New mathematical model incorporates human behavior—and the fears that drive it—to better predict multiple waves of infections. A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease…
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Assistant professor of cell biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Credit: UPMC Near-Atomic Look at Three Ways To Thwart SARS-CoV-2 Variants SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory…
Global eradication of COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
A lateral flow Covid-19 test. Credit: Queen Mary University of London A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, University of OxfordThe…
This color-enhanced image, taken by scanning electron microscopy, shows huge quantities of SARS-CoV-2 particles (purple) that have burst out of kidney cells (green), which the…
SMART AMR researchers Wei Lin Lee (left), Xiaoqiong Gu (center), and Federica Armas evaluate a 384-well plate set up for variant detection assays. Credit: Photo…
Breakthrough infections from the Delta variant are going up. As breakthrough infections rise from the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the precise risk…
Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a small tabletop device that can detect SARS-CoV-2 from a saliva sample in about an hour. Credit:…
The second dose of a COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory…
Less processed meat and being breastfed also confer protection. Sip a Venti dark roast and eat a salad. A new Northwestern Medicine study shows coffee…
Perceptions of influence of Government information expressed by respondents, categorized by region. Credit: University of Cambridge Study shows that UK Government released 201 policy updates…
“It’s almost impossible to predict which variant will win the race and when we have reached the point of most transmissible,” said Dr. Di Giallonardo.…
The figure shows how two of the newly developed nanobodies (blue and magenta) bind to the receptor-binding domain (green) of the coronavirus spike protein (grey),…
Better international sequencing efforts are needed to track and respond to new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The lack of sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants by the U.S. and…
Lollapalooza ran through Sunday, August 1, in Chicago’s Grant Park. Heading into Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago, concertgoers were anxiously awaiting their favorite artists while infectious…
Healthy mouse intestine with long, finger-like villi (left) and intestine of mouse with environmental enteric dysfunction with shortened villi (right). Credit: Amrita Bhattacharjee A chronic…
Limiting infection transmission is central to the safety of all in dentistry, particularly during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, yet many dental procedures unavoidably generate aerosols.…
While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of COVID infections…
We’ve been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities scrambled…
Of the nearly 100 SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Previous…