Study tackles barriers to COVID-19 testing in Black communities
Pennington Biomedical, HealthyBR part of nationwide effort to fill gaps in careCredit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center Pennington Biomedical Research Center ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
How SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain
Credit: Photo: Michael Laue/RKI & Carsten Dittmayer/Charité Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ...
HIV-like virus edited out of primate genome
Breakthrough brings Temple researchers and their collaborators closer to a cure for human HIV infectionCredit: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - ...
Experimental vaccine for deadly tickborne virus effective in cynomolgus macaques
Monkeys protected against CCHFV, which infects thousands of people annuallyCredit: WHO WHAT: An experimental vaccine developed in Europe to prevent ...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute licenses its eRapid technology to The iQ Group Global
The low-cost electrochemical technology for multiplexed biomarker detection could facilitate global serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections, and help trace immunity ...
Young people feel let down by politicians and media stereotypes, says new research
Credit: University of Huddersfield Decision-makers are failing to harness young people's potential to help shape pandemic responses, according to a ...
IPM’s dapivirine ring for women’s HIV prevention receives WHO prequalification
WHO prequalification brings the dapivirine vaginal ring another step closer to introduction, pending country approvals * Confirms that this new ...
COVID-19 Peer Hub combats vaccine avoidance amid pandemic
Credit: Photo by CDC on Unsplash UniSA researchers are evaluating a new vaccination education initiative - the COVID-19 Peer Hub ...
IVI, ROK’s GDEF join forces to provide OCV to 540K people at risk of cholera in Nepal & Mozambique
GDEF's US $8.05 million grant to support ECHO projects to prevent and control cholera and contribute to 'Ending Cholera--A Global ...
COVID-19 studies should also focus on mucosal immunity, researchers argue
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for ...
ECDC and WHO call for improved HIV testing in Europe
AIDS-free future at stakeCredit: ECDC The number of people living with undiagnosed HIV is increasing in the WHO European Region. ...
Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients
Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing ...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a ...
Warwick scientists design model to predict cellular drug targets against COVID-19
Credit: Credit: University of Warwick The covid-19 virus, like all viruses relies on their host for reproduction How SARS-CoV-2 captures ...