
Noses Might Be Kids' Secret Weapon Against COVID
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- This discovery is nothing to sniff at.
The linings of kids' noses are better able than those of adults to guard against SARS-CoV-2 infection, Australian researchers report.
“Children have a lower COVID-19 infection rate and milder symptoms than adults, but the reasons for this have been unknown,” said study co-author Kirsty Short, of the University of Queensland. “We’ve shown the lining of children’s noses has a more pro-inflammatory response to the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 than adult noses.”
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