Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Photo by Charlotta Sjostedt Sudden cardiac arrest is more often fatal in people with COVID-19, a new study shows. ...

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