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1 in 3 COVID Survivors Suffers Neurological or Mental Disorders, Study Finds

One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists …

Researchers Show How Conversation Spreads Virus Inside Buildings

With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical ‘jet-like’ airflow that quickly carries a spray of tiny droplets from a speaker’s mouth across meters of an interior space. “People should …

How the Coronavirus Spread So Quickly Across U.S.

As the United States exceeds 5 million reported coronavirus cases — the world’s first country to do so — epidemiologists have pinpointed what helped to set the country on this path. Research from the University of Notre Dame estimates that …

FBI Says Foreign Government Hackers Target Coronavirus Treatment Research

A senior FBI cybersecurity official said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into institutions conducting research into treatments for COVID-19, the sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus. Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Assistant Director Tonya …