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The US FDA Has Approved The First Non-Prescription, Over-The-Counter, Use At-Home Rapid Coronavirus Test. The Test, Developed By The Company Ellume, Would Allow Users To Get Their Results Via An App In <20mins. Ellume Is Working On Enhancing A Function To Let Users Share Their Results With Local Health Authorities And Their Doctors.

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Researchers, In China, May Have Developed A Photonic Quantum Computer, Called Jiuzhang, Which Demonstrates Quantum Supremacy. The Computer Is Said To Do, In 200 Seconds, Calculations That Will Take Conventional Computers 2.5 Billion Yrs To Complete. Only Google’s Sycamore Computer, Until Now, Has Been Able To Achieve Quantum Supremacy.

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Google Parent Company Lab, Deep Mind, Has Built A Computer, Called Alpha Fold, Which Can Rapidly (In Hours Or Minutes As Against Months/Decades) Predict The 3-D Shape Of A Protein, As The Shape Defines What A Protein Can Do. This Breakthrough Could Accelerate The Development Of New Medicines And The Understanding Of The Body And Diseases.

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Scientists Have Figured Out That ~30-40 Minutes Per Day Of “Moderate To Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity Can Offset The Negative Health Impact Of 10 Hours Of Daily Sitting. This Result Is Based On The Statistical Analysis Of Results From 9 Previous Studies Involving 44,370 People, From Different Countries, Wearing Fitness Trackers.

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AstraZeneca And The University Of Oxford Have Stated, In A Relatively Unclear Report, That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Is, On Average, 70% Effective Against Covid-19, Less Than Those From Moderna, And Pfizer And BioNTech. But AstraZeneca Vaccine, Compared To Others, Seem Easiest To Mass Produce And Store, And It’s Also The Cheapest, At $3 To $4 Per Dose.

Scientists, In A First Of Its Kind, May Have Discovered A Way To Reverse Aging In Folks Over 64 Years By Using Oxygen Therapy (Breathing Pure Oxygen In Pressurized Chamber) To Target Cells And DNA Linked To Aging. The 3 Months Experiment Period Indicates That Folks Gained 25 Years Younger At The Cellular Biological Level. Hmm!

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Natural Diamond Form From Carbon, ~150 km Deep In The Earth, Under High Temperature And Pressure. And They Take Billion Of Years To Form. And Yes, Synthetic Diamond Have Been Created In Labs Since The 1940s. But Researchers In Australia, In What May Be A First, Were Able To Create Diamond In Minutes Under Room Temperature. Cool!

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Coronavirus Prescription Home Test Kit That Gives Result In A Little As 30 Minutes. The Kit, Lucira, Developed By Lucira Health, Is Said To Be Suitable For Folks Who Are At Least 14 Years Of Age. But Health Care Providers Must Collect Their Test Samples To Report Results To Health Authorities.

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Mordena Just Announced That Their Vaccine, mRNA-1273, Is Effective Against COVID-19 As It Was Able To Reduce The Risk Of The Virus Infection By 94.5%. This News Comes A week After Pfizer And BioNTech Announced The Result From Their Study. Regardless, Experts Urge More Study To Better Understand The Efficacy Of The Vaccines.

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Pfizer And BioNTech Have Stated That Their COVID-19 Vaccine Was Very Effective And Exceeded Expectations. The Vaccine Results Showed That Folks Injected Twice, 3 Weeks Apart, Experienced >90% Fewer Cases Of Symptomatic Covid-19 Than Those Given A Placebo. But Experts Have Indicated The Hurdles To Cross Before Approving The Vaccine.

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Researchers May Have Developed A Cheap And Effective Way To Measure Chronic Cortisol Level, Which Could Help To Effectively Diagnose Depression And Stress-Related Conditions Like Addison’s Disease. The Method, Which Uses Ear Wax, Is Said To Be More Effective Than Hair, Blood, Urine, And Saliva Tests, Which Track Short Term Cortisol Levels.

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A New Study, For The First Time, In An Attempt To Detect Work Stress In Real-Time, Has Shown That Workplace Interruptions Can Increase Cortisol Levels In The Body. But What Was Interesting Is That The Perceived Stress Mood Did Not Change, As The Increased Cortisol Levels Was Even Associated With The Feeling Of Being Less Stressed.

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Researchers Study People With Similar Symptoms To Find A Biological Explanation For The Symptoms. But Now, Researchers Working Backward, Have Discovered A Deadly Genetic Disease In Men, “VEXAS,” By Studying “2,500 People’s Genes For Variations That Could Be Linked To Wide-Ranging Symptoms Of Their Undiagnosed Inflammatory Conditions.”

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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 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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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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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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A Virologist, Robert Gallo, Is Stating That There Is A Chance The Flu Shot Could Offer Some Protection Against COVID-19. Gallo, One Of The Scientists Credited With Discovering HIV, Is Indicating The Possibility From Some Unexpected Advantages That The Flu Shot Could Offer Our Immune System, Based On Previous Evidence From Various Vaccines.

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The CDC Is Stating That Coronavirus Can Spread, Even Between Persons That Are 6 Feet Apart, Via Smaller Particles That Linger In Air For Minutes Or Hours, Especially In Poorly Ventilated Enclosed Spaces. The Particles Can Be Concentrated Enough To Infect Others, When An Infected Person Breaths Heavily From, E.G., Exercising. Hmm!

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