Immunology
How COVID-19 affects pediatric patients
Credit: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay New insights into the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Refugee camps vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks
Credit: Russell Watkins/UK Department for International Development, Flickr A COVID-19 outbreak in a refugee settlement will likely overwhelm the available...
New discovery paves way for next generation malaria vaccine
Researchers develop genetically attenuated parasite (GAP) that arrests late in the liver stage of human malariaCredit: Seattle Children's In an...
The Lancet Global Health: Estimates suggest one in five people worldwide have an underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected
Credit: The Lancet Global Health The share of the population at increased risk (with at least one underlying health condition...
Survey: In Vermont, pandemic’s impact falling disproportionately on lower income groups
Credit: Glenn Russell High percentages of Vermonters agree with the social distancing measures put in place by the state in...
COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in UIC clinical trial
UIC is expected to be the only site in Chicago to launch phase 3 clinical trialCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The University...
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create new type of COVID-19 antibody test
Scientists created a test that pinpoints human antibodies specific to a unique part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The test...
Simulations reveal interplay between scent marking and disease spread
Accounting for individual animal movement could boost understanding of emerging infectious diseasesCredit: Martyn Smith, Flickr In a new mathematical model...
Pre-term deliveries due to COVID-19 could be avoided by studying EHRs
Credit: Anup Challa Using electronic health record (EHR) data to simulate drug trials for pregnant patients could one day offer...
An ISGlobal team achieves massive sexual conversion of the malaria parasite in a dish
The technique will facilitate the design of new tools to block disease transmissionCredit: Oriol Llorà Batlle/ISGlobal A research team at...
COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines
Could aid efforts to study risk factors for severe illness, deathCredit: Matt Miller The global effort to quickly develop drugs...
Responding to challenges of older adults with COVID-19
Credit: Penn Nursing/Stock PHILADELPHIA (June 10, 2020)- Older adults with COVID-19 who survive hospitalizations and return to their homes confront...
Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe
Frankfurt researchers use ecological niche modelling to project the distribution of Chagas disease vectorsCredit: Dorian D. Dörge for Goethe University...
Biomedical sciences researchers provide methods to inactivate and safely study SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Detailed methods on how to perform research on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including procedures...
POPULAR NEWS
-
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest waters
-
CHOP experts describe types of rashes associated with MIS-C
-
Scientists discover that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases is also linked to childhood brain cancer
-
Microbial Nanowires