Disease in the Developing World

Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City medical and transit locations with epidemiologists seeking to model the spread of the coronavirus throughout the…

What The Viewpoint Says: The authors describe measures taken to reduce the risk of transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2) to medical staff and cancer patients seeking treatment during the COVID-19…

Credit: Imre Gonda, University of Zurich One of the most devastating pathogens that lives inside human cells is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the U.S. and the world, Purdue University scientists are working to move solutions to diagnose and treat the virus to the marketplace as soon as possible. The Purdue…

What The Viewpoint Says: This article describes treatment initiatives being undertaken for novel coronavirus 2019 at an ophthalmology center in Singapore. Authors: Ivan Seah Yu Jun, M.B.B.S., of  National University Hospital of…

University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering March 31, 2020 -- As the lethal COVID-19 coronavirus…

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, is estimated at 0.66%Credit: The Lancet Infectious Diseases First comprehensive estimates…

But sustainable care for children with cancer is affordable and achievable in all countries, declare global cancer experts Improving care for children with cancer worldwide will bring a triple return on investment and prevent millions…

Boston, MA - As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic grips the US, a new free app is helping to track the onset and progression of symptoms of millions across the nation. The app will help identify those at risk sooner, and help slow the…

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing worldCredit: The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) The current COVID-19 outbreak was first…

Using a newly developed laboratory model of three types of brain cells, Penn and CHOP scientists reveal how HIV infection--as well as the drugs that treat it--can take a toll on the central nervous system. Though many negative…

New COVID-19 content from Annals of Internal Medicine Below please find link(s) to new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine. All coronavirus-related content published in Annals of Internal Medicine is…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 26, 2020--Gene therapy investigators can greatly benefit from the resources and services provided by the National Gene Vector Biorepository (NGVB), housed at the…

Series of studies published in Gastroenterology (New York, NY - March 26, 2020) - In a series of four studies published today in Gastroenterology, a journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, Mount Sinai inflammatory bowel…

Credit: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, Calif. -- Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a strange new feature of a protein that's thought…

Diabetic kidney disease is by far the most common cause of kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy in the Western world. It is also rapidly becoming the number one cause of kidney failure in many developing nations. Kidney…

The study was conducted in Brazil and mapped the genes that are activated when mice resistant to Leishmania are infected. Molecules involved in the signaling pathway responsible for combating the parasite can serve as biomarkers.Credit:…

With over 300,000 COVID-19 cases across the globe, including recent cases in Syria and the Gaza Strip, the data continues to demonstrate how the disease has no borders. A new Dartmouth-led commentary in the International Journal for…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 23, 2020--"The Role of Telehealth in Reducing the Mental Health Burden from COVID-19" has just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Telemedicine and e-Health. Click…

Singapore scientists find underweight diabetics to be at higher risk of contracting tuberculosis, call for screening to diagnose early SINGAPORE, 24 March 2020 - "'Persistent cough in underweight patients with diabetes warrants screening…