Computer model shows how COVID-19 could lead to runaway inflammation
Credit: Serkan Eldeleklio?lu PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29, 2020 - A study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Thousands of excess deaths from cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: University of Leeds A major new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart ...
Painting a clearer picture of COVID-19
MU researchers team up with 8th grader, MU undergrad to identify mutations in virus that may be causing its high ...
New MaskCountTM app allows citizen scientists to contribute to effort to contain COVID-19
Mask usage has been difficult to measure; new app available in 15 languagesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A new app ...
Strong activation of anti-bacterial T cells linked to severe COVID-19
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman A type of anti-bacterial T cells, so-called MAIT cells, are strongly activated in people with moderate to ...
COVID-19: Saliva tests could detect silent carriers
Credit: Isao Yokota et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 25, 2020 Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and ...
1 in 3 parents plan to skip flu shots for their kids during COVID-19 pandemic
National poll: COVID-19 may not influence parents' beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it's more important for ...
Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive
ECMO outcomes study at experienced centers suggests key role for treating worst-hit patients as pandemic continuesCredit: University of Michigan It ...
Comparing face coverings in controlling expired particles
Surgical, N95 masks block most particlesCredit: Christopher Cappa, UC Davis Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at ...
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment
A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells, ...
3D printed nasal swabs work as well as commercial swabs for COVID-19 diagnostic testing
A multisite clinical trial, led by USF Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are ...
Ultrapotent compound may help treat C. diff, reduce recurrence
Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is the leading cause of health ...
Scientists Discover Genetic and Immunologic Underpinnings of Some Cases of Severe COVID-19
NIH Investigator Co-Led International Research EffortCredit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, Maryland. WHAT: New findings by scientists at the ...
Hypercoagulability in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Because COVID-19 may present with medium to large arterial and venous abdominal and extremity macrothrombi, radiologists should raise concern for ...
BIOCAD will produce the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Gamalei Institute
BIOCAD becomes an industrial partner of the scientific center and will ensure the mass-scale production of the «Sputnik V» vaccineCredit: ...
Hodder, WVU team to lead $1.5 million, multi-state data project to examine COVID-19 outcomes
Credit: West Virginia University The power of data, often an underappreciated catalyst to fixing the world's pressing problems, was recognized ...
Intersecting social inequities increase the likelihood of severe illness due to COVID-19
Disadvantaged Black and South Asian immigrants and Indigenous populations are nearly four times more likely to have multiple pre-existing medical ...
Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body
Credit: NIAID People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new ...
Scientists trace severe COVID-19 to faulty genes and an autoimmune condition
Credit: The Rockefeller University More than 10 percent of young and healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies ...
Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains
Findings point the way to developing a broad-spectrum flu drugCredit: Yanan Dai Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice ...
