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Vomiting is the process the body uses to eject some or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Gastrointestinal complications caused by SARS-CoV-2

scientists discuss the gastrointestinal complications associated with COVID-19.

7 Jun 2022

Link between COVID-19 severity and microbiome of saliva and nasopharynx

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers profiled the salivary and nasopharyngeal microbiomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients and determined the association between the microbiomes and COVID-19 severity.

6 Jun 2022

Study identifies how ketamine works as a rapid antidepressant

Ketamine is the speedster of antidepressants, working within hours compared to more common antidepressants that can take several weeks. But ketamine can only be given for a limited amount of time because of its many side effects.

1 Jun 2022

Evaluating tixagevimab plus cilgavimab against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers assessed the neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant after tixagevimab plus cilgavimab (T+C) administration.

30 May 2022

Study: Most clinicians do not follow recommendations against prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria

An estimated 70 percent of primary care physicians reported in a survey that they would still prescribe antibiotics to treat asymptomatic infections based solely on a positive urine specimen.

27 May 2022

Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions for children associated with excess health-care costs

Antibiotics inappropriately prescribed to nonhospitalized children resulted in at least $74 million in excess health-care costs in the U.S. in 2017, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

26 May 2022

Evaluating the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in younger children

Researchers investigated the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in children in the US.

20 May 2022

Effectiveness of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Researchers depicted the efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

11 May 2022

Acute hepatitis and adenovirus infection among pediatric patients in Alabama

A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, "Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children -; Alabama, October 2021–February 2022" provides additional clinical and epidemiologic information from an ongoing investigation involving children in Alabama with hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) of unknown cause.

5 May 2022

Phase 2 clinical trial of COVID-19 convalescent plasma with high antibody titers

Researchers determined the threshold neutralizing antibody titer for effective COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy.

4 May 2022

Studying immunomodulatory effects of microbiota helps design prophylactic and therapeutic interventions against COVID-19

Researchers reviewed the potential clinically relevant mechanisms by which microbiota and microbiota-derived metabolites influence the host immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

3 May 2022

Study uncovers blood clotting and immune protein pathways impacted in children with severe COVID-19

Researchers have discovered the blood clotting and immune protein pathways that are activated in severe cases of COVID-19 in children, paving the way for earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatments.

3 May 2022

Roswell Park's nursing teams share research at 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

Several nursing teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center were invited to share their research at the 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society, which is underway in Anaheim, California, and continues through May 1, 2022.

29 Apr 2022

Uncovering a new molecule that shows potential as antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It's also a silent killer.

29 Apr 2022

Study investigates intestinal ischemia in COVID-19 patients

A team of Italian scientists has presented case reports of five coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients undergoing emergency surgery for intestinal ischemia.

28 Apr 2022

The added value of adequate immune fitness to the existing approaches to pandemic preparedness

Researchers described two studies, the CLOFIT retrospective study and the COTEST real-time study, that investigated if maintaining adequate immune fitness could significantly add to the current strategies of preparedness for COVID-19 and other pandemics.

28 Apr 2022

Evaluating safety of three doses of messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers evaluated the safety profile and adverse events associated with COVID-19 boosters or additional vaccinations.

27 Apr 2022

CDC issues health alert about children identified with hepatitis and adenovirus infection

CDC today issued a nationwide health alert to notify clinicians and public health authorities about a cluster of children identified with hepatitis and adenovirus infection – and to ask all physicians to be on the lookout for symptoms and to report any suspected cases of hepatitis of unknown origin to their local and state health departments.

26 Apr 2022

World Malaria Day 2022: How the knockdown of P. falciparum RAP01 and RAP21 proteins could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutics

As part of World Malaria Day 2022, we interview Karine Le Roch PH.D., about her latest research into how novel antimalarial therapeutic strategies could be on the horizon, after identifying two proteins that are critical to the survival of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

25 Apr 2022

4% patients with COVID-19 shed fecal viral RNA 10 months after diagnosis

Researchers explore how the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in feces can be associated with the presentation of GI symptoms.

24 Apr 2022