Study shows sharp decrease in Texas childhood vaccination rates during pandemic
Texas A&M researchers found the declines were greatest for 5-month-olds and 16-month-olds, but no decrease was seen in vaccines given ...
Tag: Epidemiology
Nodal and deltoid radiotracer uptake on post-COVID-19 vaccination PET
Recognition of abnormal axillary lymph node or deltoid uptake on PET examinations performed after COVID-19 vaccination aid interpreting physicians and ...
Canadian researchers studying effectiveness, safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
Dr. Deshayne Fell of CHEO Research Institute and University of Ottawa leads Ontario portion by studying BORN baby registry and ...
COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second
Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methodsCredit: Minghan Xian, Hao Luo, Xinyi Xia, ...
New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...
People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19
This is the main finding of a study.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon ...
COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies reduce risk of hospitalization and death
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2021 - Monoclonal antibodies, a COVID-19 treatment given early after coronavirus infection, cut the risk ...
How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics
Credit: Tara Stewart Merrill Whether it's plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host's initial immune response ...
Researchers identify a missing piece of the Lyme disease puzzle
Credit: Virginia Tech Epidemic. Pandemic. These terms have become second nature to us, popping up in everyday conversation, and for ...
Treating the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ as an epidemic
How to counter viral misinformation and disinformation: Surveillance, diagnosis, responseCredit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2021 Writing in the ...
No lasting benefit to tubes over antibiotics for childhood ear infections
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 12, 2021 - There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young ...
COVID-19 is not influenza, but it offers lessons on beating it, say Concordia researchers
The absence of a 2020-21 flu season shows how effective simple public health measures are at limiting virus transmissionCredit: Concordia ...
In the blood: Which antibodies best neutralize the coronavirus in COVID-19 patients?
Scientists perform the first detailed analysis of different antibodies produced by COVID patients to various parts of SARS-CoV-2Credit: Fujita Health ...
Box fan air cleaner greatly reduces virus transmission
Decades-old public classrooms with inadequate ventilation can be made safer with the use of a cardboard frame, air filter, and ...
New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria
First successful implementation of new antibacterial technologyCredit: Anna-Lena Lundqvist/Chalmers Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new ...
The ‘key’ to new COVID-19 vaccine development
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - New variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus most likely will necessitate the ...
Hollings researchers study SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in asymptomatic & symptomatic individuals
Call to action for SC scientists, cross-disciplinary research spurs SARS-CoV-2 antibody discoveriesCredit: MUSC/Marquel Coaxum MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers added ...
Defective epithelial barriers linked to two billion chronic diseases
Credit: (Image: Cezmi Akdis) Epithelial cells form the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the human body. This ...
ECTS Steven Boonen Clinical Research Award presented to Professor Cyrus Cooper
Credit: IOF The International Osteoporosis Foundation is delighted to announce that the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) has presented the ...
International study links brain thinning to psychosis
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, May 5, 2021 - Subtle differences in the shape of the brain that are present ...
