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SARS-CoV-2 could evolve into new variants that may evade existing vaccines

Inhaled powder that coats airways can block coronavirus infection

9 February 2023

A gel that lines the respiratory tract prevented coronavirus infections in mice and monkeys, and may also work against any future new variants
Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

4 October 2022

The covid-19 pandemic has been linked to a decline in the proportion of male babies being born, in line with previous findings that fewer boys are born after population-wide stressful events
The covid-19 virus, SARS-COV-2, inside and on top of tunneling nanotubes

Coronavirus may enter the brain by building tiny tunnels from the nose

20 July 2022

How the virus behind covid-19 enters the brain was somewhat of a mystery, but new evidence hints it may build tiny tubes from nose cells to brain cells that it can shuttle through

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