Der Spiegel

Two hairdressers from the US state of Missouri had the coronavirus among the members in mid-May. They already had complaints, while still helping 140 customers. Nobody got infected. It is being investigated how this is possible. The hairdressers and customers all wore mouth masks. Wherever possible, a distance was kept. Of the 140 customers and … Read more

An experiment in a London hospital shows how quickly a virus can spread. Within ten hours, nearly half of a department was infected. Biologists from University College London (UCL) left virus particles on the rail of a single bed in the pediatric ward of a London hospital. In ten hours, the virus particles had spread … Read more

Months after a corona infection, the health of many patients is “shockingly bad,” reports the Long Fund on the basis of a survey. About 95 percent of those surveyed struggled with daily activities. “We are really shocked by this. More than six in ten even have trouble walking, ”Long Fund director Michael Rutgers told AD. … Read more

It is one of the most important questions about Covid-19: to what extent are people contagious if they have no symptoms yet? On Tuesday, a major WHO expert said that asymptomatic infection is “very rare.” Now she’s coming back to those words in part, The Guardian reports. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said at a WHO … Read more

Until now it was thought that people who had no symptoms yet could spread the coronavirus. That does not seem to be the case now, concludes the World Health Organization (WHO). In April, there was a study from Hong Kong that concluded that people could infect others two to three days before they had symptoms. … Read more

The World Health Organization (WHO) has amended the opinion on mouth masks: they are useful in combating the spread of the coronavirus and should therefore be worn in public. The international organization says there are new studies showing that mouth masks “can form a barrier against potentially contagious droplets.” Earlier, WHO maintained that there was … Read more

A nasal spray that makes you feel like having sex for a few hours. Neuroscientist Julie Bakker (51) from the University of Liège hopes to bring her life’s work to the market in a few years. Bakker tells Het Nieuwsblad that both men and women are interested in it. But she makes it for women … Read more

Officially, the first corona infection in the Netherlands was only diagnosed on February 27. However, new figures from RIVM show that the virus was probably already in the Netherlands at the end of January and perhaps even earlier. Before February 27, at least 154 people were already walking around with corona-related complaints. It was not … Read more

Covid-19 does much more damage than a common flu virus. It causes certain changes in the blood vessels in the lungs, which can make the course of the disease so serious. Researchers at KU Leuven and others discovered this. They studied the blood vessel network in the lungs and saw unique abnormalities. Especially noticeable was … Read more