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The effect of Omicron mutations at the fundamental atomic scale level

The present study provided interesting insights into the interactions of AAs at the interface between SARS-CoV-2 spike and human ACE2 receptors.

10 Feb 2022

U.S. workers experience clusters of socioeconomic vulnerabilities to COVID-19

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people's physical and mental health and has caused economic hardship. However, this adversity has disproportionately hurt certain populations - including essential workers and women - deepening existing disparities.

10 Feb 2022

Novel immune-profiling method offers a powerful alternative to conventional flow cytometry

Flow cytometry is a powerful and complex technology used to count, sort or measure characteristics of cells and to detect biomarkers.

9 Feb 2022

Study suggests people with COVID-19 exhibit increased risks and 12-month burdens of incident cardiovascular diseases

Researchers estimated the risk and one-year burden of a set of pre-specified cardiovascular outcomes in a cohort of COVID-19-infected patients who survived the acute phase of illness.

9 Feb 2022

Study uncovers a series of natural products that can inhibit the main protease of SARS-CoV-2

The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is an international scientific challenge regarding the search for strategies to fight the viral infection and prevent its damaging consequences.

7 Feb 2022

Discovery shows promise for development of a new non-hormonal contraceptive

A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of non-hormonal, over-the-counter contraception.

7 Feb 2022

Northwestern researchers study COVID-19 mechanisms, infection patterns and impact on gender minorities

Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic's impact on women and sexual and gender minorities.

6 Feb 2022

Older people at highest risk of death are least likely to receive effective COVID-19 treatment

People over age 65 at the highest risk for severe COVID-19 have often been the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)—a highly effective treatment for the disease—both across and within U.S. states, according to new research co-authored by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

4 Feb 2022

Global efforts to track COVID-19 variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern in Nigeria

If the United States ignores COVID-19 in Nigeria, we forgo global genomic surveillance at our own peril, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

3 Feb 2022

Evaluating vaccine effectiveness and determining differences across demographic and clinical risk factors of COVID-19

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against the manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms across different cohorts.

3 Feb 2022

Omicron variant's 'milder' outcomes may be due to more population immunity

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant's "milder" outcomes are likely due to more population immunity compared to earlier waves of the pandemic rather than the virus's properties, according to a paper by William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology and co-director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Roby Bhattacharyya, assistant professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and associate member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

2 Feb 2022

New evidence that positive framing could improve COVID vaccine uptake globally

Researchers applied message framing techniques to the side effects associated with the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

2 Feb 2022

Novel approach to improve intranasal sprays used to treat respiratory viral infections

Researchers proposed a novel approach to improve intranasal sprays used to treat respiratory viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2 infections.

2 Feb 2022

Final push needed to achieve full eradication of Guinea worm disease

The number of human cases of Guinea worm disease halved in 2021 to a record low of 14, putting the goal of global eradication in sight, the US-based Carter Center has announced.

1 Feb 2022

COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes have a wide-ranging impact on maternity care

Changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a wide-ranging impact on maternity care – affecting provider well-being as well as patient care, reports a study in the January/March issue of The Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing.

28 Jan 2022

WHO commemorates World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day with focus on promoting health equity

The World Health Organization kicked off this year's commemoration of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day under the theme 'Achieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases' with a call to focus more on strengthening interventions in order to promote equitable health services for all.

28 Jan 2022

Exposure to unconventional oil and gas development linked to higher risk of early mortality

Elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD)—which involves extraction methods including directional (non-vertical) drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—are at higher risk of early death compared with elderly individuals who don't live near such operations, according to a large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

27 Jan 2022

Strict COVID-19 lockdown policies helped reduce air pollution levels and death rates in Europe

Strict COVID-19 lockdown policies such as workplace closures in European cities reduced levels of air pollution and the number of associated deaths, according to new estimates published in Nature's Scientific Reports.

27 Jan 2022

Male clients of sex workers more likely to be living with HIV compared to other men

Twenty years' worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers, and these men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

25 Jan 2022

Humoral correlate of protection for SARS-CoV-2 may reduce COVID-19 infection risk

In a new study, a team of researchers reviewed the published literature to find evidence for humoral SARS-CoV-2 correlate of protection (CoP).

25 Jan 2022

Global Health News and Research

The effect of Omicron mutations at the fundamental atomic scale level

U.S. workers experience clusters of socioeconomic vulnerabilities to COVID-19

Novel immune-profiling method offers a powerful alternative to conventional flow cytometry

Study suggests people with COVID-19 exhibit increased risks and 12-month burdens of incident cardiovascular diseases

Study uncovers a series of natural products that can inhibit the main protease of SARS-CoV-2

Discovery shows promise for development of a new non-hormonal contraceptive

Northwestern researchers study COVID-19 mechanisms, infection patterns and impact on gender minorities

Older people at highest risk of death are least likely to receive effective COVID-19 treatment

Global efforts to track COVID-19 variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern in Nigeria

Evaluating vaccine effectiveness and determining differences across demographic and clinical risk factors of COVID-19

Omicron variant's 'milder' outcomes may be due to more population immunity

New evidence that positive framing could improve COVID vaccine uptake globally

Novel approach to improve intranasal sprays used to treat respiratory viral infections

Final push needed to achieve full eradication of Guinea worm disease

COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes have a wide-ranging impact on maternity care

WHO commemorates World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day with focus on promoting health equity

Exposure to unconventional oil and gas development linked to higher risk of early mortality

Strict COVID-19 lockdown policies helped reduce air pollution levels and death rates in Europe

Male clients of sex workers more likely to be living with HIV compared to other men

Humoral correlate of protection for SARS-CoV-2 may reduce COVID-19 infection risk

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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