Infectious/Emerging Diseases

What The Study Did: This investigation analyzed U.S. county-level associations of income inequality, racial/ethnic composition and political attributes with COVID-19 cases and mortality. Author: Tim F. Liao, Ph.D., of the University of…

What The Study Did: Researchers examined individuals' motivation to self-test and to distribute self-test kits given the urgent need to increase COVID-19 testing coverage and contact tracing. Author: Cedric Bien-Gund, M.D., of the…

What The Study Did: This observational study examined how COVID-19-related government-mandated closures and restrictions were associated with changes in mobility and the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Author: Daniel O. Erim, M.D.,…

The vital role of ventilation in the spread of COVID-19 has been quantified by researchers, who have found that in poorly-ventilated spaces, the virus spreads further than two metres in seconds, and is far more likely to spread through…

A new therapy developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center is showing success as a way to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in mice. In a study published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, mouse models with COVID-19…

Credit: University of Leeds Data analysis is revealing a second sharp drop in the number of people admitted to hospital in England with acute heart failure or a heart attack. The decline began in October as the numbers of…

WHAT: Healthcare providers must be able to explain the latest data supporting the safety and efficacy of vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) so they can strongly encourage vaccination when appropriate while acknowledging…

Credit: Photo by Frederik Lipfert on Unsplash People's fear of 5G technology is rational. Such technology does emit radiation, even if it's at low levels. But 5G isn't all that different from 4G, and it certainly doesn't cause…

In a review article published in Frontiers of Endocrinology, Brazilian researchers estimate a reduction of 35% in levels of physical activity and a rise of 28% in sedentary behavior in the initial months of confinement imposed by the…

Provincial and territorial governments should set clear rules for vaccinating health care workers against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in public and private settings, and should not leave this task to employers, according…

The findings have implications for understanding the wide range in symptoms and severity of illness among humans who are infected by SARS-CoV-2 ATLANTA--Georgia State University biology researchers have found that infecting the nasal…

New research published in The American Journal of Pathology suggests that aged African green monkeys may be suitable models for the study of severe forms of COVID-19Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, January…

Findings suggest that prior immune experience could affect the course of patient's disease FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Jan. 19, 2021 -- The results of a study led by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute…

DENVER--A study in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) comparing surgeries performed at one Chinese hospital in 2019 with a similar date range during the COVID-19 pandemic found that routine thoracic surgery and invasive examinations…

Study describes how the world's smallest portable DNA sequencing device helps simplify the monitoring of bacteria in freshwater ecosystemsCredit: Team PuntSeq (CC BY 4.0) Researchers have used the world's smallest, smartphone-sized…

Bonn scientists present latest findings on the coronavirus in "Genome Medicine" According to current studies, the COVID-19 disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus comprises at least five different variants. These differ in…

The main nonpsychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill Gram-negative bacteria for the first timeCredit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been…

Washington, DC - January 19, 2021 - Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants before they are detected by local clinical sequencing, according to a new study reported in mBio, an open-access journal of the…

Credit: ISGlobal/Clínica Universidad de Navarra. A small pilot study suggests that early administration of ivermectin can reduce viral loads and symptom duration in patients with mild COVID-19, which in turn could help reduce viral…

Credit: Mission Rabies More people could be protected from life-threatening rabies thanks to an agile approach to dog vaccination using smart phone technology to spot areas of low vaccination coverage in real time. Vets used…