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Pediatric type 2 diabetes cases increased during and after COVID-19 pandemic

The number of children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes continued to rise in the year following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research being presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

15 Jun 2023

Research shows increase in gestational diabetes cases during the COVID-19 pandemic

More pregnant women developed gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic than in the preceding two years, according to research being presented on Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

15 Jun 2023

COVID-19 susceptibility mechanism discovered using a newly created tool

Researchers have discovered a mechanism for COVID-19 susceptibility using a newly created tool. The tool, GASPACHO, captures dynamic changes in gene expression along the innate immune response, allowing researchers to identify genes and molecular pathways associated with disease risk that have previously been too complex to detect or interpret.

15 Jun 2023

Mapping the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of E. coli’s protective outer capsule

In a new study, published today (15 June) in Nature Communications, a multi-centre team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Imperial College London and UCL, has mapped for the first time the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of Escherichia coli’s protective outer capsule, which is responsible for the bacterium’s virulence.

15 Jun 2023

A new weapon against COVID: RBD-62 protein shows promising results in preventing severe disease

Researchers used aerosolized receptor binding domain (RBD)-62 with 1,000-fold enhanced binding affinity.

15 Jun 2023

What is the impact of maternal SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination on antibodies in blood and breast milk?

Researchers investigated the impact of maternal COVID-19 vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

15 Jun 2023

Molecular insights into long COVID: serum proteome reveals dominant signaling pathways

Researchers examined the serum proteome of unvaccinated adults who had PASC.

15 Jun 2023

Latent tuberculosis infection results for the United States from the 2019–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

A recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases evaluated latent tuberculosis (TB) infections (LTBIs) in the United States (US) during 2019-20.

15 Jun 2023

Unlocking the secret to lifelong health: the power of optimal immune resilience

Researchers assessed immune resilience (IR) metrics in individuals across diverse infectious and non-infectious models.

15 Jun 2023

Vaccination against COVID-19 may consistently reduce the risk of long COVID symptoms

Researchers explored the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in preventing long COVID symptoms.

15 Jun 2023

Study finds a link between access to formal financial services and lower COVID-19 mortality rates

New research shows that some of the best tools to decrease COVID-19 mortality rates weren't found in the ER, but rather at the bank.

15 Jun 2023

New method of insulin delivery lowers the risk of hypoglycemia compared to current diabetes treatments

Insulin production has, for the last 50 or so years, come with some risks to the patient. Even so, the medication is lifesaving for the estimated 537 million adults living with diabetes worldwide, with that number expected to grow.

15 Jun 2023

Being "not up-to-date" on COVID-19 vaccination linked to lower risk of infection, study suggests

Researchers investigate whether not “up-to-date” individuals had a higher risk of COVID-19 than “up-to-date” individuals.

14 Jun 2023

Phenotyping identifies long COVID subtypes

Researchers discuss the phenotypes associated with long COVID inflammation.

14 Jun 2023

Algorithm from a video game provides insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells

University of Queensland researchers have used an algorithm from a video game to gain insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells.

14 Jun 2023

An analysis of the differential effect and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen quality

Study analyzed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen quality.

14 Jun 2023

Public health workers in rural America experienced unique stressors during the pandemic

Public health workers in rural America are often overtaxed by the clinical and administrative demands of their work.

14 Jun 2023

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Brandy Holbrook spent April driving hundreds of miles across four counties in northeastern Nevada to deliver a plea to local leaders about a smoldering crisis in the regional foster care system.

14 Jun 2023

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, a study has found, even though their options to do so became more limited while under stay-at-home orders.

14 Jun 2023

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

The NHS will be "flying blind" in its attempts to meet its legal, and moral, obligation to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care until longstanding problems with the quality of ethnicity data are resolved, warns an expert in The BMJ today.

14 Jun 2023

covid 19 News and Research

Pediatric type 2 diabetes cases increased during and after COVID-19 pandemic

Research shows increase in gestational diabetes cases during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 susceptibility mechanism discovered using a newly created tool

Mapping the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of E. coli’s protective outer capsule

A new weapon against COVID: RBD-62 protein shows promising results in preventing severe disease

What is the impact of maternal SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination on antibodies in blood and breast milk?

Molecular insights into long COVID: serum proteome reveals dominant signaling pathways

Latent tuberculosis infection results for the United States from the 2019–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Unlocking the secret to lifelong health: the power of optimal immune resilience

Vaccination against COVID-19 may consistently reduce the risk of long COVID symptoms

Study finds a link between access to formal financial services and lower COVID-19 mortality rates

New method of insulin delivery lowers the risk of hypoglycemia compared to current diabetes treatments

Being "not up-to-date" on COVID-19 vaccination linked to lower risk of infection, study suggests

Phenotyping identifies long COVID subtypes

Algorithm from a video game provides insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells

An analysis of the differential effect and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen quality

Public health workers in rural America experienced unique stressors during the pandemic

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

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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