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COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus May Be Transmitted Through The Eye, New Studies Find COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus May Be Transmitted Through The Eye, New Studies Find
Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus May Be Transmitted Through The Eye, New Studies Find New data suggests the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), might be transmitted through the eye. Data from 38 patients infected with COVID-19 from Hubei Province, China, found 12 individuals (31.6 percent) had ocular manifestations, including epiphora, conjunctival congestion, or chemosis, according to a report published by JAMA Ophthalmology. The American Academy of Ophthalmology had earlier stated that some reports suggest “the virus can cause conjunctivitis and possibly be transmitted by aerosol contact with (the) conjunctiva.”  Now, a newly released study, this one by the Johns Hopk…

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Westchester Native Awarded Nobel Prize For Breakthrough Discovery Westchester Native Awarded Nobel Prize For Breakthrough Discovery
Westchester Native Awarded Nobel Prize For Breakthrough Discovery A Hudson Valley native was one of three researchers who were awarded a Nobel Prize for showing how cells sense and adapt to changing oxygen levels, leading to the discovery of new drugs. The Nobel Prize was awarded to Gregg L. Semenza, a Sleepy Hollow High School alum, who is the C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. William G. Kaelin Jr., who teaches at Harvard, and Peter J. Ratcliffe, who researches at the University of Oxford and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, were also named as the honorees of the 2019 Nobel Prize in …

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