Mary Joe

The US FDA Has Approved The First Treatment, Remdesivir, For Covid-19. Remdesivir Is Sold Under The Brand Name Veklury, Which Has Been Used Under Emergency Use Authorization Since May 2020. Remdesivir Is “Indicated For Adults And Pediatric Patients (12 Yrs And Older And Weighing At least 40 kg) Treatment Requiring Hospitalization.”

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A Rare Puppy Dog With Green Fur Was Born, In A Five-Dog Litter, At A Farm On The Mediterranean Island Of Sardinia. The Puppy, Named Pistachio Because Of The Green Fur, Is Believed To Be Green Because It Probably Made Contact With A Green Pigment Called Biliverdin While In The Womb. Unfortunately, The Green Fur Has Began To Fade.

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Cancer Researchers, In The Netherlands, May Have Discovered A New Organ In The Nook, Where The Nasal Cavity Meets The Throat. The Organ, A Pair Of Large Salivary Glands, If Confirmed, Will Be The First Organ Discovered In Over 300 Years. Any Modern Anatomy Book Will Point To 3 Major Salivary Glands, But This New Organ May Make It The Fourth. Cool!

A New Study Seem To Support The Claim That Over-The-Counter Products Like Mouthwash, Oral Rinses, Baby Shampoo, A Neti Pot Can Inactivate Greater Than 99.9% Of The Human Coronavirus After A 30 Seconds To 2 Minutes Contact Time. These Items Seem To Be Promising Methods Of Reducing Transmission While We All Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine.

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The Future Uses Of Superconductors Is Left To The Imagination As Scientists Have Discovered The First Material That Can Superconduct Electricity At Room Temperature To 15° C, But Under A Very High Pressure, About 2.6 Million Times That Of Earth’s Atmosphere. Current Superconducts Must Be Cooled, Even To Very Low Temperature, To Function.

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Though The Clinical Trial Is Not Complete, There Seem To Be Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Hundreds In A City In Eastern China Are Queuing To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine, Which Has Been Rolled Out To The Public With The Backing Of The Chinese Government. Anyone Can Get The Vaccine If One Pays The $60 (£45) Injection Fee. Fingers Crossed.

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Two New Studies Seem To Indicate A Relationship Between The Degree Of Vulnerability To COVID-19 And Blood Types. According To The Study, People With Blood Type O Seem Less Vulnerable Relative To Those With Blood Types A, B, Or AB. And Also, People With Blood Types A Or AB Seem To Show The Greatest COVID-19 Disease Severity. Hmm!

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Shark Allies Are Worried That ~500,000 Sharks Could Be Killed For Their Liver Extracted Squalene, For Use In COVID-19 Vaccine. Squalene Is A Common Ingredient Used In Cosmetics, Malaria And Flu Vaccines. Olive Oil And Sugar Cane, E.G., Are Sustainable Squalene Alternatives, But Shark Is Preferred Because It Cost Less And Yields More.

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Wolf-Rayet Stars Are Rare, Massive Stars Near Death, With Exposed Hot Cores After Losing Outer Layers And Blasting Intense Winds. Only About 1 In 100 Million Massive Stars Reach This Phase. Apep, ~8,000 Ly Away In Our Milky Way, Is A Unique System That Hosts Two Such Stars, Each 10–15 Times The Sun’s Mass, Forming Dramatic Dust Pinwheels.

Australia’s National Science Agency Is Indicating That Covid-19 Virus Can Infectiously Linger On Some Surfaces Like Bank Notes And Phone Screen For 28 Days. But Their Experiment Seem Flawed And Was Performed In The Dark, As UV Light Is Known To Kill Covid-19 Virus. Moreover, Many Experts Have Thrown Doubt On Real-Life Surface Transmission.

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