Immunology
Damage to the heart found in more than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital
Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels...
COVID-19 associated with leukoencephalopathy on brain MRI
COVID-19-related disseminated leukoencephalopathy represents an important differential consideration in patients with neurologic manifestations of coronavirus diseaseCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society...
Radiological images confirm ‘COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself’
Imaging illustrates severity, long-term prognosis of COVID-19-related muscle, joint painCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Muscle soreness and achy joints are...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute collaborates with GBS Inc. on eRapid-based COVID-19 diagnostic
Combination of the Wyss' electrochemical sensing technology with GBS's transistor technology could enable fast, multiplexed, low-cost COVID-19 biomarker analysis in...
Cone snail venom shows potential for treating severe malaria
Study finds anti-adhesion drugs may hold the key to treating malaria, COVID-19, aids and other emerging diseasesCredit: Fred Pflueger, Ph.D....
NIH experts discuss SARS-CoV-2 viral variants
Editorial emphasizes need for global responseCredit: NIAID WHAT: The rise of several significant variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of...
Mathematical modeling suggests kids half as susceptible to COVID-19 as adults
New findings could deepen understanding of spread and inform public health policiesCredit: Nik Anderson, www.vperemen.com A new computational analysis suggests...
Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India
Credit: © Olivier Telle/CSH/CNRS What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This...
Tap water access linked to dengue risk
Credit: Ryan, Flickr Dengue virus is among growing number of mosquito-borne viruses that have adapted to spread in urban environments...
Most people are naturally armed against SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Mor M, et al., 2021, PLOS Pathogens, CCBY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The majority of the population can produce neutralizing antibodies...
Protein sequences provide clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
Credit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was established that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by binding...
Cold sores: Discovery reveals how stress, illness and even sunburn trigger flareups
Credit: Courtesy Cliffe lab at UVA Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on what...
Lung ultrasound helps predict COVID-19 patient outcomes
Brazilian researchers applied an examination protocol based on an analysis of 12 lung regions to 180 severe patients and found...
Universal access to preventive drugs could reduce HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Gabriel Chamie Universal HIV testing with linkage to treatment and prevention may be a promising approach to accelerate reductions...
Vaccine confidence grows under new administration, latest CUNY SPH Survey reveals
Credit: CUNY SPH Under the Biden Administration, New Yorkers' acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine has increased significantly. In September, 55%...
1918 pandemic second wave had fatal consequences
Credit: Archive of the History of Medicine, University of Zurich In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a...
New study shows pandemic’s toll on jobs, businesses, and food security in poorer countries
A new study by an international team of economists published Feb.5 in Science Advances finds COVID-19 and its economic shock...
Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds
Credit: University of Birmingham New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent...
People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of dying after a cardiac arrest
Women are nine times more likely to dieCredit: European Heart Journal COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in...
