Researchers release first pictures showing ‘the real appearance’ of new coronavirus

A team of researchers have released the first pictures, which show what they call ‘the real appearance’ of the novel coronavirus. The images were captured in a lab in southern China after experts had used frozen electron microscope analysis technology to inactivate a strain of the virus. ‘[The technology] preserves the biological specimen or the … Read more

Scientists publish scans showing lung damage caused by vaping in teenagers with EVALI

Scans published by scientists have shown the lung damage caused by vaping in teenagers as young as 13. Fourteen teenagers who were hospitalised with shortness of breath, coughing and chest pains were assessed by researchers.  They found fluid or debris filled sacs in the lungs, thickening and inflammation of tissue and pressure on the chest wall. … Read more