Immunology
Women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men, Dartmouth-Gallup study finds
Implications for workplace reopenings and 2020 electionCredit: Table provided by Deborah Jordan Brooks and Lydia Saad. A Dartmouth-Gallup study finds...
First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany
Credit: Emily Julka MADISON, Wis. -- At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take...
‘Brain fog’ following COVID-19 recovery may indicate PTSD
Psychiatric disorders and brain damage can share similar symptoms but require different treatments.Credit: UCLA Health A new report suggests that...
University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccineCredit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the...
‘Repliclones’ fuel perplexing persistence of HIV in the blood of some patients on therapy
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5, 2020 - Increasingly, UPMC's chief of infectious diseases--a well-regarded expert in HIV/AIDS--is contacted by a...
Impact of HPV vaccination mandates on social inequalities
Policy has limited impact on vaccine uptake because of individual decision making, UC Riverside study findsCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue...
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the worldCredit: Anna Miller/Tufts University...
Bacteria virus combo may be cause of neonatal brain infections in Uganda
Credit: Schiff Lab, Penn State A newly identified bacteria and a common virus may be the underlying cause of infection-induced...
Pan-microbial study implicates a potential culprit in a pediatric brain disorder in Uganda
Credit: J.N. Paulson et al., Science Translational Medicine (2020) Researchers have identified a new species of bacteria that may contribute...
Developing algorithms to detect earliest signs of COVID-19 from biometric smartwatch data
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Certain changes in a person's heart and breathing rates could precede...
Study links low immunity to poor outcomes in patients with HIV who contract COVID-19
Age and underlying health conditions also associated with decreased survivalCredit: Justin Kelley Clinical trials are testing whether medications that treat...
Investigational COVID-19 vaccine well-tolerated, generates immune response in older adults
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A Phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection has shown that the...
Thousands of excess deaths from cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: University of Leeds A major new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart...
1 in 3 parents plan to skip flu shots for their kids during COVID-19 pandemic
National poll: COVID-19 may not influence parents' beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it's more important for...
Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive
ECMO outcomes study at experienced centers suggests key role for treating worst-hit patients as pandemic continuesCredit: University of Michigan It...
Hodder, WVU team to lead $1.5 million, multi-state data project to examine COVID-19 outcomes
Credit: West Virginia University The power of data, often an underappreciated catalyst to fixing the world's pressing problems, was recognized...
Intersecting social inequities increase the likelihood of severe illness due to COVID-19
Disadvantaged Black and South Asian immigrants and Indigenous populations are nearly four times more likely to have multiple pre-existing medical...
UofA lab uncovers new mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2 by antiviral drug remdesivir
Understanding how the conditionally approved COVID-19 drug works is key to improving treatments, says researcherCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry,...
Fourth large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in the United States
Trial evaluating investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccineCredit: The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson A fourth Phase 3 clinical trial...