Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: The Innovation As the pandemic persists, COVID-19 has claimed more than 200,000 lives in the United States and damaged ...

First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany

Credit: Emily Julka MADISON, Wis. -- At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take ...

Trust and income inequality fueling the spread of COVID-19

Study of 84 countries links social trust and belonging to COVID-19 mortalityCredit: Source: "The trouble with trust: Time-series analysis of ...

Plant-based spray could be used in n95 masks and energy devices

Engineers invent way to spray extremely thin wires on 3D objectsCredit: Images: (left) Jonathan P. Singer; (right) Lin Lei Engineers ...

‘Brain fog’ following COVID-19 recovery may indicate PTSD

Psychiatric disorders and brain damage can share similar symptoms but require different treatments.Credit: UCLA Health A new report suggests that ...

Every COVID-19 case seems different; these scientists want to know why

Scientists in the US and UK publish first in-depth look at how CD4+ T cells fight SARS-CoV-2Credit: NIAID LA JOLLA--As ...

Community health workers could play a key part in combating COVID-19 in Brazil, study says

An article in The Lancet stresses the vulnerability of these health workers, whose readiness to counter fake news with trustworthy ...

Liquid gel in COVID patients’ lungs makes way for new treatment

Credit: Lena Mustonen In some patients who died with severe COVID-19 and respiratory failure, a jelly was formed in the ...

New research supports sofosbuvir in combination with other antivirals for COVID-19

Study demonstrates that RNA terminated by Hepatitis C Drug Sofosbuvir is more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 proofreader than RNA terminated by ...

UQ tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

Credit: The University of Queensland Technology that helps to quickly extract and analyse genetic material could be used for cheap, ...

Dried blood spot sampling offers inexpensive way to widen access to antibody testing for COVID-19

Credit: University of Birmingham Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 ...

Supercharged clones spark scarlet fevers re-emergence

Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

October 5, 2020

Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccineCredit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the ...

‘Repliclones’ fuel perplexing persistence of HIV in the blood of some patients on therapy