Scientists create model to predict multipathogen epidemics
Zooplankton study shows within-host pathogen interactions can predict epidemic severityCredit: University of Michigan HOUSTON -- (March 5, 2020) -- Diseases ...
Tag: Epidemiology
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the ...
App, AI work together to provide rapid at-home assessment of coronavirus risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to ...
Chinese researchers detail chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia
Most patients have ground-glass opacities (GGO) or mixed GGO and consolidation and vascular enlargement in the lesion--lesion likely to have ...
Two complete genome sequence for coronavirus in Brazil were published
With FAPESP's support, researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, Adolfo Lutz Institute and Oxford University in the ...
To predict an epidemic, evolution can’t be ignored
Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering When scientists try to predict the spread of something across populations--anything from a coronavirus ...
Quarantine on cruise ship resulted in more Corona patients
Credit: Mattias Pettersson The cruise ship Diamond Princess was quarantined for over two weeks resulting in more coronavirus infected passengers ...
AJR: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) imaging features overlap with SARS and MERS
COVID-19's imaging features are variable and nonspecific, but the imaging findings reported thus far do show "significant overlap" with those ...
Sugary drinks a sour choice for adults trying to maintain normal cholesterol levels
Credit: Tufts University BOSTON (February 26, 2020, 5:00 a.m., EST)--Middle-aged and older adults who drank sugary beverages daily were at ...
When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
Researchers analyze influenza epidemiologic supervision and children cases in Catalonia
Credit: UB The viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and, ...
Study of 418,000 Europeans finds different foods linked to different types of stroke
Credit: European Heart Journal Different types of food are linked to risks of different types of stroke, according to the ...
For weight-loss surgery patients who quit smoking, relapse is common
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 21, 2020 - Although 1 in 7 adults smoke cigarettes the year prior to undergoing weight-loss ...
Columbia University researchers awarded $2M to identify antiviral drugs for coronavirus
Credit: Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount ...
Tulane University launches new coronavirus research program to develop vaccine
Tulane National Primate Research Center working to develop a nonhuman primate model to study the disease's clinical progression, how it ...
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more ...
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys
UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb ...
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
MU scientists find BPA alternative, bisphenol S, could negatively affect both a mother's placenta and potentially a developing baby's brainCredit: ...
Tulane math professor leads effort to map spread of coronavirus
James 'Mac' Hyman's goal is to help the public health community better understand and predict the spread of the coronavirus.Credit: ...
Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids
The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...
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