Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Less symptomatic patients have a higher viral load when diagnosed and may carry a higher virus shedding risk potential, possibly ...

Big data analytics enables scientists to model COVID-19 spread

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science receives NSF RAPID Grant to work with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to predict COVID-19 ...

Keck Medicine of USC enrolling patients as part of international clinical trial to study antiviral drug as treatment for COVID-19

The experimental therapy, DAS181, will be available for hospitalized patients with low oxygen levels and pneumonia caused by COVID-19Credit: Ricardo ...

When a pandemic strikes, we still expect an ambulance

Research published today has found that Australians strongly believe paramedics deserve a work environment free from the threat of physical ...

UTMB researchers have discovered a new antiviral mechanism for dengue therapeutics

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch ...

COVID-19: Considering meditation and yoga as adjunctive treatment

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2020--The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and ...

Partnerships with health systems can provide support to nursing homes during pandemic

Regenstrief, IU experts call for enhanced collaboration in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society editorialCredit: Regenstrief Institute Nursing homes are ...

Single-dose flu drug can reduce spread within households, study finds

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of ...

Chemical offers new hope of finding treatments for neglected tropical diseases

Credit: Manuel Saldivia and Andrés Sánchez Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the ...

Biomedical Sciences researchers discover first-in-class broad-inhibitor of paramyxovirus polymerases

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A new antiviral drug that is effective against a broad range of human pathogens in the ...

Invisible defence against adenoviruses

Study shows: Arsenic trioxide strengthens the body's defenses against virusesCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM An adenovirus infection can be potentially ...

Altimmune COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested at UAB shows positive preclinical results

AdCOVID stimulated both strong serum neutralizing activity and potent mucosal IgA immunity in the respiratory tract.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ...

COVID-19: Pandemic behavior change, financial support and better data collection needed

American Journal of Preventive Medicine focus on critical public health aspects of COVID-19Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, ...

Drug linked to 45% lower risk of dying among COVID-19 patients on ventilators

Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off ventilator ...

Women, newborns, young children and adolescents lose 20 percent of health and social services to COVID-19

'COVID-19 is making a bad situation worse'Credit: Source: iapewec Women, newborns, young children and adolescents are losing 20 percent of ...

How a Minecraft mod is helping build smarter AI

UT Dallas researchers' simulations will help systems adapt to unpredictable situationsCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Polycraft World, a ...

Racial disparities in COVID-19 are clear; better data, more targeted action needed

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Marked racial disparities exist in confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, investigators say, and ...

GE Healthcare chooses UH to clinically evaluate first-of-its-kind imaging system

July 10, 2020

Artificial intelligence identifies collapsed lungs, alerts radiologistsCredit: Courtesy: General Electric Healthcare. CLEVELAND -- GE Healthcare (GEHC) chose University Hospitals (UH) ...

Building surge ICU capacity during COVID-19

July 10, 2020

Medical University of South Carolina team is one of nine chosen by U.S. Army to build a prototype for increasing ...

Commentary in Pediatrics: Children don’t transmit Covid-19, schools should reopen in fall