Study: Some 56% of people don’t know they are contagious, omicron study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
This lack of awareness about asymptomatic infections likely had a role in rapid transmission during the omicron wave, investigators say.
Recovered COVID patients with sore throat, nasal symptoms still may test positive
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 29, 2020
Nearly 17% of hospitalized COVID patients who were considered fully recovered tested positive for the virus in follow-up screenings. Two telltale symptoms may suggest a need for repeat testing, investigators...
One person with COVID infects 4 to 5 others, double WHO estimates, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 01, 2020
Each person who contracted the coronavirus early in the pandemic likely transmitted it to four or five others, according to a new analysis.
Blood type doesn’t affect COVID-19 severity, but it may impact diagnostic test results
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2020
Patients with types B or AB blood were more likely to test positive for COVID-19, whereas those with type O were least likely to test positive, a new study has found.
New data leads to warning: Coronavirus patients often present without fever
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 04, 2020
Cough and fever dominate the list of COVID-19 symptoms, but initial signs may be nonexistent, according to data from the outbreak’s first two months.
Splash of hand sanitizer not enough to stop spread of type A flu virus
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 18, 2019
Two full minutes of exposure to ethanol-based disinfectant is not enough to kill type A flu virus in mucus from infected patients.
Nursing homes the No. 1 setting for norovirus outbreaks
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 04, 2014
Long-term care facilities are by far the most common settings for norovirus outbreaks, dwarfing the number of outbreaks in hospitals, according to government data released Tuesday.
