Speech droplets drive transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Dr. Bax A new review published in the Journal of Internal Medicine indicates that unmasked speech in confined spaces ...
Tag: Vaccines
No health worries for children born to mothers given seasonal flu vaccine in pregnancy
uOttawa/CHEO study finds no increased risk of early childhood health issues following exposure to seasonal flu vaccination during pregnancyCredit: University ...
MCRI’s BCG vaccine trial joins global race to better understand COVID-19 variants
Credit: Bermix Studio An Australian-led study will investigate whether it's possible to predict who remains susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 variants after ...
A mechanism through which ‘good’ viruses kill ‘bad’ bacteria and block their reproduction
An important step in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteriaCredit: Dr. Tridib Mahata. The battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A new study ...
Researcher gets $2.7 million grant to study seasonal and universal vaccination in aged populations
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received ...
Extensive study identifies over a dozen existing drugs as potential COVID-19 therapies
FDA-approved drugs or experimental drugs with ample health data could be rapidly tested in humans for treatment of COVID-19Credit: Scripps ...
Low-wage earners spent less time at home during early pandemic lockdown
Researchers tracked data from millions of mobile phone users in major US metropolitan areas and compared the data to neighborhood ...
Clinical Trial Evaluating Mixed COVID-19 Vaccine Schedules Begins
NIH Trial to Evaluate Safety, Immunogenicity of Various Vaccine Booster RegimensCredit: NIAID The National Institutes of Health has started a ...
NIH launches clinical trial of universal influenza vaccine candidate
Nanoparticle vaccine developed by NIAID scientistsCredit: NIAID A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational ...
Immunity boost in the gut
Vaccine efficacy link to microbiota, studies showCredit: Flinders University Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions ...
LJI and Synbal, Inc. partner to develop better COVID-19 models
New mouse models may shed light on the puzzling aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infectionCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--The ...
Safe laboratory-made molecules for global vaccination success
Chemists succeed in artificially manufacturing important building blocks for mRNA vaccinesCredit: Jana Dünnhaupt Chemists at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg ...
Cell mechanics research is making chemotherapy friendlier
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Malignant tumour cells undergo mechanical deformation more easily than normal cells, allowing them to migrate throughout ...
Technology that predicts protein stability is released by UK university spin-out company
A digital tool that will make it cheaper, safer and faster to develop new medicines is being rolled out by ...