Immunology
Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
Rabies is preventable. Inequality has kept it a threat.Credit: © Ravi Ruparel. In the US, dying from rabies is virtually...
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
Discovery points to new vaccine target for protection against tick-borne diseasesCredit: Erik Karits, Pixabay For the first time, scientists have...
Individuals physically distanced before state mandates, slowing COVID-19 spread
Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in US: a mathematical modeling studyCredit: Johns Hopkins University Residents in all 25...
New Yorkers grow more hesitant about a return to normalcy, poll shows
Employment and housing woes continueCredit: CUNY SPH New Yorkers continue to report much higher than normal rates of depression and...
Traffic data show drastic changes in Floridians’ behavior at onset of the pandemic
Study uses statewide traffic data from the Florida department of transportationCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's not just health, social and...
Task force formed to identify genetic clues to COVID-19 susceptibility
Universities and medical institutions in Japan established a task force to examine genes associated with COVID-19 immune response by collecting...
Salk researchers accelerate, expand COVID-19 research
Salk scientists tackle COVID-19 pandemic with innovative research projects on immunity, vaccine development, viral imaging and moreCredit: Salk Institute LA...
New evidence for how blood clots may form in very ill COVID-19 patients
Credit: Xue-Yan He and David Ng, Egeblad Lab/CSHL, 2020 Scientists have new evidence that overactive neutrophils--a common type of circulating...
Social distancing and dying alone
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 29, 2020)- The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in how hospitals provide end-of-life...
Existing drugs can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells
Researchers evaluate how the new coronavirus rewires human proteins for its own replication, and identify several antiviral drugs ready for...
Research shows COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Journal Name: American Journal of Neuroradiology: http://www.ajnr.org/content/ajnr/early/2020/06/25/ajnr.A6650.full.pdf Title of the Article: COVID-19 is an independent...
USask medical researchers awarded $900,000 to help fight COVID-19
Credit: University of Saskatchewan/Kristen McEwen The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded three University of Saskatchewan (USask) research...
Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa
Credit: Penelope Hancock In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers have mapped the patterns...
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continuesCredit: Jim Occi/Rutgers University-New Brunswick There's some good news in New...
Best way found to treat children with sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa
Study in New England Journal of Medicine has global implicationsCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, and KAMPALA, Uganda -...
Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
NIH workshop attendees review capabilities, limits of SARS-CoV-2 serology testingCredit: NIAID WHAT: More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the...
Cancer drug cures COVID-19 patient with acute respiratory distress
Team at Marburg University Medical Center plans scientific study on the use of an immune inhibitor against the viral diseaseCredit:...
LJI scientists investigate a powerful protein behind antibody development
Credit: Jinyong Choi, La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have...
Regenstrief COVID-19 dashboard now features trends and early warning indicators
Interactive data rapidly available on state, region or county levelCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Trends are a vital component of...
First known case of a potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbance induced by chloroquine therapy for COVID-19 reported
Clinicians should carefully monitor patients treated with chloroquine therapy, particularly elderly women and others at higher risk for heart rhythm...