AGU panel explores environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as observed from space
Credit: Credits: NASA/Nima Pahlevan COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, as various health and safety restrictions keep ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Understanding COVID-19 infection and possible mutations
Credit: Ratul Chowdhury, Penn State The binding of a SARS-CoV-2 virus surface protein spike -- a projection from the spherical ...
Researchers identify critical molecules that coronaviruses hijack to infect human cells
The new study points toward ways to treat not only COVID-19, but future coronaviruses that might emergeCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes ...
Tension between awareness and fatigue shapes Covid-19 spread
Credit: Georgia Tech In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, two human factors are battling it out: awareness of the ...
Corona pandemic could be better tackled by reducing aerosol transmission.
Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extractionCredit: Hartmut Herrmann ...
Study shows why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria
Credit: Francesco Righetti Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become ...
Drug for rare disorder shows promise for treating herpes viruses
A drug currently prescribed to treat a rare enzyme deficiency can help cells clear the herpes simplex 1 and herpes ...
Paper-based electrochemical sensor can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes
Credit: University of Illinois As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, testing remains a key strategy for ...
Development of a new method for decoding viral genes
Discovery of novel viral proteins of HSV and elucidation of the onset mechanism of herpesvirus encephalitisCredit: ©Yasushi KAWAGUCHI Comprehensive identification ...
Risks of invasive and alien predator species for health and ecology
The research project 'ZOWIAC' by Goethe University and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research will be funded with three fourths ...
Cervical cancer survival may improve by targeting senescent “zombie” cells
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University How well women with cervical cancer respond to treatment and survive correlates with ...
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission risk
Credit: Breuer lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin ...
Riding in a car in the pandemic: which windows to open?
UMass Amherst research reveals some non-intuitive answersCredit: UMass Amherst/Mathai lab AMHERST, MASS. - If you find yourself in a car ...
Researchers urge priority vaccination for individuals with diabetes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes ...
3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others
New insights into protein structures could help inform drug development and predict future outbreaksCredit: Rodrigues et al. 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) ...
Marine mammals’ adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19
Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us vulnerable to long-term effects from a disease that disrupts the body's ...
Oral drug blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission, Georgia State biomedical sciences researchers find
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses virus transmission ...
What makes certain groups more vulnerable to COVID-19?
Researchers look to animals to find clues in proteins involved in infectionCredit: Jaswinder Singh What makes the elderly and people ...
COVID-19 advice may have reduced exposure to heart attack triggers
Credit: Journal of Internal Medicine A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people's risks of ...
Comparison of coronavirus antibody tests revealed too optimistic claims
Credit: Pixabay.com A study by University of Tartu researchers indicates that the sensitivity of tests used to detect viral antibodies ...