Covid General Articles, Discussions, Videos

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COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows
COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows

COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows.

Investigators observed that the movement of mucus can spread the COVID-19 virus inside the respiratory tract, where it later forms aerosols that infect other people.

·medicalxpress.com·
COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows
COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the central nervous system than in the lungs, study finds | UIC today
COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the central nervous system than in the lungs, study finds | UIC today

COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the CNS

New viral variants created in the brain & other parts of the nervous system could also travel back to the lungs, where they could become transmissible. That could spread new, dangerous variants of the virus.

·today.uic.edu·
COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the central nervous system than in the lungs, study finds | UIC today