Impact of HPV vaccination mandates on social inequalities
Policy has limited impact on vaccine uptake because of individual decision making, UC Riverside study findsCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Harvard Wyss Institute’s nasal swab and toehold switch technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection
The two technologies function at different points of the diagnostic process and could help detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the ...
NIH intramural researcher Dr. Harvey Alter wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Credit: NIH National Institutes of Health intramural researcher Harvey J. Alter, M.D., has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology ...
New COVID test doesn’t use scarce reagents, catches all but the least infectious
Addresses major testing need in developing world; also in US, where reagent supplies are again dwindlingCredit: Brian Jenkins A major ...
Biomedical sciences researchers find new way to prevent and cure rotavirus, other viral infections
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A combination of two substances secreted by the immune system can cure and prevent rotavirus infection, ...
Genetic tracing ‘barcode’ is rapidly revealing COVID-19’s journey and evolution
Drexel researchers' method helps uncover patterns in SARS-CoV-2's genetic mutationsCredit: Drexel University Drexel University researchers have reported a method to ...
Vaccine opposition online uniting around ‘civil liberties’ argument
Growing 'freedom of choice' position and increase in state-level Facebook pages could impact vaccine-related legislation, researchers sayCredit: Valerie Morgan/UMD WASHINGTON ...
Caltech researcher unveils sensor that rapidly detects COVID-19 infection
Credit: Caltech One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be ...
Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Sumiti Vinayak CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the ...
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that stem cells loaded with antibiotics may represent a novel therapy for implant-related bone infectionsCredit: ...
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue ...
Tufts University to lead $100M program to reduce risk of zoonotic viral spillover, spread
Program will involve large consortium of wildlife and human disease experts and networks from around the worldCredit: Anna Miller/Tufts University ...
Bacteria virus combo may be cause of neonatal brain infections in Uganda
Credit: Schiff Lab, Penn State A newly identified bacteria and a common virus may be the underlying cause of infection-induced ...
Pan-microbial study implicates a potential culprit in a pediatric brain disorder in Uganda
Credit: J.N. Paulson et al., Science Translational Medicine (2020) Researchers have identified a new species of bacteria that may contribute ...
Developing algorithms to detect earliest signs of COVID-19 from biometric smartwatch data
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Certain changes in a person's heart and breathing rates could precede ...
Study links low immunity to poor outcomes in patients with HIV who contract COVID-19
Age and underlying health conditions also associated with decreased survivalCredit: Justin Kelley Clinical trials are testing whether medications that treat ...
Investigational COVID-19 vaccine well-tolerated, generates immune response in older adults
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A Phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection has shown that the ...
Breaking COVID-19’s ‘clutch’ to stop its spread
Researchers engineer RNA-targeting compounds that disable the pandemic coronavirus' replication engineCredit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Sept. ...
New research provides clues on optimizing cell defenses when viruses attack
Study advances science's understanding of interferons, proteins that help combat viruses like SARS-CoV-2Credit: Hao Lab, UC San Diego Science's pursuits ...
Common antioxidant enzyme may provide potential treatment for COVID-19
Credit: Yunfeng Lu research group/UCLA Researchers from UCLA and China have found that catalase, a naturally occurring enzyme, holds potential ...