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How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers

One ‘superspreader’ with Omicron shed 1,000 times as much viral RNA as those with Alpha or Delta.

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  Prolonged contact, especially with a person’s skin lesions, is emerging as the top transmission route.
  
  news | 11 Aug 2022
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  Difficult tasks can lead to build-up of a signalling molecule in the brain, triggering fatigue.
  
  news | 11 Aug 2022
- Healthy foods, COVID rebound — the week in infographics
  
  Nature highlights three key graphics from the week in science and research.
  
  news | 16 Aug 2022

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