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A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. During a pandemic, transmission can be anticipated in the workplace, not only from patient to workers in health care settings, but also among co-workers in general work settings. A pandemic would cause high levels of illness, death, social disruption, and economic loss. Everyday life would be disrupted because so many people in so many places become seriously ill at the same time. Impacts could range from school and business closings to the interruption of basic services such as public transportation and food delivery.

Low-cost, non-invasive device uses light and saliva to quickly test Covid-19 patients

A team of researchers from ICFO and IrsiCaixa report on the development of a low-cost, portable, non-invasive device that uses light and saliva to test Covid-19 patients in less than 30 min.

22 Feb 2022

Pre-existing B-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 not detected in pre-pandemic samples

A recent study investigates samples solated from unexposed individuals pre-pandemic to determine the presence of pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 B-cell immunity.

22 Feb 2022

Role of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies in disease surveillance

A new study aimed to determine the timelessness of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies in providing information that is useful in public health surveillance.

22 Feb 2022

AI-powered tutor can outperform expert human instructors in a remote environment

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented both challenges and opportunities for medical training. Remote learning technology has become increasingly important in several fields.

22 Feb 2022

Poor sleep increases severity of viral respiratory infections including COVID-19

A new study explores the risk of respiratory infection with poor sleep in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Feb 2022

Breath tests can help detect traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Traces of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be detected in microscopically small fluid droplets exhaled during a very short time span.

22 Feb 2022

Discovery could lead to new treatment approach for people with alcohol-associated liver disease

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a new pathway that helps explain how consuming too much alcohol causes damage to the liver, specifically mitochondrial dysfunction in alcohol-associated liver disease.

22 Feb 2022

Cellular automata imaging-based classification of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new preprint classified and grouped SARS-CoV-2 variants based on their cellular automata imaging images and Hamming distances, to determine viral evolutions.

22 Feb 2022

One in three students reported better mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown

One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19 lockdown measures, with potential contributing factors including feeling less lonely, avoiding bullying and getting more sleep and exercise, according to researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

22 Feb 2022

Assessing the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

A new study investigated and compared the transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 variants of concern.

22 Feb 2022

Severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections with Omicron BA.2 variant relative to the BA.1 variant in South Africa

Researchers estimated the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 sublineage relative to the BA.1 variant in South Africa.

22 Feb 2022

REGEN-COV antibody combination to prevent COVID-19 severity

A new study assessed the effectiveness of REGEN-COV, a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab monoclonal antibodies, in the prevention of COVID-19 disease severity.

22 Feb 2022

Study provides a potent biparatopic antibody against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Researchers demonstrated the potent neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs, including Omicron by the biparatopic human heavy chain variable domain.

22 Feb 2022

Prevalence of chemosensory loss induced by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Italy

Researchers conducted a prospective cohort study to determine the prevalence of chemosensory dysfunction in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients in Italy.

22 Feb 2022

SARS-CoV-2 reinfection risk in the population of the Abruzzo Region of Italy

Researchers evaluated the incidences of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections, hospitalizations, and death among the previously infected population of the Abruzzo region in Italy.

22 Feb 2022

Widely utilized SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests continue to perform as expected despite Omicron mutations

A recent study evaluated the performance of three at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests commonly used in the US against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

22 Feb 2022

Covid still threatens millions of Americans. Why are we so eager to move on?

Iesha White is so fed up with the U.S. response to covid-19 that she's seriously considering moving to Europe.

22 Feb 2022

Spectrum of autoantibodies linked to autoimmune diseases in patients with different COVID-19 clinical outcomes

A broad evaluation of autoimmune disease-associated autoantibodies that have been observed in COVID-19 patients was performed.

22 Feb 2022

SARS-CoV-2 occurrence compared with other respiratory viruses in children with acute respiratory infections

The current study examined the incidence of COVID-19 in children with ARI relative to other respiratory viruses during the second and third waves.

22 Feb 2022

Study examines relationship between prenatal and postnatal stress, depression, and infant motor development during COVID

In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers estimated the impact of antenatal and postnatal maternal mental health on the motor developments of the newborn during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.

22 Feb 2022

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Low-cost, non-invasive device uses light and saliva to quickly test Covid-19 patients

Pre-existing B-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 not detected in pre-pandemic samples

Role of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies in disease surveillance

AI-powered tutor can outperform expert human instructors in a remote environment

Poor sleep increases severity of viral respiratory infections including COVID-19

Breath tests can help detect traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Discovery could lead to new treatment approach for people with alcohol-associated liver disease

Cellular automata imaging-based classification of SARS-CoV-2 variants

One in three students reported better mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown

Assessing the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections with Omicron BA.2 variant relative to the BA.1 variant in South Africa

REGEN-COV antibody combination to prevent COVID-19 severity

Study provides a potent biparatopic antibody against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Prevalence of chemosensory loss induced by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Italy

SARS-CoV-2 reinfection risk in the population of the Abruzzo Region of Italy

Widely utilized SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen detection tests continue to perform as expected despite Omicron mutations

Covid still threatens millions of Americans. Why are we so eager to move on?

Spectrum of autoantibodies linked to autoimmune diseases in patients with different COVID-19 clinical outcomes

SARS-CoV-2 occurrence compared with other respiratory viruses in children with acute respiratory infections

Study examines relationship between prenatal and postnatal stress, depression, and infant motor development during COVID

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