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Study finds COVID-19 attack on brain, not lungs, triggers severe disease in mice

January 19, 2021 by

Researchers have found that infecting the nasal passages of mice with the virus that causes COVID-19 led to a rapid, escalating attack on the brain that triggered severe illness, even after the lungs were successfully clearing themselves of the virus.

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