Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, During the 2016 election ...

NJIT designers fabricate masks, shields and swabs to battle COVID-19

Credit: NJIT As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in ...

Caring for seniors during COVID-19 pandemic

Guidelines and best practices published in Journal of Geriatric Emergency MedicineCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Older adults are at elevated ...

Virus-scanning tool could detect previous COVID-19 infections

Credit: Steve Elledge HHMI scientists are joining many of their colleagues worldwide in working to combat the new coronavirus. They're ...

COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making

Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt ...

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 ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...

New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state

Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they ...

HSC professor on team using stem cells to combat COVID-19 pneumonia

Instead of finding the next Tamiflu, the team started testing whether stem cells can be used to boost a person's ...

Evidence suggests that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients

Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence, ...

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 ...

How at risk are you of getting a virus on an airplane?

New 'CALM' model on passenger movement developed using Frontera supercomputerCredit: TACC Fair or not, airplanes have a reputation for germs. ...

Phage capsid against influenza: Perfectly fitting inhibitor prevents viral infection

Credit: Barth van Rossum / FMP A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza ...

Major research in the Northern Netherlands into risk factors for coronavirus

Credit: University Medical Center Groningen This week, large-scale research into the risk factors for the coronavirus COVID-19 is being started ...

World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing worldCredit: Illustration of ...

New world’s best practice for COVID 19 prevention and control

Credit: JBI, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Adelaide New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention ...

New tool exploring different paths the corona pandemic may take

Credit: Virginia Dignum Umeå University in Sweden is leading a team of researchers across Europe in the development of a ...

The Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health demonstrate working prototype of emergency vent

The Illinois RapidVent emergency ventilator was developed in less than a week, and preliminary tests show performance equivalent to commercial ...

Journal of the American Geriatrics society highlights ‘ABCDs’ of COVID-19 for older adults

UPDATE: COVID-19 stimulus signed into law, bringing momentum for economy and geriatrics