Hacker News with Generative AI: Covid-19

First patient in UK tests new treatment for loss of sense of smell (theguardian.com)
Smell loss was a defining symptom of Covid, and for some people, a curse. Most people regain their sense of smell as their infection fades, but some never recover. It means not being able to tell if milk is off, if there’s a gas leak or what your newborn baby smells like.

Health, Covid-19, Medical Research, Smell Loss

3 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 0 comments

Covid 'most likely' leaked from a Chinese lab – bombshell report (express.co.uk)
A US report claimed Covid was 'most likely' leaked from a Chinese lab.

Covid-19, China, Science, Lab Leaks, Government Reports

8 points by Shalah 74 days ago | 0 comments

US House Select Subcommittee 2-Year Review of Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned (house.gov)
The single most thorough review of the pandemic conducted to date

Covid-19, Government, Health, Public Policy, Pandemic

5 points by walterbell 80 days ago | 0 comments

German man deliberately got 217 Covid shots from 8 formulations (cnn.com)

Germany, Covid-19, Health, Vaccines

10 points by NavinF 112 days ago | 17 comments

Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for 3 years (cnn.com)

Covid-19, Health, Medical Research, Public Health, Long-Term Effects

6 points by mhb 131 days ago | 0 comments

Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins (bbc.com)
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak.

Genetics, Covid-19, Science, China, Pandemic

5 points by YeGoblynQueenne 152 days ago | 0 comments

Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of Covid-19 outbreak (newscientist.com)
An analysis of genetic samples taken from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, has identified a shortlist of wild animals being sold there that were the most likely source of the virus that sparked the covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19, Virology, Science, China

31 points by Jimmc414 155 days ago | 31 comments

Genetic ghosts suggest Covid's market origins (bbc.co.uk)
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak.

Genetics, Covid-19, Science, Pandemic

12 points by rwmj 155 days ago | 5 comments

Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls' brains more than boys', study finds (theguardian.com)
Adolescent girls who lived through Covid lockdowns experienced more rapid brain ageing than boys, according to data that suggests the social restrictions had a disproportionate impact on them.

Covid-19, Neuroscience, Gender Differences, Health, Social Impact

8 points by pseudolus 166 days ago | 0 comments

Chinese offices emptier than during Covid pandemic as slowdown hits – FT (ft.com)

China, Economy, Business, Covid-19

3 points by alecco 175 days ago | 1 comments

Covid-19 Intranasal Vaccine (griffith.edu.au)

Covid-19, Vaccines, Medical Research

196 points by stubish 178 days ago | 223 comments

Mark Zuckerberg: Covid censorship was wrong and I wish I'd fought it (telegraph.co.uk)

Social Media, Censorship, Covid-19, Meta (Facebook)

12 points by t0bia_s 179 days ago | 17 comments

Mark Zuckerberg says White House pressured Meta over Covid-19 content (ft.com)