To prevent tick encounters, where you dump your leaves matters
Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers thereCredit: Flickr user Lennart Tange, CC BY 2.0 Annapolis, ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Recyclable nano-fiber filtered face masks a boon for supply fiasco?
A KAIST team develops washable nanofiber fast maskCredit: KAIST Wearing a face mask is a common sight in Korea during ...
UMass Amherst biostatistician lends expertise to white house coronavirus task force
New research calculates median incubation period for COVID-19Credit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician who directs the UMass-based ...
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virusCredit: NIAID RML WHAT: The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable ...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group ...
Technologies of the Human Corpse by John Troyer
New book from the MIT Press explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through historyCredit: MIT Press By ...
Blocking sugar structures on viruses and tumor cells
Artificial sugar-binding protein may inhibit cell growthCredit: TUM-Chair of Biological Chemistry The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological ...
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus ...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc,, publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for ...
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteersCredit: NIH Adults in the Seattle area who are interested in joining this study should ...
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method ...
GCS centres to help COVID-19 researchers access HPC resources
German supercomputing centres will expedite HPC access to fight the coronavirus.Credit: Gauss Centre for Supercomputing Effective immediately, the Gauss Centre ...
New Yorkers and Coronavirus — Support for school closures, while most feel not at risk
Most people changing their behavior because of CoronavirusCredit: CUNY SPH (New York, March 16) A new CUNY Graduate School of ...
Wikipedia visits to disease outbreak pages show impact of news media on public attention
News coverage closely linked with public attention to Zika in the US during 2016 outbreakCredit: Gerd Altmann, pixabay During the ...
LJI scientists identify potential targets for immune responses to novel coronavirus
Their analysis provides essential information for vaccine design and the evaluation of diagnostics and vaccine candidatesCredit: Grifoni et al./Cell Host ...
Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease
Credit: Carol Anne Nichols With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand ...
Demographics linked to choice not to vaccinate children in Texas, study finds
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes ...
Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy
Dolutegravir-containing regimen exhibited superior safety profile in large, NIH-supported study of pregnant womenCredit: NIAID The antiretroviral drugs dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir ...
Antibiotics: City dwellers and children take the most
Publication by the University of Bonn examines 73 studies on the use of antibioticsCredit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn City ...
How a virus forms its symmetric shells
UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug deliveryCredit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...