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"Stratify-and shield" a potential alternative to COVID-19 lockdowns

Researchers in Scotland who have evaluated a “stratify-and shield” policy for combating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the UK say it is time to consider the approach as an alternative to social distancing seriously.

3 May 2020

Anti-malarial drug use for COVID-19 associated with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias

Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Concern of Global Interest on January 30, more than one million have tested positive for the illness in the United States, and more than 62,000 have died.

3 May 2020

Inventor of hepatitis C cure wins prestigious award from University of Edinburgh

A medicinal chemist who found a cure for the viral disease hepatitis C has received a prestigious award from the University of Edinburgh.

3 May 2020

Study reports cryo-EM structure of Remdesivir-bound RNA replicase complex from SARS-CoV-2

A team of Chinese scientists have reported the high-resolution cryo-EM structure of Remdesivir-bound RNA replicase complex from SARS-CoV-2, the infective virus of COVID-19.

3 May 2020

High blood pressure drugs found to be safe for COVID-19 patients

Despite concerns expressed by some experts, common high blood pressure drugs did not increase the risk of contracting COVID-19 - or of developing severe disease - in a study of 12,594 patients.

3 May 2020

Aromatherapy may alleviate nurses’ on-the-job stress, study suggests

Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it.

3 May 2020

EPFL computer scientists test and refine proximity tracing app

Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based system developed by the international Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing project, with the help of the Swiss Army.

2 May 2020

Cancer patients with COVID-19 more likely to die from the disease

People with cancer who develop COVID-19 are much more likely to die from the disease than those without cancer, according to physician-researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

2 May 2020

AHA awards grants to 12 teams for fast-tracked heart and brain health research related to COVID-19

Less than a month after issuing a rapid response call for scientific research proposals for fast-tracked studies of the effects of COVID-19 on the body's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, the American Heart Association has awarded $1.2 million in grants to teams at 12 institutions across the U.S. to begin this unprecedented work.

2 May 2020

Wake Forest Baptist Health creates special respiratory isolation unit for COVID-19

In an effort to rapidly provide specialized care for patients with coronavirus-like symptoms while protecting the safety of health care workers, doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Health created a special respiratory isolation unit from an existing 24-bed medical-surgical unit in the hospital in Winston-Salem.

2 May 2020

Lipo-ImmunoTech receives grant to develop novel adoptive cell therapy technology for cancer

Lipo-ImmunoTech, LLC, a startup based in Charleston, South Carolina, recently received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant of just over $224,000 to continue to develop its novel adoptive cell therapy technology for cancer.

2 May 2020

Researchers outline ways to manage life under COVID-19 pandemic

An international team of researchers has outlined ways to manage different facets of life under the spread of the COVID-19 virus, ranging from how we can combat racially driven bias and fake news to how we can increase cooperation and better manage stress.

2 May 2020

Alternate light found to be five times better at detecting bruises on victims than white light

Bruise detection and diagnosis is currently conducted by sight, under regular light, and bruises are often difficult to see on victims of violence depending on their skin color and the age of their injury.

2 May 2020

Trump’s claim that U.S. tested more than all countries combined is ‘pants on fire’ wrong

Responding to weeks of criticism over his administration's COVID-19 response, President Donald Trump claimed at a White House briefing that the United States has well surpassed other countries in testing people for the virus.

2 May 2020

UIC joins Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry

Health care workers at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, or UI Health, are now eligible to participate in a national registry of clinicians working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 May 2020

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

Coronavirus testing is commonly an unpleasant, even painful experience in which a health care provider pushes a torturously long swab up your nostril. President Donald Trump declared that submitting to the process was "a little bit difficult."

2 May 2020

Hospitalized smokers six times more likely to quit with combination treatment, study finds

New research led by University of South Australia has found that smokers who receive the medication varenicline tartrate combined with Quitline counseling following a period of hospitalization due to a tobacco-related illness are six times more likely to quit smoking than those who attempt to stop without support.

2 May 2020

Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights 'superbug' lung infections

Researchers considerably reduced the toxicity of a potential antibiotic against the most feared drug-resistant bacteria.

1 May 2020

Avacta Group plc forms COVID-19 antigen diagnostic collaboration with Adeptrix

Avacta Group plc is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Adeptrix to develop a high throughput COVID-19 antigen test.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 1 May 2020

COVID-19 transmission model shows social distancing was effective in China

Most countries are at a standstill, with social distancing and physical distancing measures in place to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, a new transmission model of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) confirms that social distancing measures were effective in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and Shanghai in China.

1 May 2020

covid 19 News and Research

"Stratify-and shield" a potential alternative to COVID-19 lockdowns

Anti-malarial drug use for COVID-19 associated with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias

Inventor of hepatitis C cure wins prestigious award from University of Edinburgh

Study reports cryo-EM structure of Remdesivir-bound RNA replicase complex from SARS-CoV-2

High blood pressure drugs found to be safe for COVID-19 patients

Aromatherapy may alleviate nurses’ on-the-job stress, study suggests

EPFL computer scientists test and refine proximity tracing app

Cancer patients with COVID-19 more likely to die from the disease

AHA awards grants to 12 teams for fast-tracked heart and brain health research related to COVID-19

Wake Forest Baptist Health creates special respiratory isolation unit for COVID-19

Lipo-ImmunoTech receives grant to develop novel adoptive cell therapy technology for cancer

Researchers outline ways to manage life under COVID-19 pandemic

Alternate light found to be five times better at detecting bruises on victims than white light

Trump’s claim that U.S. tested more than all countries combined is ‘pants on fire’ wrong

UIC joins Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes Registry

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

Hospitalized smokers six times more likely to quit with combination treatment, study finds

Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights 'superbug' lung infections

Avacta Group plc forms COVID-19 antigen diagnostic collaboration with Adeptrix

COVID-19 transmission model shows social distancing was effective in China

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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