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Although complete viral clearance typically occurs roughly two weeks after COVID-19 transmission, a new joint research paper published by Singapore’s National Centre for Infectious Diseases and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore posits that patients are no longer contagious 11 days after infection. “COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a beta-coronavirus which emerged in Wuhan,…

Photo: Getty ImagesVaping’s potential harms may extend beyond the lungs, a new study published on Wednesday in Science Advances suggests. Looking at the mouths of young healthy vapers, the study found evidence of drastic changes to the oral microbiome—changes that could raise their future risk of gum disease.Smoking is well known to seriously damage our…

By ELIZABETH MERAB More by this Author The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended trials of hydroxychloroquine from its global study into experimental Covid-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all available evidence to date.The UN health agency in March launched a multinational trial on a variety of repurposed drugs to kick-start…

A new study from The BMJ highlights the most common coronavirus symptoms, with a cough and a fever being the top two. The study also found that there are four main risk factors that make coronavirus victims more likely to experience severe and life-threatening symptoms. A new research study from The BMJ — formerly known…

Massachusetts ranks behind only three other states, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, where the virus has infected a larger percent of their state population, the researchers said.“Over 80 percent of [Massachusetts] hasn’t been infected yet,” said Samuel Scarpino, an epidemiologist at Northeastern University. “We’re going to be susceptible to another wave of infections.” The…