CUNY SPH Weekly COVID-19 Survey update week 8
New Yorkers feel we've turned a corner against COVID-19 but believe full 'normalcy' requires a vaccineCredit: CUNY SPH New York, ...
Tag: Public Health
Researchers seek to find out if people outside more during pandemic
URI professor part of team trying to find out if there is greater exposure to ticks, tick-borne diseaseCredit: URI photo ...
TACC COVID-19 twitter dataset enables social science research about pandemic
Leading supercomputing center partners with scholars to collect, distribute, and analyze social media communicationsCredit: Dhiraj Murthy, UT Austin Of the ...
Researchers model efforts to control coronavirus pandemic with new NSF RAPID award
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A team of investigators at the University of Kansas and KU Biodiversity Institute and ...
MU researcher identifies four possible treatments for COVID-19
Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, ...
Russia creates its own humanized mice to test COVID-19 vaccines and drugs
Credit: Vladislav Maslov Following the recent Coronavirus outbreak, almost three million people have been infected worldwide, whereas the death toll ...
NAU scientists develop interactive disease models to predict regional spread of COVID-19
Credit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Joe Mihaljevic, mathematical epidemiologist and assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's School of ...
A $10 million grant enables BCG vaccine trial to expand internationally, enroll 10,000 healthcare workers
An $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI) clinical ...
Characterizing two sisters, examples of exceptional longevity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2020--A new study provides a detailed characterization of two ...
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help ...
Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections
Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
UCLA leads CDC-funded project to reduce COVID-19 infection among emergency room workers
Credit: UCLA Health The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is leading a project in collaboration with the University ...
EPFL researchers put proximity tracing app to the test
Credit: © 2020 Jamani Caillet Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based ...
Whole strawberries studied for their anti-inflammatory benefits
UMass Amherst food scientist receives grant for research into fruit's effects in the gutCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
UCF-trained engineers, Oregon medical team design 3D-printed ventilator that requires no electricity
New product awaiting FDA approval for emergency use could save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, thanks to a ...
Alternate light 5 times more effective in detecting bruises on victims of color
With COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, rates of domestic abuse have increased; improved procedures are needed to detect bruises for people of ...
COVID-19 personal protective equipment causes serious skin injuries
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 30, 2020--A new study of medical staff treating COVID-19-infected patients ...
New report: Advancing the 2030 Agenda in African cities through knowledge co-production
Investment in transdisciplinary research and training for future generations of African scientists is crucial to advancing sustainable development in African ...
New evidence for optimising malaria treatment in pregnant women
Findings that ACTs were significantly more effective than quinineCredit: © 2020 IMSUT, The University of Tokyo CC-BY The research, published ...
A new way to accurately estimate COVID-19 death toll
Rutgers engineer's mathematical model can predict cumulative deaths in USCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers engineer ...
