Researchers hope the model can inform public health decision-making amid the pandemic. A new model for predicting COVID-19’s impact using artificial intelligence (AI) dramatically outperforms…
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Airborne pollution implicated in amyloid plaques, UCSF-led study shows. A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco has found that among older Americans…
CPAP treatment, which is often used at home to help people with sleep problems, helps to keep the lungs open and makes breathing easier. Credit:…
New COVID-19 Research Provides Deep Insights Into Transmission and Mutation Properties of SARS-CoV-2
New COVID-19 Research Provides Deep Insights Into Transmission and Mutation Properties of SARS-CoV-2
Austrian study reveals important characteristics of the virus: The analysis of infection clusters and superspreading events in Austria built the foundation to obtain general information…
A low-cost ventilator. Credit: Mohamed Amine Abassi Researchers are developing simple and inexpensive tools — like a DIY ventilator — to treat patients more effectively…
From October to March, large parts of the Swiss Plateau and the Po-Plain may be covered by fog or haze. Such thermal inversions act like…
Understanding Dangerous Droplet Dynamics New fluid dynamics research reveals why social distancing alone doesn’t necessarily prevent infection indoors and how to detect COVID-19 super-spreaders. Researchers…
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick,…
A proposed future society. Credit: Tohoku University The future could hold portable and wearable sensors for detecting viruses and bacteria in the surrounding environment. But…
Researchers at Louisiana State University have applied computational models to investigate infection rates in relation to social distancing measures. Credit: Nicholas Walker, LSU Currently, there…
Forecasting cannot foresee COVID-19 infection rates peaking or plateauing. During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joseph Lee McCauley, a physics professor at the…
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a Penn State researcher to study whether vitamin D supplementation could help people ward off or…
Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos — a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe…
None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans, according to a study led by University College…
Face masks slow spread of COVID-19; types of masks, length of use matter. The use of face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19…
Algorithm outperformed thoracic radiologists in detecting COVID-19 in new study. Algorithm was trained, tested on the largest COVID-era dataset (17,002 X-ray images) Algorithm analyzed X-ray…
A systematic review of published research found that financial payments from the drug industry to U.S. physicians was associated with increased prescribing of the paying…
How parents plan to reduce COVID-19 risks at Thanksgiving. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at Michigan Medicine National Poll: Over…
A researcher holds up a rapid RT-Lamp test in a lab at the BioFrontiers Institute. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder Study shows test turnaround-time, frequency far…
Simulation of pedestrian counterflow (red and pink particles) confined within a hallway (blue boundary), under conditions of weak social distancing. Credit: Kelby Kramer and Gerald…