Infectious Emerging Diseases
Take your best shot: Which SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should I get, if any?
University of Cincinnati physician-researcher uses computerized decision model to provide evidence that being vaccinated is better than notCredit: Colleen Kelley/University...
Dearth of mental health support during pandemic for those with chronic health problems
A scoping review of English and Chinese-language studies found individuals with chronic physical health conditions had higher levels of mental...
Rapid screening, face masks may prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission at indoor mass-gathering events
Embargoed News from Annals of Internal Medicine Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the...
COVID-19-related immigration concerns among Latinx immigrants in US
What The Study Did: These results suggest that substantial proportions of Latinx immigrants have immigration concerns about engaging in COVID-19-related...
USC study shows male-female differences in immune cell function
Credit: Ryan Lu A new USC study of a common, yet poorly understood type of white blood cell reveals the...
CHOP researchers establish novel approach for developing new antibiotics
New study proposes structure-guided design to create prodrugs that act as a "Trojan Horse," allowing antibiotics to reach resistant bacteriaCredit:...
Novel coronavirus discovered in British bats
Peer reviewed - animals A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK...
3D “assembloid” shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute...
Study finds vaccine hesitancy lower in poorer countries
New study examines vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in 10 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, and South AmericaCredit: Fadil...
Researchers surprised to find bacterial parasites behind rise of ‘super bugs’
Credit: Vaughn Cooper PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2021 - For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School...
COVID-19 vaccination: Examining negative dominance on social media
It's not all negative Vaccine negativity and reluctance didn't just emerge during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent study published...
Common COVID-19 antibiotic no more effective than placebo
UCSF outpatient study found limited effect of azithromycin on progression of disease A UC San Francisco study has found that...
From birth control to mammograms, many women missed out on preventive care for all of 2020
Study shows even after in-person care restarted, women were 20% to 30% less likely to get such services than in...
Study identifies monoclonal antibodies that may neutralize many norovirus variants
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,...
No sign of COVID-19 vaccine in breast milk
Small UCSF study indicates vaccine safety for pregnant and lactating women Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in...
Primary care payment model, telemedicine use for Medicare Advantage during pandemic
What The Study Did: The association between primary care payment models and the use of telemedicine for Medicare Advantage enrollees...
Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased risk of contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nev.Credit:...
The Lancet: One in two hospitalized COVID-19 patients develop a complication
Study is most comprehensive of its kind and included more than 70,000 adults in the UK hospitalised with severe COVID-19...
Common medication used to reduce cholesterol levels may reduce COVID-19 severity
Using anonymized medical records from a national registry, UC San Diego researchers confirm earlier findings that statins may substantially minimize...
Inadequate sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants impedes global response to COVID-19
Better international sequencing efforts are needed to track and respond to new SARS-CoV-2 variants The lack of sequencing of SARS-CoV-2...
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Experts optimistic about converting coal plants to production of clean geothermal energy
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Order up: new study reveals importance of liquid structural ordering in crystallization
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Study finds second primary lung cancer is 4 percent and as high as 8 percent among surgery patients
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United Kingdom-based smoking cessation program reports that 30 percent of support in a lung cancer screening program: the Yorkshire Enhanced Stop Smoking Study (YESS)
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NELSON trial protocol more sensitive than NLST and may increase the benefits of lung cancer screening, while reducing unnecessary follow-up procedures
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Sub-lobar surgery for peripheral non-small cell lung cancer non-inferior to lobectomy