Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Experimental therapy might help people with serious COVID-19 complicationsCredit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine April 3, 2020--(BRONX, NY)-- Montefiore Health ...

Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance

University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit: ...

Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online

ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

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 ...

Closing in on a COVID-19 vaccine

Rapid progress in South AustraliaCredit: Flinders University South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by ...

Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital

Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München ...

Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus’s vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS

A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA ...

Scientists show how parasitic infection causes seizures, psychiatric illness for some

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show how infection rewires brainCredit: Virginia Tech Think about traffic flow in a city - ...

Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues

'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by ...

Trial drug may block early stages of COVID-19, study in human cells shows

Credit: Bildmakarna A drug already tested against lung disease could potentially inhibit COVID-19 by reducing the coronavirus load that enters ...

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 ...

Advanced liver disease patients and transplant recipients need specific care during COVID-19

EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the ...

UIC clinical trials investigate COVID-19 treatments