Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Ji-Won Lee A comprehensive search of genetic variation databases has revealed no significant differences across populations and ethnic groups ...

Understanding how the conditionally approved COVID-19 drug works is key to improving treatments, says researcherCredit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, ...

Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while ...

These molecular insights may foster effective therapies using existing drugs for patients with COVID-19.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Viral and ...

Credit: Swansea University Researchers exploring a new method to help people recover from Covid-19, using breathing exercises and a hand-held ...

Trial evaluating investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccineCredit: The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson A fourth Phase 3 clinical trial ...

Credit: Dr. Elad Maor As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and ...

Results provide insight for public health policymakers fighting COVID-19Credit: (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is ...

Biology study finds silk offers more protection than cotton or syntheticsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative With personal protective equipment still ...

New maths on US infection rates helps identify COVID turning pointsCredit: Max Menzies and Nick James Mathematicians have developed a ...

Thirty-one US states plus DC were experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases while 13 others were still in the ...

Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes ...

Credit: West Virginia University Widespread COVID-19 testing may be an obvious way to control an outbreak in a long-term care ...

Henry Ford, U-M team up for first-of-its kind research for facemask decontaminationCredit: Henry Ford Health System / University of Michigan ...

Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 ...

Credit: Ron Bend/Colorado State University A team of scientists at Colorado State University was awarded a base contract worth $3.1 ...

Credit: CDC Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks ...

Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antiviralsCredit: Courtesy of the Hargrove lab DURHAM, N.C. -- ...

Credit: Joseph Kim and Tanner Tenpas, UW-Madison MADISON - A national research initiative announced today will place the University of ...

Pre-clinical study suggests virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother's bodyCredit: RMIT University New research ...