The scientists signing the letter included experts from U.S., Australia, New Zealand, France, Britain, Spain, Belgium, and Germany. Eleven of the experts were from French academic and medical institutes.
Two competing theories have emerged: The virus was made a “zoonotic” jump from a bat to a still-undetermined intermediary animal and then to humans, or it somehow leaked as a result of virus research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The WHO team leader told reporters in Wuhan the lab theory was “extremely unlikely” based on their research, and Chinese officials have strenuously rejected the possibility.
But the WHO conclusions have been called into question by the Biden administration, which appears to be adopting the main thesis of the Trump administration that circumstantial evidence strongly suggests the virus leaked either accidentally or intentionally from the Wuhan lab.
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Rising average temperatures may lead to a worsening of symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and a greater need for hospital care, according to a preliminary study by researchers in the U.S.
“Our study suggests that warming trends could have serious health implications over the long term for people living with MS,” Holly Elser, PhD, an epidemiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine in California and a study author, said in a press release.
Many people with MS experience a temporary worsening of symptoms, such as fatigue or weakness, when they overheat in hot weather. These changes are linked to heat sensitivity, and can result from slight increases in core body temperature that further affect the ability of nerves to conduct electrical impulses, especially if the nerve fibers are damaged as happens in MS.
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Palo Alto resident Monica Yeung-Arima, seen here with her dog inside their home, recovered from COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 after receiving the drug remdesivir. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
One year ago in February, Monica Yeung Arima and her husband, Adrian Arima, were celebrating his 70th birthday with their tour mates during a trip to Egypt. One week later, on March 3, they became ill with COVID-19 and landed in Stanford Hospital.
The Arimas were among the first Palo Altans to be diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, which has now killed more than 500,000 Americans. Monica Arima became seriously ill and spent two weeks in the hospital. One of the first patients to receive the drug remdesivir in an early clinical trial, she began to recover within days of treatment, she recalled.
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