Predi-COVID preliminary results
The Luxembourgish cohort study shows encouraging participation rates and sees its protocol published in international peer-reviewed journalCredit: @LIH The study ...
Tag: Epidemiology
COVID-19 virus survives on surfaces within thin film
A nanofilm of liquid persists for hours on surfaces contaminated with droplets containing COVID-19, helping the virus surviveCredit: R. Bhardwaj ...
LG Electronics, IVI join forces to conduct a cholera vaccination and prevention project in Ethiopia
Credit: IVI Project to provide vaccination for 40,000 residents in areas at risk of cholera and establish disease monitoring system ...
PEDSnet report details how COVID-19 pandemic has affected children
Analysis of 135,000+ medical records shows the novel coronavirus hits hardest among teens, children with diabetes or cancer, lower-income families, ...
How to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19
Researchers are developing simple and inexpensive tools--like a DIY ventilator--to treat patients more effectively and prevent disease transmission in hospitalsCredit: ...
COVID19 A research of Politecnico di Milano discovering the secrets of viral sequences
The search engine ViruSurf discloses the changes of the genome of the virus responsible for the pandemicsCredit: Politecnico di Milano ...
Researchers create 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 testing
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs ...
T-cell abnormalities in severe COVID-19 cases
Credit: Associate Professor Masahiro Ono There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of ...
How the flu virus spreads within cities
Credit: CDC, 2020 New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat ...
Machine learning uncovers missing info about ethnicity in population health data: Study
University of Alberta epidemiologist says these key social determinants of health are often not tracked adequately in CanadaCredit: University of ...
App could provide new way to track vaccine safety
Canadian researchers launch pilot study of CANImmunize for tracking adverse events related to flu vaccineCredit: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Vaccines ...
UCLA model ID’s neighborhoods that should have priority for vaccine, other COVID-19 help
New research shows which racial, ethnic populations in L.A. are most vulnerableCredit: UCLA CNK-BRITE To help slow the spread of ...
Time to rethink predicting pandemic infection rates?
Forecasting cannot foresee COVID-19 infection rates peaking or plateauing.Credit: Joseph Lee McCauley WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- During the first ...
In a pandemic, migration away from dense cities more effective than closing borders
A simulation shows reducing population density in large cities decreases disease spreadCredit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, ...
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