Comparing the coronavirus pandemic to a hurricane advancing toward a cruise ship in port, a public health expert said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect the storm to pass anytime soon.
What is UV Light Therapy? How It Helps Psoriasis and Other Skin Conditions Jessica Migala
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Using light for healing
Relying on light to heal is nothing new. Light, specifically sunlight, has been used to treat skin diseases going back to people in ancient Egypt, says Joel Gelfand, MD, chair of the National Psoriasis Foundation s Covid-19 Task Force. And it s still used today in treatment centers for a variety of skin diseases.
The most common form of ultraviolet (UV) radiation is sunlight. From sunlight, we get ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) rays. UVA provides the longest wavelengths of light, while UVB has shorter wavelengths. Excess exposure to UV rays via the sun or tanning beds can be harmful, leading to signs of aging and skin cancer.
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Early data recently hinted that if a pregnant woman catches COVID-19, her newborn can pick up any immunity to the infection inside the womb. However, there are still many questions until now.
In new research published on January 29 in the JAMA Pediatrics journal, researchers examined blood samples from over 1,470 pregnant women, 83 of whom, according to ScienceAlert, tested positive for antibodies SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, during delivery.
Umbilical cord blood samples were taken from most babies born to these women. They also had a positive result for antibodies, proposing that babies picked up the said passive immunity.
The amount of antibodies passed to the newborn greatly relied on the quantity and type of antibodies present in the mother and when she got infected with COVID-19 while pregnant.
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While the latest COVID-19 surge appears to be abating, officials say the recent progress could be undone by new versions of the coronavirus that have been springing up across the globe. Some of these variants are armed with novel mutations that make them more transmissible and possibly more virulent than their predecessors.