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What is COVID-19’s impact on Black and Latino persons living with HIV?
NYU research team explores how individuals adapt and cope With the COVID-19 pandemic taking a disproportionate toll on low-income people of color, a research team headed by Marya Gwadz of the Silver School of Social Work at New York…
CHOP experts describe types of rashes associated with MIS-C
Findings may help doctors and parents know when a rash warrants further examination for the inflammatory syndromeCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, February 22, 2021--In April 2020, pediatricians began…
Researchers discover potential new therapeutic targets on SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted considerable investigation into how the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein attaches to a human cell during the infection process, as this knowledge is useful in designing vaccines and…
Material hardship taking a mental and physical toll on young adults during pandemic
Credit: Data Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Wave IV (2007-2008) N=13,313 U.S. adults ages 24-32. Syracuse, N.Y. - As the United States approaches the one-year anniversary of the start of…
‘No COVID-19 is good COVID-19’: Variants spur WVU scientists to study, mitigate strain…
Credit: Brian Persinger/West Virginia University West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday (Feb. 19), they…
Ten lessons from the virus crisis
How some rich countries failed, and why -- studyCredit: Flinders University A mixture of smaller countries led by New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cyprus, Rwanda and Iceland led the world 's Top 10 countries to manage their…
New review compiles immunogenicity data on leading SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates
Immunogenicity of clinically relevant SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in non-human primates and humans In a new Review, P.J. Klasse and colleagues present an extensive overview of the immunogenicity profiles of several leading SARS-CoV-2 vaccine…
The Lancet: 3-month interval between first and second dose of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine results in…
Exploratory analyses including 17,178 participants find that higher vaccine efficacy is obtained with a longer interval between the first and second standard dose (81% for 3-month interval vs 55% for up to 6-week interval). In…
Data show lower daily temperatures lead to higher transmission of COVID-19
Researchers analyzed daily low temperatures and infection rates in 50 Northern Hemisphere countries to quantify their effect on SARS-CoV-2 transmission LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused tremendous upheaval, leading to…
Prion diseases: new clues in the structure of prion proteins
Carbohydrates of the prion glycoproteins responsible for a group of neurodegenerative diseases were sequenced for the first time thanks to a highly sensitive technique.Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)…
Tuberculosis: New biomarker indicates individual treatment duration
Credit: Research Center Borstel When can tuberculosis therapy be stopped without risk of relapse? Doctors are faced with this question time and again, because the lack of detection of the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium…
Including racial/ethnic minorities, females, older adults in vaccine trials
What The Study Did: Using data from completed interventional vaccine trials from 2011 to 2020, researchers examined whether racial/ethnic minority groups, females and older adults were underrepresented in U.S.-based vaccine clinical…
Mental health, substance use, suicidal ideation during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: This survey study compared patterns of mental health concerns, substance use and suicidal ideation during June and September of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined at-risk demographic groups. Authors: Mark É.…
Symptoms months after COVID-19
What The Study Did: Persistent symptoms among adults with COVID-19 up to nine months after illness onset were analyzed in this study. Authors: Helen Y. Chu, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington in Seattle, is the corresponding…
Cologne’s university medicine to coordinate EU vaccine research network VACCELERATE
The European Union is funding the establishment of the new vaccine research network VACCELERATE with a total of 12 million euros for three years. So far, 26 partner institutions from 21 European countries are involved in the network. The…
Antibody response may drive COVID-19 outcomes
Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital show that levels of specific antibodies developed in the immune response may influence COVID-19 outcomes in both children and adults. BOSTON --…
The original antigenic sin: How childhood infections could shape pandemics
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2021 - A child's first influenza infection shapes their immunity to future airborne flu viruses--including emerging pandemic strains. But not all flu strains spur the same initial immune defense,…
Pre-existing immunity protects against airborne spread of flu viruses
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), MEDIA518719 JAB/AH 1/21 Pre-existing immunity is an important barrier to airborne transmission of influenza viruses and can influence the emergence and spread of potentially…
Rich nations see virus rates fall quicker — study
Research finds economic performance directly related to number of cases Richer countries were more likely to see rates of COVID-19 fall faster during the first wave of the pandemic, according to new research published in the journal…
Genetics may play role in determining immunity to COVID-19
Computational studies suggest a set of genes that regulate immune response help determine robustness and durability of neutralizing antibodies to virus Neutralizing antibodies develop within two weeks of a SARS-CoV-2 infection, but their…