Top NAU microbiologist joins COVID-19 Genomics Union to track virus
Team will use genomic sequencing to track new coronavirus, provide critical data for global biomedical researchers and give Arizona an ...
Tag: Epidemiology
Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease
Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more ...
54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy
In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the ...
Annual Review of Public Health uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access
Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...
A new antiviral drug heading into clinical trials offers hope for COVID-19 treatment
Scientists are hopeful that a new drug -- called EIDD-2801 -- could change the way doctors treat COVID-19Credit: Photo Courtesy ...
Tested and testing: UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 diagnostics
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 ...
Lancaster academic sees positives in first published clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Lancaster University A Lancaster University statistician who worked on the first published large randomised clinical trial for a potential ...
Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial
Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Where are we and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 -- You might have heard that COVID-19 vaccine trials are underway ...
Checklist for emergency department team’s COVID-19 surge
Translating disaster medicine theory into practiceCredit: European Centers for Disease Control The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to many health ...
Arkansas researchers developing prediction models for coronavirus
Data science professor collaborating with colleagues at UAMSCredit: University of Arkansas Data science professor Justin Zhan is collaborating with University ...
New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate ...
PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response
Early laboratory detection of SARS CoV-2, tracking animal source among prioritiesCredit: Courtesy USAID PREDICT PREDICT will provide emergency support to ...
Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus
Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched ...
NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19
Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City ...
UM receives over $10 million for research center on population health
Credit: UM photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - As emergent pathogens like coronavirus and climate-related health challenges like wildfire smoke ...
Russian trolls on Twitter polarized vaccination during 2016 election cycle
Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, During the 2016 election ...
Mucus and the coronavirus
University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...
Critical care surgery team develops blueprint for essential operations during COVID-19
A system-wide tiered approach to triage the most pressing operations aims to keep hospital resources focused on treating COVID-19 patientsCredit: ...
FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center ...
