All of Us Research Program launches COVID-19 research initiatives
NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic's spread and impactCredit: National Institutes of Health The All of ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
New discovery paves way for next generation malaria vaccine
Researchers develop genetically attenuated parasite (GAP) that arrests late in the liver stage of human malariaCredit: Seattle Children's In an ...
The Lancet Global Health: Estimates suggest one in five people worldwide have an underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected
Credit: The Lancet Global Health The share of the population at increased risk (with at least one underlying health condition ...
NIH launches analytics platform to harness COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
Credit: National Center for Translational Sciences The National Institutes of Health has launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and ...
Calling for nursing support amid COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2020) - There are close to 28 million nurses around the world who comprise ...
As food insecurity continues to plague New Yorkers, impact on children is worrisome
Credit: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy One in four households with children have reported a child ...
Survey: In Vermont, pandemic’s impact falling disproportionately on lower income groups
Credit: Glenn Russell High percentages of Vermonters agree with the social distancing measures put in place by the state in ...
COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in UIC clinical trial
UIC is expected to be the only site in Chicago to launch phase 3 clinical trialCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The University ...
Tuberculosis spread from animals to humans may be greater than previously thought
Credit: Vivek Kapur, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to ...
Parents twice as likely to be concerned about ticks than of mosquitoes
Just 1 in 3 parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in ...
Parasites and the microbiome
In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the ...
Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers
Authors of Journal of the American College of Surgeons article report use of elastomeric masks reduces the number of N95 ...
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create new type of COVID-19 antibody test
Scientists created a test that pinpoints human antibodies specific to a unique part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The test ...
Simulations reveal interplay between scent marking and disease spread
Accounting for individual animal movement could boost understanding of emerging infectious diseasesCredit: Martyn Smith, Flickr In a new mathematical model ...
To help West Virginia reopen safely, WVU researchers develop new COVID-19 tests
Credit: West Virginia University COVID-19 tests are in short supply. The companies that make the necessary chemicals--called reagents--can't keep up ...
Promising path found for COVID-19 therapeutics
Team of UGA scientists building on previous SARS researchCredit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of researchers at the University ...
Clinical updates for diagnostic ultrasound during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Patient and visitor screening, segregation and monitoring of staff, scan vetting, strict protocol adherence help prevent nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 ...
Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis
Genomic analysis of plague victims from a mass burial in Lithuania identifies a medieval woman who was also infected with ...
Substandard hand sanitizers readily available on market, confirm pharmacists
'...the general public are often unaware that such products cannot ensure disinfection and are not fit for use amid the ...
Reprogramming of immune system cures child with often-fatal fungal infection
UCLA team's approach suggests possible path toward treating other severe infectionsCredit: Nick Carranza / UCLA Health In the June 11 ...
