Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Death rates spike for patients with cancer and COVID-19 who are treated with certain anti-cancer therapies at certain timesCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand University of Cincinnati researchers have found that certain…

This study of ischemic stroke patients is the first to associate the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in patients with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke and stroke severity.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Stroke patients who also have…

The removal of one gene renders poxviruses - a lethal family of viral infections that are known to spread from animals to humans - harmless, a new study in the journal Science Advances reports. During this ground-breaking study,…

What The Editorial Says: Authors of this editorial review the evidence for the management of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that may apply to patients with severe COVID-19, what has been learned about…

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the US U.S. adults increasingly experienced symptoms associated with acute stress and depression as COVID-19 cases and deaths…

Antibody-like proteins that capture and neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Scientists have used a new high-speed, in vitro selection method to isolate 9 antibody-like proteins (ALPs) that bind to the SARS-CoV-2 virus - 4 of which also exhibited…

German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina hosts international virtual panel discussion In May 2020, the United Nations warned that the COVID-19 pandemic has the seeds of a major mental health crisis if action is not taken. Social…

Major efforts by states and school districts make up some of the gaps, but shortfalls remainCredit: Maryland State Department of Education School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to low or no-cost…

Credit: Jonatan Ottesen/UiT In March 2020, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, and governments around the world imposed restrictions to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus. Some countries chose stricter measures than others.…

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research published in the The Lancet Neurology has found. University of Liverpool researchers and Brazilian collaborators have been investigating the…

Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Studies indicate that homemade masks help combat the spread of viruses like COVID-19 when combined with frequent hand-washing and physical distancing. Many of these studies focus on the…

In March, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering-- a shared department in the schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, and Engineering--began to develop a new, low-cost, CRISPR-based diagnostic platform to detect infectious…

What The Study Did: Researchers examined changes in the proportion of female corresponding authors in bioRxiv (biorxiv.org) and medRxiv (medrxiv.org), which are online archive and distribution services for unpublished preprint research in…

A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100% specificity in a new studyCredit: Thomas Angus/Imperial College London A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent…

Clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical record data from 200+ hospitalsCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences As the COVID-19 pandemic…

Sidesteps could open gates to next virusCredit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability From loaning pandas to welcoming tourists to hike to sacred monuments, to regulating the sale of wild animals…

What The Study Did: This laboratory study assessed the efficacy of the nasal antiseptic solution povidone-iodine against transmission of SARS-C0V-2. Authors: Samantha Frank, M.D., of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in…

Findings could help guide future research on the virusCredit: Photo/Joseph Fuqua III/UC Creative + Brand Early in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small study in China produced results that influenced subsequent research on the virus.…

Credit: Nikos Fatsis-Kavalopoulos Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to determine - rapidly, easily and cheaply - how effective two antibiotics combined can be in stopping bacterial growth. The new method…

New research from King's College London has found that COVID-19 may be diagnosed on the same emergency scans intended to diagnose stroke. The findings have important implications in the management of patients presenting with suspected…