Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Credit: Jeffrey E. Gold, Ramazan A. Okyay, Warren E. Licht, and David J. Hurley Two recently published studies available on ...

Existing drug is shown to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 virus

A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19. The drug, ...

Study links vaccine immune response to age

New OHSU laboratory research highlights importance of increasing vaccination to protect older vaccinated adults Older people appear to have fewer ...

Toward one drug to treat all coronaviruses

Safe and effective vaccines offer hope for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant SARS-CoV-2 ...

Traditional Japanese food may hold building blocks of COVID-19 treatments

Credit: Part of Figure is adopted from Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 570, 17 September 2021, Pages 21-25. © ...

New method predicts COVID-19 severity, could help with hospital triage

During the height of the pandemic, some hospitals were overwhelmed with patients seeking treatment for COVID-19. This situation could happen ...

Association between COVID-19 exposure, self-reported compliance with public health guidelines among essential employees at an institution of higher education

What The Study Did: This study at an institution of higher education in Colorado evaluated the association between self-reported protective ...

Novel method predicts if COVID-19 clinical trials will fail or succeed

Researchers first to model COVID-19 completion vs. cessation study using machine learningCredit: Florida Atlantic University/College of Engineering and Computer Science ...

Blocking how the malaria parasite suppresses the immune response

Scientists seek to stop pathogen's best weapon to cause disease COLUMBUS, Ohio - The parasites that cause severe malaria are ...

How readily does COVID-19 spread on school buses?

Although in-school transmission of COVID-19 among K-12 students is low when safeguards are in place, the risk of acquiring COVID-19 ...

Heart-related test results may indicate risk of death in patients with COVID-19

New research published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation identifies cardiovascular test results that might help to identify patients ...

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected our dreams?

The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted our sleep and dream activity. In a recent study published in the Journal of ...

Which students are at most risk of mental health problems during COVID-19 lockdowns?

Credit: JCPP Advances A new study published in JCPP Advances has compared the wellbeing of UK students who remained at ...

More than 1.5M children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Addressing the impact of caregiver deaths critical for pediatric mental health, authors note More than 1.5 million children around the ...

The Lancet: 1.5 million children worldwide have lost parent, grandparent, caregiver due to COVID-19

Study offers first global estimates of the number of children who experienced the death of a parent, grandparent, or primary ...

Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing demonstrates power, versatility of academic labs

Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech In the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory ...

Strong immune response underlies acute kidney injury related to COVID-19

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that acute kidney injury associated with COVID-19 resembles sepsis-caused kidney injury, and ...

Public trust in CDC, FDA, and Fauci holds steady, survey shows

But heavy users of conservative media have less confidence and are more likely to believe in conspiracy theoriesCredit: Annenberg Public ...

SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation L452R evades human immune response and enhances infectivity

Credit: Dr. Chihiro Motozono An international team of researchers led by Kumamoto and Tokyo Universities (Japan) have shown that the ...

WVU-led team, through NIH grant, ramps up COVID-19 testing in rural West Virginia