This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAfter five days on a ventilator because of covid-19, Susham “Rita” Singh seemed to have turned a corner. Around midnight on April 8, doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital turned off the sedative drip that had kept the previously healthy 65-year-old in a medically induced coma.“The expectation is that you should start waking up after six hours, 12 hours or a day,” said her daughter, Silky Singh Pahlajani, a neurologist in New York City. “But it was six-and-a-half days before she started … opening her eyes. I thought she...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAfter five days on a ventilator because of covid-19, Susham “Rita” Singh seemed to have turned a corner. Around midnight on April 8, doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital turned off the sedative drip that had kept the previously healthy 65-year-old in a medically induced coma.“The expectation is that you should start waking up after six hours, 12 hours or a day,” said her daughter, Silky Singh Pahlajani, a neurologist in New York City. “But it was six-and-a-half days before she started … opening her eyes. I thought she...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVeteran virus trackers say they are chronicling something never before seen — the suppression of virtually every common respiratory and gastrointestinal virus besides the novel coronavirus. They theorize that is largely due to global shutdowns, mask-wearing and a host of other health protocols aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.These other viruses — including influenza A, influenza B, parainfluenza, norovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus — all appear to be circulating at or near...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVeteran virus trackers say they are chronicling something never before seen — the suppression of virtually every common respiratory and gastrointestinal virus besides the novel coronavirus. They theorize that is largely due to global shutdowns, mask-wearing and a host of other health protocols aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.These other viruses — including influenza A, influenza B, parainfluenza, norovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus — all appear to be circulating at or near...WW…

(Credit: Jurik Peter/Shutterstock)Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsEden Figueroa (right) has worked for several years on technology that would extend the distance that quantum particles can travel and still be entangled. Here Figueroa and researchers Mehdi Namazi (left) and Mael Flament (center), part of his team at Stony Brook University back in 2018, stand behind one prototype of technology that’s impervious to hacking. (Credit: Stony Brook University)(Credit: Roen Kelly/Discover)(Credit: Sakkmesterke/Shutterstock)(Credit: Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock)1 free...…(Credit: Jurik Peter/Shutterstock)Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsEden Figueroa (right) has worked for several years on technology that would extend the distance that quantum particles can travel and still be entangled. Here Figueroa and researchers Mehdi Namazi (left) and Mael Flament (center), part of his team at Stony Brook University back in 2018, stand behind one prototype of technology that’s impervious to hacking. (Credit: Stony Brook University)(Credit: Roen Kelly/Discover)(Credit: Sakkmesterke/Shutterstock)(Credit: Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock)1 free...WW…