Infectious/Emerging Diseases

EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the current pandemicCredit: JHEP Reports 2 April 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland: Currently, there are…

Columbus, OH, April 2, 2020 - CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, is partnering with research and technology organizations worldwide to tackle the complex challenges presented…

As part of their efforts to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, governments, research institutions and industry are developing contact tracing apps to record interactions between people. The apps warn users if one of the people they have…

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2020 - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice,…

Trials study Ebola, rheumatoid arthritis drugs in hospitalized patientsCredit: UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago is participating in two clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments. COVID-19 is caused by a highly…

There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation…

Researchers from 10 universities scoured the scientific literature to create N95decon.org, a web portal for trustworthy information on how to decontaminate used N95 masks As health workers and first responders in the United States try to…

Credit: Gihoon Choi, Penn State A point-of-care testing device that may help diagnose the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is under development by Weihua Guan, assistant professor of electrical engineering in Penn State's…

Vienna, Austria, 02 April 2020: APEIRON Biologics AG today announced that it has received regulatory approvals in Austria, Germany and Denmark to initiate a Phase II clinical trial of APN01 to treat COVID-19. APN01 is the recombinant form…

To stem the coronavirus crisis, Harvard Medical School scientists forge ahead on six key fronts From the plagues of medieval Europe to the influenza pandemic of 1918, the specter of the next public health disaster has gripped the minds of…

PPE during endoscopy should include N95 masks and double gloves Bethesda, Maryland (April 1, 2020) -- Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 recommendations in Gastroenterology, the official…

National registry and trial will evaluate hydroxycholoroquine as preventive drug for coronavirus DURHAM, N.C. -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has funded up to $50 million to evaluate hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a…

Tobacco smoking has been identified as a major risk factor for developing Coronavirus (COVID-19) and complications that may arise as a result.1 In addition, second-hand smoke increases the risk of acute respiratory infections.2 Therefore,…

Duke Clinical Research Institute to build registry of healthcare workers and conduct trial of infection prevention in healthcare workers using PCORnet® WASHINGTON (April 1, 2020) - The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)…

Duke Clinical Research Institute to build a healthcare worker community registry and conduct a randomized trial powered by PCORnet®, the PCORI-funded health research network WASHINGTON (April 1, 2020) - The Patient-Centered Outcomes…

Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate the progression of COVID-19 pneumoniaCredit: American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) …

City, University of London academics Professor David Bawden and Dr. Lyn Robinson say the coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a relentless flood of information which leads people to pick out the bizarre and sensational That the…

Early laboratory detection of SARS CoV-2, tracking animal source among prioritiesCredit: Courtesy USAID PREDICT PREDICT will provide emergency support to other countries for outbreak response including technical support for early…

Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and is using its automation experience and…

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…