Virology

Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München Klinik Schwabing and the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology…

A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA JOLLA, CA -- An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a…

Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra / CeMM The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 12 March 2020. It is thought to have been transmitted from…

Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - You know that feeling in your gut? We think of it as an innate intuition that sparks deep in the belly and helps guide our actions, if we let it. It's also a metaphor for what scientists…

Translating disaster medicine theory into practiceCredit: European Centers for Disease Control The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to many health care systems across the globe. With limited science to guide staff and structure…

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…

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,…

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…

A team of computer scientists from the University of Konstanz develops online platform for the registration and enquiry of free critical care beds all over Germany Computer scientists in the team led by Professor Daniel Keim, professor of…

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)…

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…

New PCR method works with analytical materials easier to obtainCredit: Sinsoma GmbH As requested by the Austrian Federal Government and the WHO, a significant increase in the capacity for coronavirus testing is essential to combat…

JCEM Editors examine pandemic's impact on endocrine patients in editorial WASHINGTON--Individuals taking a class of steroid hormones called glucocorticoids for conditions such as asthma, allergies and arthritis on a routine basis may be…

Credit: Steve Elledge When a virus invades the body, it leaves fingerprints behind. A research tool known as VirScan can detect this evidence - from just a single drop of blood - and identify the viruses that have infected a person in…

A team of medical researchers at Oxford University has published results today in Science that furthers our understanding of COVID-19 transmission; results are be used by international partners to develop mobile contact tracing apps to slow…

What we learned from the first known community-acquired coronavirus case in the US (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - When UC Davis announced the first case of community transmission of COVID-19 in the U.S. on Feb. 26, it solved a medical mystery at…

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…

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center in the nation to transfuse donated plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient into a…

Credit: University Medical Center Groningen This week, large-scale research into the risk factors for the coronavirus COVID-19 is being started in the Northern Netherlands. To this end, around 135,000 Northern residents will…