Doctors see surge in the common cold as COVID-19 restrictions ease

Precautions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 also may have stopped the spread of other viruses like the common cold and the flu. As restrictions like mask use, are being lifted, doctors are seeing an increase in the common cold.     https://bronx.news12.com/doctors-see-surge-in-the-common-cold-as-covid-19-restrictions-ease.      Yes, masks stop more than covid viruses. July 4th …

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Covid can affect men’s reproductive health

US researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can infect the testes of infected hamsters, a finding that can have important implications for men’s reproductive health. Covid-19 affects more than just the lungs. As the pandemic continues, some patients have reported testicular pain and some reports have shown decreases in testosterone, a key hormone …

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Mosquitoes are helping to fight one of the world’s fastest-spreading viruses

A trial in Indonesia has seen a 77% drop in dengue fever cases after mosquitoes were infected with a bacteria commonly found in insects. It’s called Wolbachia and it reduces a mosquito’s ability to spread dengue, by making it harder for the virus to replicate.   https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/mosquito-dengue-wolbachia-bacteria/.    Dengue Fever is found in more than 100 …

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New Discovery Could Stop Dengue Fever

A new antibody attacks a protein the virus makes, not the virus itself. Now, it may be possible to make a new vaccine that will not set off the severe form of dengue- dengue hemorrhagic fever   https://www.freethink.com/articles/new-dengue-discovery        

Monday Motivation (June 14, 2021)

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Have a great week ahead, everyone!   #Monday #Motivation #CEDavisMD