According to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a man in the U.S. caught COVID-19 for a second time and had a worse bout of illness. MIT Technology Review reports: The 25-year-old man tested positive for the first time on April 18, after experiencing several weeks of symptoms including sore throat, cough, headache, nausea, and diarrhea. He felt fully…
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Hurricane Hanna shrinks Gulf of Mexico dead zone
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone was much smaller than usual this year because Hurricane Hanna stirred up the area of low-oxygen water. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-hanna-shrinks-2020-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone…
How much oxygen comes from the ocean?
At least half of Earth’s oxygen comes from the ocean. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-much-oxygen-comes-from-ocean…
‘Silent hypoxia’ may be killing COVID-19 patients. But there’s hope.
Some COVID-19 patients are presenting with silent hypoxia. Their oxygen levels are alarmingly low, but they aren’t struggling for breathe. Source: https://www.livescience.com/silent-hypoxia-killing-covid-19-coronavirus-patients.html
Researchers To Doctors: Stop Putting COVID-19 Patients On Invasive Ventilators
Rei writes: A paper recently published by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene adds further support to recent CDC guidelines for minimizing the use of invasive ventilators. As physicians had been voicing concern that doctors were being too eager to put patients on invasive ventilation and may be doing more harm than good, the investigators looked into outcomes of…