Ultrasounds show impact of COVID-19 on the heart
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Cardiac ultrasounds (also known as echocardiograms) are providing a view of the heart and the ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
A simple, cost-effective molecular assay may help manage growing spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea
A multiplex assay based on high-resolution melting technology accurately identified antimicrobial resistant determinants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, researchers report in the ...
Can scientists take the STING out of common respiratory viruses?
Led by Stan Lemon, MD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and GSK colleagues discovered that the majority of ...
Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social distancing
The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the ...
Real-time opioid overdose tracking system helps show rise after COVID-19’s arrival
Suspected overdose deaths and naloxone rescue attempts by EMS up sharply in Michigan compared with 2019; first responders and public ...
New imaging method reveals HIV’s sugary shield in unprecedented detail
The technique should help in the design of vaccines against HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses that cloak their outer proteins ...
Molecular processes in kidney cells may ‘prime’ diabetics for COVID-19 infection
Vulnerable kidney cells undergo similar cellular processes during diabetic kidney disease and COVID-19 infection, potentially explaining why the two illnesses ...
Eliminating COVID-19: What the world can learn from NZ and Taiwan
Credit: University of Otago Both Taiwan and New Zealand have successfully eliminated COVID-19 with world-leading pandemic responses. By taking a ...
Scientist develops new way to test for COVID-19 antibodies
Credit: Seattle Children's When Dr. Stephen Smith of Seattle Children's Research Institute came down with muscle aches, gastrointestinal distress and ...
Sarah Nicole Forrester, Ann Moormann awarded $2 million NCI SeroNet grant
Storytelling approach aims to increase diversity in COVID-19 immunology study participationCredit: UMass Medical School A new, $2 million grant from ...
COVID-19 infection may be part of a ‘perfect storm’ for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Courtesy of Trends in Neurosciences GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 22, 2020) -- Can COVID-19 infection increase the risk of ...
NRL researchers evaluate ultraviolet sources, combat COVID-19
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Steffen WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers evaluated commercial ultraviolet (UV) sources for ...
‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Credit: Jeonghwan Youk, Taewoo Kim, and Seon Pyo Hong 'Mini-lungs' grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a ...
Lab-grown mini-lungs mimic the real thing – right down to covid infection
Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate covid researchCredit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
COVID-19: Dexamethasone discovery carries treatment implications
Credit: Courtesy Marcin Minor A new discovery about how the body transports dexamethasone, a drug that can increase the survival ...
Immune response the probable underlying cause of neural damage in COVID-19
Credit: Photo by Ingrid Gisslén and Aylin Yilmaz It is probably the immune response to, rather than the virus in ...
New tricks for old antibiotics
Researchers uncovered that a group of antibiotics confers protection against sepsis, beyond their ability to directly control the infectionCredit: ©Joana ...
A promising discovery could lead to better treatment for Hepatitis C
Canadian researchers at INRS have identified a critical role played by a cellular protein in the progression of Hepatitis C ...
Covid-19 interventions can cut virus infections, severe outcomes, and healthcare needs
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the SARS-CoV-2 ...
How fear encourages physical distancing during pandemic
Study finds negatively presented information and 'Mr. Deadly COVID-19' scary face could increase complianceCredit: University of Houston Welcome to shopping ...