Researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundreds of millions of cells exposed to the COVID-19 and MERS viruses…
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Hospitalized patients who were taking daily aspirin had lower risk of ICU admission, ventilation, and dying from SARS-CoV-2 virus. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were taking…
The COVID PROFILE study will use blood samples from people in Victoria to look in detail at immune responses to COVID-19. Credit: Walter and Eliza…
Distribution of the velocity vectors through the middle of the classroom. Airflow within the room is driven by the air conditioning system. Credit: Khaled Talaat…
A new study led by Marc Veldhoen, principal investigator at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians…
New metrics and forecasting models are key to understanding and anticipating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted U.S. healthcare…
Scientists have estimated that the age of an individual does not indicate how likely they are to be infected by SARS-CoV-2. However, development of symptoms,…
A team of researchers from MIT now hopes to go one step further than conventional masks that filter out viruses and create a mask that…
Fewer New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus than health experts had anticipated, a new study shows. Regional death rates have dropped from the highs…
With the modified agar plate CombiANT it is possible to do high-speed tests in order to see how bacteria react to different combinations of antibiotics.…
Canadian researchers create method to measure severity of the pandemic virus. When COVID-19 attacks, the immune system produces a cytokine, or protein, called Interleukin-6 (IL-6),…
There’s considerable risk that humans transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to wildlife, according to a perspective article published in Mammal Review. Credit: Sophie…
The East Smithfield cemetery, located in London, built in 1348. Credit: Museum of London Archeology McMaster University researchers who analyzed thousands of documents covering a…
Packard Fellowship recipient Ed Chuong, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, works in his lab with undergraduate student Isabella Horton. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU…
The SARS-CoV-2-PLpro enzyme is visualized with an inset of viral inhibitor interaction. Blocking the enzyme’s effects may prove fruitful in stopping coronavirus infections. Credit: Image…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow). A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that blocking…
Test could inform doctors on best treatment options. Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop…
A female mosquito has finely tuned senses that help her find the blood meal she needs in order to reproduce. New research reveals how the…
Countries with international travel restrictions suffered fewer COVID-19 fatalities. Travel restrictions implemented early on in the pandemic have been crucial in slowing the spread of…
In the absence of approved, effective treatments for COVID-19, some hospitals have been treating patients with severe COVID symptoms with blood plasma from recovering patients.…