
Coronavirus SARS-CoV2: BESSY II data accelerate drug development. A coronavirus is threatening human health. SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious and can cause severe pneumonia (COVID-19). A team has now found a promising approach to understanding the virus. Using the high-intensity X-ray light from the Berlin synchrotron source BESSY II, they have decoded the 3D architecture of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2. This protein plays a central role in the reproduction of the virus. Source 6f.
Anxious about COVID-19? Stress can have lasting impacts on sperm and future offspring. Prolonged fear and anxiety brought on by major stressors, like the coronavirus pandemic, can not only take a toll on a person's mental health, but may also have a lasting impact on a man's sperm composition that could affect his future offspring. Source 1v.
Patients at risk of drug-induced sudden cardiac death in COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to spread, leading to more than 20,000 deaths worldwide in less than four months. Efforts are progressing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but it's still likely 12 to 18 months away. Source 7r.
After three weeks, I am starting to feel my mental health going down because of this isolation. Last week was very hard for me, with my depression coming at me in full force. I feel better this week, with the sunny skies and my head more clear. I'm dying to go outside, but the parks are closed and it's actually pretty chilly out.