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Missouri’s war on public health shows extent of national rift

Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon believes that covid-19 vaccinations, especially among children, should cease until the long-term effects are known.

8 Feb 2022

Omicron sequences containing Delta mutation detected during SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

This research letter published in Emerging Infectious Diseases warns scientists to interpret unusual mutations with caution.

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

COVID-19 severity does not differ by trimester, study says

Research shows that pregnant people who contract COVID-19 are at increased risk of severe complications, including hospitalization, ventilation, and death, compared to pregnant people without COVID-19.

4 Feb 2022

Study finds increased vaccine breakthrough, less hospitalization rates and disease severity in omicron patients

Within only three weeks after the omicron variant was first identified among Houston Methodist patients, this variant rapidly took over and became the cause of a majority of new cases.

4 Feb 2022

Study assesses how vaccination against typhoid fever could help avert antimicrobial resistance

Researchers from Yale University, University of Basel, University of Antwerp, CDDEP and other institutions recently published 'Estimating the effect of vaccination on antimicrobial-resistant typhoid fever in 73 countries supported by Gavi: a mathematical modeling study' in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

4 Feb 2022

Understanding how COVID-19 infection spreads from the upper airways to the lungs

Whether COVID-19 becomes a life-threatening disease depends, in part, on the virus reaching one's lungs. Scientists suspect the initial infected tissues in the upper airway can act as the source for virus-laden droplets or boluses, that are aspirated into the lungs.

4 Feb 2022

Study finds the vaccine effectiveness of 3 COVID-19 vaccines to be lower than earlier estimates

The researchers studied residents in Aragon, Spain, and conducted a prospective population-based cohort study among the Aragon Health Service users of 16 years old and higher.

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

UK's world-leading human challenge study provides new insights into mild SARS-CoV-2 infections

Findings from the UK's world-leading human challenge study provide new insights into mild infections with SARS-CoV-2 in healthy young adults.

2 Feb 2022

NIAID's new pandemic preparedness efforts aim to characterize prototype and priority pathogens

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues into its third year, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is focusing on preparing for a range of other viral threats that could cause a public health emergency.

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

Zika virus vaccine candidate found to be safe and effective in preclinical animal studies

A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies, according to a new study in the journal npj Vaccines.

1 Feb 2022

Phico Therapeutics establishes Scientific Advisory Board

Phico Therapeutics Ltd today announced that it has established a Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide strategic scientific guidance to the Company.

From Phico Therapeutics 1 Feb 2022

Study identifies drugs that could help combat mortality in patients with COVID-19

Inflammation is a defense mechanism of the body to fight pathogens. However, when it is widespread and excessive, it can aggravate the pathology and even cause death.

31 Jan 2022

Study assesses the antibody response to additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine in transplant recipients

A study has begun to assess the antibody response to an additional dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in kidney and liver transplant recipients, either alone or with a concurrent reduction in immunosuppressive medication.

31 Jan 2022

It’s Day 6 of covid, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. stay home, say virologists.

What does it mean if a person's rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to infect others.

31 Jan 2022

Intranasal vaccine with nanoparticles offers strong protection against influenza viruses

An influenza vaccine administered through the nose and constructed with nanoparticles that enhance immune response offers strong protection against different influenza virus strains, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

29 Jan 2022

Mix-and-match of COVID-19 vaccine boosters found to be safe and effective

In adults who had previously received a full regimen of a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an additional dose of any of these COVID-19 vaccines was safe and prompted an immune response, according to study findings published Jan. 26 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Jan 2022

New trial tests the effectiveness of hyperimmune immunoglobulin for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold particles) emerging from the surface of a cell cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19.NIAID

28 Jan 2022

Infectious Diseases News and Research

Missouri’s war on public health shows extent of national rift

Omicron sequences containing Delta mutation detected during SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

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

COVID-19 severity does not differ by trimester, study says

Study finds increased vaccine breakthrough, less hospitalization rates and disease severity in omicron patients

Study assesses how vaccination against typhoid fever could help avert antimicrobial resistance

Understanding how COVID-19 infection spreads from the upper airways to the lungs

Study finds the vaccine effectiveness of 3 COVID-19 vaccines to be lower than earlier estimates

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

UK's world-leading human challenge study provides new insights into mild SARS-CoV-2 infections

NIAID's new pandemic preparedness efforts aim to characterize prototype and priority pathogens

Final push needed to achieve full eradication of Guinea worm disease

Zika virus vaccine candidate found to be safe and effective in preclinical animal studies

Phico Therapeutics establishes Scientific Advisory Board

Study identifies drugs that could help combat mortality in patients with COVID-19

Study assesses the antibody response to additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine in transplant recipients

It’s Day 6 of covid, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. stay home, say virologists.

Intranasal vaccine with nanoparticles offers strong protection against influenza viruses

Mix-and-match of COVID-19 vaccine boosters found to be safe and effective

New trial tests the effectiveness of hyperimmune immunoglobulin for hospitalized COVID-19 patients

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