Research reveals the best wavelengths of UV light for COVID-19 virus disinfection. NIST and DHS research collaboration reveals which wavelengths of UV light work best…
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SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger the production of immune molecules that damage cells lining blood vessels in the brain, causing platelets to stick together and form…
In a Mayo Clinic study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, only 4 people out of 483 high-risk patients treated with Paxlovid developed COVID-19…
Fluorescence microscopy image of HAV-infected cultured human liver cell. viral RNA targeted by ZCCHC14 appears green, and the virus’s protein red. Credit: Maryna Kapustina, UNC…
Besides zoonotic transmission (from animals to humans), monkeypox virus infections have been reported after person-to-person transmission. German scientists detected viral DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is…
According to new research, Zika and dengue fever viruses make infected mice and humans smell more attractive to mosquitoes, causing increased spread of disease. Dengue…
Scientists have discovered that apratoxin S4, an anticancer drug candidate that targets a human protein, can interfere with the replication of many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2…
Electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles isolated in 2003 in the United States from human samples (left, mature, oval viruses; right, immature, round viruses). Credit:…
Guillain-Barré syndrome. Credit: UCL A correlation between a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and a small but significant rise in cases of the serious…
Researchers found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 had a 4.8 times increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), 3.5 times increased…
According to a new modeling study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have prevented 20 million deaths worldwide in the…
The more infectious form of the yeast Candida albicans is a long filament (shown on the left). MIT researchers have demonstrated that when the yeast…
Asst. Prof. Huanhuan Joyce Chen of Pritzker Molecular Engineering led a new study showing that the type of macrophages present in a person’s body might…
MIT researchers have designed a sensor that can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia infections. In the background, depictions of viruses are on the left,…
According to new research, the risk of long COVID was less during the Omicron wave compared to the Delta wave. The SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome…
COVID-19 is still here, but there are ways to help protect yourself. From masks to vaccines, Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon answers questions about protecting your…
The global investigation into the 2022 monkeypox outbreak is still in its early stages and public health teams are learning more each day as case…
New research reveals the physical basis for why approved antibody therapeutics are not working in neutralizing the recent COVID-19 variants of concern, such as Omicron…
Magnified and colorized monkeypox virus particles. Since early May, over 550 confirmed cases of human infection with monkeypox virus have been reported in 30 countries.…
The virus can be identified with a PCR test, especially from affected lesions and other samples. Credit: HUG The Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases…