54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy
In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the ...
Tag: Pulmonary/Respiratory Medicine
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 ...
ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management
Credit: ATS April 06, 2020─ An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help clinicians ...
Identification of new factors important in maintaining lung function in the elderly
DsbA-L's versatile protective pulmonary function effects revealedLEFT: DsbA-L T/T genotype carriers are considered to have low DsbA-L expression levels which ...
Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial
Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...
New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19
Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who ...
Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital
Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center ...
The Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health demonstrate working prototype of emergency vent
The Illinois RapidVent emergency ventilator was developed in less than a week, and preliminary tests show performance equivalent to commercial ...
UAB will test a COVID-19 vaccine candidate created by Altimmune Inc.
The testing at UAB will investigate immune responses to the vaccine in mice -- an important step before any Phase ...