Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - Lawson Health Research Institute and the Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress ...

Predicting influenza epidemics

Credit: Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a unique method to predict influenza epidemics by combining several ...

Global study identifies common vulnerabilities across SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS coronaviruses

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--There are common vulnerabilities among three lethal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, such as frequently hijacked ...

Repurposing drugs for a pan-coronavirus treatment

Drug targets common across three coronavirus strains could be used for rapid treatment response against emerging coronavirus strainsCredit: Image: Svenja ...

Small RNA as a central player in infections

Credit: (Image: Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II / University of Wuerzburg / SCIGRAPHIX) More than half of the world's ...

New tool enables easy, effective disease tracking

Scientists in Cambodia have used the new IDseq tool to confirm and sequence the whole genome of the country's first ...

Could an existing vaccine make COVID-19 less deadly? Mexico City study provides support

A prospective observational study testing the concept of trained immunity for protection from severe COVID-19 reported milder symptoms in COVID ...

Protein that keeps immune system from freaking out could form basis for new therapeutics

Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction, supports a mechanism critical for survival ...

Design and test potential COVID-19 treatments from your phone

The ViDok app crowdsources the drug discovery processCredit: Courtesy of Thanh Truong. You're invited to join the search for COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 rapid test has successful lab results, research moves to next stages

University of Nevada, Reno engineers and virologists team up for novel approachCredit: Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, ...

Stay in touch with your emotions to reduce pandemic-induced stress

Credit: University of Iowa Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be ...

Obesity implies risk of COVID-19 regardless of age, sex, ethnicity and health condition

Conclusion presented by Brazilian researchers in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice is based on analysis of nine clinical studies involving ...

Army researchers collaborate on universal antibody test for COVID-19

Credit: John W. Braun Jr., USAMRIID VIO ADELPHI, Md. -- Researchers with the U.S. Army Futures Command are part of ...

As New Yorkers prepare to vote, COVID-19 stays top-of-mind

Many pin hopes on a vaccine as the pandemic continues to disrupt daily lifeCredit: CUNY SPH Nearly three quarters (72%) ...

New blood test predicts which COVID-19 patients will develop severe infection

Test could inform doctors on best treatment optionsCredit: Ray Lohan Wednesday, 14 October 2020: Scientists have developed, for the first ...

Immune failure can cause serious COVID-19

Persons with critical corona-disease may have antibodies blocking the body´s most important defence mechanisms.Credit: Ingvild Festervoll Melien While most people ...

Bacterial toxin with healing effect

Research team from University of Jena (Germany) uncovers that a toxic substance found in Staphylococcus aureus stimulates tissue regenerationCredit: Jens ...

COVID-19 recovery at home possible for most patients

Cedars-Sinai emergency department researchers confirm the safety of home discharge for low-risk patients with COVID-19Credit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES ...

USask VIDO-InterVac expands international role to test antiviral compounds against COVID-19

Credit: David Stobbe The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been ...

New tool can detect COVID-19 outbreaks in US counties that host pro football events