Raised mortality from cardiac arrest in people with COVID-19
Credit: Photo by Charlotta Sjostedt Sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19, a new study shows. ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Anticancer drug may improve outcome for severe COVID-19 patients
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according ...
Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Dr Robert Beyer Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne ...
Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds
Credit: University of Birmingham New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent ...
People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of dying after a cardiac arrest
Women are nine times more likely to dieCredit: European Heart Journal COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in ...
Studies use mathematics to analyze the semantics of dream reports during the pandemic
Researchers at a center for neuromathematics say dreams reflect the fear and anxiety fueled by the diseaseCredit: Weid de souza ...
New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B
Credit: CDC/Dr. Erskine Palmer The new therapeutic approach is based on shutting down the viral hepatitis B genome located in ...
COVID-19 vaccine from new vaccine platform effective in mice
Credit: John Sennett. It is necessary to develop additional COVID-19 vaccines, as different vaccine approaches have their advantages and disadvantages ...
New research to enhance air filtering in ambulances
Credit: Cranfield University Cranfield University is working with Q-Flo, Cambridge University and NHS England to record experimental airflow data from ...
Poll shows inequality in older adults’ ability to isolate a COVID-positive person at home
Access to safe indoor and outdoor spaces vary by race/ethnicity and incomeCredit: University of Michigan One of the most important ...
Shelf-stable vaccines avoid waste, expand access
Manufacturing platform uses freeze-dried components, rehydrated with waterCredit: Justin Muir More than 50% of all vaccines are wasted due to ...
How SARS-CoV-2 mutates to escape antibody binding
A scientific detective story unearths how SARS-CoV-2 evolves new variants that evade antibodiesCredit: Kevin McCarthy and Paul Duprex PITTSBURGH, Feb. ...
Intranasal influenza vaccine spurs strong immune response in Phase 1 study
Credit: NIH WHAT: An experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine was safe and produced a durable immune response when tested in ...
Investigating the removal of dry biofilm with probiotic cleansers
Credit: University of Huddersfield A CONCEPT known as dry biofilms has emerged over the past few years and they have ...
Increased risk of dying from COVID for people with severe mental disorders
Credit: M. Maripuu People with severe mental disorders have a significantly increased risk of dying from COVID-19. This has been ...
In vitro study helps explain how Zika virus passes from mother to fetus during pregnancy
New research findings correlate with clinical observations of more fetal abnormalities and other Zika-related health problems in late versus early ...
Retrained generic antibodies can recognize SARS-CoV-2
Credit: UIC The SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus behind the current pandemic, infects humans by binding its surface-exposed spike proteins to ...
UTEP researchers make discoveries to better understand SARS-CoV-2 virus
Credit: Courtesy: Lin Li, Ph.D EL PASO, Texas - An effort led by Lin Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics ...
Researchers develop 10-minute COVID-19 diagnostic test that wage workers can afford
Technology based on nanoparticles identifies IgG antibodies and costs only about a fifth of similar devices now on the market. ...
Toward safer steroids: Scientists devise method for improving safety of drug used to treat COVID-19, autoimmune disorders and more
Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - A collaboration led by Scripps Research has developed a way to separate the beneficial ...