How preprints accelerated science communication during the pandemic
Credit: Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay During the early phase of the pandemic, approximately 40% of the COVID-19 literature was ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Curbing coronavirus spread in enclosed spaces means better masks, adequate ventilation
Findings show leakage of airborne droplets escaping from masks even when just breathingCredit: Venugopal Arumuru/Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar WASHINGTON, ...
A diversity of wildlife is good for our health
To prevent future pandemics, we must restore and protect natureCredit: Ali Rajabali / Flickr A growing body of evidence suggests ...
Ranking virus spillover risk
New web app ranks spillover risk for newly detected virusesCredit: Terra Kelly, UC Davis SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating ...
UCF study shows masks, ventilation stop COVID spread better than social distancing
The results indicate masks and proper ventilation may be key to allowing more capacity in schools, businesses and other indoor ...
Grant to study misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine in Appalachia
Credit: Alex Crookshanks The saying goes, "You can't believe everything you find on the Internet." As simple as that sounds, ...
Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections
Credit: Connor McDermott WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal ...
Deprivation is ‘driving’ Covid-19 ethnic disparities, claims new analysis
Credit: Getty images DEPRIVATION among society at large is 'driving' Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups - predominantly South Asian ...
Experimental therapy for parasitic heart disease may also help stop COVID-19
By blocking human enzyme cathepsin L, chemical inhibitor K777 reduces coronavirus' ability to infect cell lines; clinical trials are underwayCredit: ...
COVID-19 survivors might need just one dose of two-part vaccine
Cedars-Sinai research involving more than 260 individuals supports earlier findings from small studies about efficacy of single vaccine dose for ...
Scientists developed a safe and cheap technology of disinfection of the packed eggs
It allows to kill bacteria and to raise healthy chickens with less dose of antibioticsCredit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. Russian ...
Dynamic model of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reveals potential new vaccine targets
New model captures glycan molecules whose motions shield much of the spike from immune defensesCredit: Mateusz Sikora, Sören von Bülow, ...
Undetected coronavirus variant was in at least 15 countries before its discovery
Credit: Illustration: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the ...
Low risk of researchers passing coronavirus to North American bats
USGS risk assessment examined likelihood of transmission during winter research seasonCredit: USGS The risk is low that scientists could pass ...
Impact of COVID-19 ‘Safer at Home’ order on radiology utilization
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting research finds the COVID-19 'Safer at Home' order resulted in a significant decline in radiology ...
Fast, portable test can diagnose COVID-19 and track variants
The field test, called NIRVANA, can simultaneously detect and sequence SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other virusesCredit: Mo Li/KAUST LA JOLLA--(March 31, ...
Temperature sensor could help safeguard mRNA vaccines
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00404 Scientists have developed vaccines for COVID-19 with record speed. The first two ...
Why SARS-CoV-2 replicates better in the upper respiratory tract
Credit: © UniBE "SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV are highly similar genetically, generate a homologous repertoire of viral proteins, and use the ...
SwRI researchers part of two collaborative teams awarded SAMF grants
Awards totaling $400,000 to fund cancer detection AI, COVID-19 drug researchCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- March 31, 2021 -- Collaborative ...
How Streptococcus pyogenes can survive on skin and cause skin infections
Research team at Osaka University discover how Streptococcus pyogenes survives on the skin surface by using arginine as its source ...