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Findings suggest infection control measures against variants will need to continue in the post-vaccination era. The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
Polyacrylonitrile nanofiber mesh before (left), during (middle), and after (right) capturing water aerosols. The mesh becomes coarser as some nanofibers stick together after the captured…
These Fridge-Free COVID Vaccines Are Grown in Plants and Bacteria Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19First identified in 2019 in…
Rendering of mutating virus cells. Credit: istock.com/wildpixel The COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by…
Study of 6.2 million patients by Kaiser Permanente and CDC researchers will continue for 2 years. Federal and Kaiser Permanente researchers combing the health records…
Existing Drugs Kill SARS-CoV-2 in Cells Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers worldwide have been looking for ways to treat COVID-19First identified in 2019…
An alum and several researchers at UCF have used nanotechnology to develop the cleaning agent, which protects against seven viruses for up to seven days.…
As a team of South African researchers we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name…
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System shows that people…
Phases involved in airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. Credit: From Wang et al., ‘Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses’ (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd9149). N.CARY/SCIENCE Conventional wisdom on viral disease…
CDC analysis of National Healthcare Safety Network data compares infection rates before and during pandemic. After years of steady reductions in healthcare-associated infections, significantly higher…
In 2021, in the U.S. alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine. Last year, the 890,000 prescriptions were nine-fold greater than the…
More than a year after the start of the COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused…
In the fight against viruses, antibodies have the potential to either block infection or enable infection and make the disease worse, leading to concern about…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) infected with SARS-CoV-2 (purple). Credit: NIAID Trial also will test pausing immunosuppressive medication to improve antibody response.…
Masitinib, an existing drug used to treat tumors in animals, may be an effective treatment against many types of coronaviruses, including the one that causes…
The Delta variant is more contagious than original SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes…
Undocumented infections accounted for estimated three-quarters of infections last year. A new study published in the journal Nature estimates that 103 million Americans, or 31…
The glycan gate opens: Supercomputing-driven simulations depict the glycan N343 (magenta) acting as a molecular crowbar to pry open the SARS-CoV-2 spike’s receptor binding domain,…