Immunology
Racial disparities in COVID-19 are clear; better data, more targeted action needed
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Marked racial disparities exist in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, investigators say, and...
Global wildlife surveillance could provide early warning for next pandemic
Experts propose decentralized system to monitor wildlife markets, other hotspotsCredit: Ishaan Raghunandan The virus that causes COVID-19 probably originated in...
Neutralizing antibodies in the battle against COVID-19
Credit: Dorothea Hensen / Cologne University Hospital An important line of defence in the fight against the new corona virus...
CSH corona traffic light: A tool to easily assess the situation
Austrian researchers have developed a simple tool to show the trends in coronavirus infections over time around the world; The...
Australian trials of COVID-19 vaccine
Phase 1 human tests 'first' in Southern HemisphereCredit: Flinders University A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed at Flinders University has commenced...
Using Epo against Covid-19
The doping agent erythropoietin could attenuate severe progression of COVID-19Credit: Pixabay/Arek Socha Erythropoietin (Epo) is actually a medication for anaemia....
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...
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