Suffering from skin damage from face masks?
Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are ...
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Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance
University of Maryland and Hong Kong University study shows masks may limit the spread diseases including influenza, rhinoviruses and coronavirusesCredit: ...
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by ...
Advanced liver disease patients and transplant recipients need specific care during COVID-19
EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the ...
New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate ...
Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus
Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched ...
Healthy Nevada Project participants report on COVID-19
14,000 Nevadans quickly report on signs and symptoms to enhance predictive public health models for NevadaCredit: DRI Reno, Nev. (March ...
Physical activity contributes to positive mental well-being in menopausal women
Postmenopausal women have more depressive symptoms than peri- or premenopausal womenCredit: University of Jyväskylä A recent study has found that ...
UM receives over $10 million for research center on population health
Credit: UM photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - As emergent pathogens like coronavirus and climate-related health challenges like wildfire smoke ...
Gairdner Foundation recognizes Dr. Guy Rouleau with prestigious award
The Neuro's director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadershipCredit: The Neuro Since 1957, ...
Less expensive, more effective pneumonia vaccines are tested in humans
Developed by researchers at the Butantan Institute (Brazil) and Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School (USA), the ...
Russian trolls on Twitter polarized vaccination during 2016 election cycle
Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, During the 2016 election ...
NJIT designers fabricate masks, shields and swabs to battle COVID-19
Credit: NJIT As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in ...
Children’s book ‘Battle Robots of the Blood’ launches
Sharing a child's view of immune disordersCredit: Dr Sonia Agüera-Gonzalez (Tenmei) Key points: A new children's book 'Battle Robots of ...
COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making
Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt ...
SCTR Institute awarded $24 million to advance translational research in South Carolina
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, one of about ...
Mucus and the coronavirus
University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds
The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...
New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state
Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they ...
Evidence suggests that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients
Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence, ...
