities around the world, many people have wondered whether there are steps they can take to stay...
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Spain, Portugal reopen their shared border Spain and Portugal reopened their shared border, which has been closed since March 16 as Lisbon sought to protect...
Vitamin E, another possible immune fighter in COVID-19
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Vitamin E (vit E) (other names: alpha-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, tocotrienol, 5,7,8 trimethyl-tocotrienol), a group of eight fat soluble compounds, including four tocopherols...