Study reveals babies exposed to Zika virus have developmental defects
A small study conducted in Colombia of mothers who suffered from the Zika virus while pregnant has revealed that while their births were healthy, the 70 babies studied suffered from long term developmental defects up to 18 months of age, with slowed movement and social interaction capabilities. The virus did not appear to affect the babies' fetal development and head circumference.
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Harvard study confirms irregular sleeping hours can make you fat
Harvard recently conducted a study where they traced sleeping habits of 61 students over 30 days and correlated the sleeping habits with grades. The study found that students who went to bed early and woke up early did better in school than those who slept irregular hours. The same study confirmed that Irregular sleepers had delayed circadian rhythms compared to regular sleepers which resulted in weight gain.
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Antiviral drugs fail to cure coronavirus, study shows
According to one of the first studies on patients seriously ill with the coronavirus, standard anti-viral drugs cannot cure or even treat the coronavirus. The study was carried out in China and the researchers claim that a lot more research is required to have any kind of consensus on the effectiveness of existing medicine.
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Australian researchers move one step closer to coronavirus vaccine
Australian researchers have said that they have managed to map the immune system's response to the coronavirus and that it is remarkably similar to the flu. This has allowed them to find what the immune system is lacking to properly fend off the virus. They are now one step closer to a vaccine.
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