Genetic material from COVID-19 can survive up to a month in dust, a new study has found, offering a possible low-cost way to track outbreaks.…
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Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Development Built on Over $17 Billion in NIH Funding for Vaccine Technologies
Annual project years and project costs associated with NIH-funded PMIDs 2000-2019. Credit: © Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University Broad foundation…
Study conducted at BIDMC is among the first to compare the impact of COVID-19 on patients and hospital resources versus the impact of influenza. In…
COVID-19 could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream — particularly if individuals are suffering from gum…
Double Masking to Protect Yourself From COVID-19? New Research Shows How to Double the Effectiveness
Fit matters most when double masking to protect yourself from COVID-19. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that wearing two face coverings can…
But protective effects seen only among women. Taking multivitamins, omega-3, probiotics, or vitamin D supplements may lessen the risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the…
Steven L. Zeichner, MD, PhD, of UVA Children’s, says the vaccine could be produced very quickly, at very low cost, in existing factories around the…
We Need Global “Maximum Suppression” At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain…
(From left to right.) Assistant Professor Christine Cheung, Research Fellow Dr Wu Kanxing, and Research Assistant Florence Chioh, from NTU Lee Kong Chian School of…
Clinical outcomes by phenotype. Chord diagram illustrates the prevalence of clinical outcomes (% observed) for the three clinical phenotypes. Abbreviations: ICU (intensive care unit); Vent…
Credit: Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach to estimating the risks of exposure to Covid-19 under different indoor settings based on the number…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the…
Figure. (A) Schematic illustration of the centrifugal multispinning polymer nanofiber production process. (B) The polymer nanofibers spun by the system. The increase of the number…
Two new studies published in Blood suggest that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may have reduced efficacy in individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and multiple…
A more accurate image of a coronavirus particle has triangular-shaped spikes. Scientists from OIST and Queen’s University have found that this may aid the success…
Approximately one-fourth of ARDS patients have disease features that put them at increased risk of death within the first month of hospitalization. Approximately one in…
The Army’s vaccine has potential to offer broad protection from SARS-CoV-2, and may be adapted to protect from other coronaviruses. A unique vaccine to protect…
This image depicts the exterior of CDC′s “Tom Harkin Global Communications Center” located on the organization′s Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: James Gathany, Centers…
An observational study of patients in London hospitals suggests that the B.1.1.7. variant is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to…
Dr. Juan P. Casas, a physician epidemiologist, led the study, which called for prioritizing clinical trials of drugs targeting two proteins. Credit: Frank Curran A…