Surgeons develop operation-triage plan to reduce OR volume during COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of the American College of Surgeons article describes 'early and aggressive' actions that were taken to ensure enough hospital ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Large majority of Washington state’s heroin users want to reduce use
Syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisisCredit: Photo courtesy of the Snohomish syringe services program A new survey of people who ...
Call to action: Traditional, complementary and integrative health COVID-19 support registry
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020--The new, global Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health and ...
UPMC led global trial fast tracks testing of hydroxychloroquine, other COVID-19 therapies
Credit: Elena Gialamas Cerri/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2020 - A novel clinical trial developed by researchers at the ...
Researchers seek new drugs to fight coronavirus using computers in schools across Kentucky
Drug discovery work shifts from cancer to COVID-19 using DataseamGridCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The novel coronavirus may ...
Anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) face shield — Easy to make at low cost
With a 3D printer and clear plastic file -- sharing 3D data for the shield frame and preparation processCredit: Osaka ...
Newly emerged enterovirus-A71 C4 isolates may be more virulent than B5 in northern Vietnam
Kanazawa University researchers identified a novel sublineage of enterovirus A71-C4 isolates with two recombinants, which showed greater virulence than the ...
University of Utah Health and Intermountain Healthcare launch COVID-19 clinical trials
Credit: University of Utah Health Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched ...
COVID-19 drug lead treatments identified
Credit: Professor Luke Guddat An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates ...
UC Davis researchers launch new COVID-19 tracking application
New web app offers user-friendly data visualization and maps of cases and testingCredit: Christopher Barker / UC Davis Researchers at ...
Top NAU microbiologist joins COVID-19 Genomics Union to track virus
Team will use genomic sequencing to track new coronavirus, provide critical data for global biomedical researchers and give Arizona an ...
Coronavirus and MS reporting database announced by CMSC & National MS Society
Credit: CMSC & National MS Society The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have ...
St. Jude experimental anti-malarial drug shows promise in first clinical trial
Malaria is a leading killer of children worldwide, and new drugs are needed; new research reports encouraging early clinical results ...
AGS COVID-19 policy brief offers roadmap for care of older adults in nursing homes
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society In a policy brief published today in its namesake journal (DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16477), the American ...
WVU-led team unveil study to predict the outbreak of COVID-19 in healthcare professionals
Credit: West Virginia University (Editor's note: A media tool kit with photos, videos and additional resources is available in the ...
Risk factors for carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria revealed
Credit: Don Mammoser New research has uncovered the risk factors for Fijians carrying a pneumonia-causing bacteria. The collaborative study, led ...
UCF scientists seek novel material to kill COVID-19
Researchers say nanoparticle film would 'catch' and kill virus, better protect healthcare providersCredit: UCF College of Medicine Masks that protect ...
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spilloverCredit: Christine K. Johnson, UC Davis As COVID-19 spreads across ...
Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease
Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more ...
Artificial intelligence enables COVID-19 lung imaging analysis at UC San Diego Health
With support from Amazon Web Services, health care providers are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding ...