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Supreme Court weighs Biden’s workplace vaccine requirements

The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of cases challenging the Biden administration's authority to require workers to get a covid vaccine or be tested for the virus regularly.

7 Jan 2022

NEJM article distills available data into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19

A clinical practice article in the New England Journal of Medicine distills available data and clinical experience into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

7 Jan 2022

Scientists discover antibody that inhibits a broad range of sarbecoviruses

Scientists have discovered an antibody that may lead to more effective treatments against a wide range of sarbecoviruses, the family of viruses that includes the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and their variants.

7 Jan 2022

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

The vocal sounds of humans - laughing, crying, and the babbling of babies - have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish.

7 Jan 2022

N95 respirators can be safely re-used up to 25 times after VHP decontamination

N95 respirators are commonly used in hospitals worldwide to protect healthcare personnel from infectious pathogens. During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities have experienced shortages of the respirators, forcing personnel to re-use them or resort to less protective masking alternatives.

7 Jan 2022

Researchers set the framework for improved colorectal cancer surveillance using precision medicine

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has revealed some of the mechanisms by which polyps develop into colorectal cancer, setting the framework for improved surveillance for the cancer utilizing precision medicine.

7 Jan 2022

Researchers receive $990,000 grant to study a low-cost way to help patients with Type 2 diabetes

Mental time travel - transporting someone from the present through imagining a personal, positive future event - has been proven to help reduce alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.

7 Jan 2022

December 2021 nTIDE report: Job numbers for people with disabilities remain above pre-pandemic levels

Despite a small decline in December, the job numbers for people with disabilities remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).

7 Jan 2022

New appropriate use criteria for prostate-specific membrane antigen PET imaging published

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and peer medical groups have issued appropriate use criteria (AUC) for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET imaging.

7 Jan 2022

Novel rehabilitation approach shows promise for recovering upper limb control in stroke patients

It happens that, after lying for a while in a way that puts pressure on a nerve in your arm, you do not feel the arm anymore, you cannot perceive its location and size, and it feels like it does not belong to your own body.

7 Jan 2022

Omicron variant found to be much less sensitive to neutralizing antibodies than Delta

The Omicron variant was detected for the first time in South Africa in November 2021 and has since spread to many countries.

7 Jan 2022

Study shows probiotics can reduce symptoms of COVID-19 when taken post-exposure

A new study shows how a daily use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) probiotic may protect against symptom development in instances when it is used as post-exposure prophylaxis within seven days after exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

7 Jan 2022

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

These findings bear out earlier reports that COVID-19 is less frequent and severe in children than adults.

7 Jan 2022

Model suggests feasibility of shorter COVID-19 isolation period with minimal risk

Researchers set up a model that included parameters such as the infectiousness of the individual, and lateral flow testing, in order to assess the effectiveness of test-to-release policies as compared to those with fixed-duration isolation mandates

7 Jan 2022

Study provides deeper insights into familial Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disease that causes impairments in memory and cognition. AD is believed to result from the deposition of protein "plaques" consisting of amyloid beta (Aβ) proteins sequentially generated via the enzyme γ-secretase.

7 Jan 2022

Levels of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals

A new study assessed the levels of infectious virus (obtained from the nasopharynx) in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.

7 Jan 2022

Researchers isolate Omicron variant, leveling the path to vaccine development and vaccine efficacy studies

Researchers from India have now successfully grown and isolated the Omicron variant from hamsters in vivo with further culturing in the Vero CCL-81 cells in vitro, in a step forward towards testing the effectiveness of existing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and generation of new Omicron appropriate vaccines.

7 Jan 2022

Research News and Research

Supreme Court weighs Biden’s workplace vaccine requirements

NEJM article distills available data into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19

Scientists discover antibody that inhibits a broad range of sarbecoviruses

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

N95 respirators can be safely re-used up to 25 times after VHP decontamination

Researchers set the framework for improved colorectal cancer surveillance using precision medicine

Researchers receive $990,000 grant to study a low-cost way to help patients with Type 2 diabetes

December 2021 nTIDE report: Job numbers for people with disabilities remain above pre-pandemic levels

New appropriate use criteria for prostate-specific membrane antigen PET imaging published

Novel rehabilitation approach shows promise for recovering upper limb control in stroke patients

Omicron variant found to be much less sensitive to neutralizing antibodies than Delta

Study shows probiotics can reduce symptoms of COVID-19 when taken post-exposure

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

Model suggests feasibility of shorter COVID-19 isolation period with minimal risk

Study provides deeper insights into familial Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

Levels of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals

Researchers isolate Omicron variant, leveling the path to vaccine development and vaccine efficacy studies

California ballot will be heavy on health care

A catch-22 trips up some in legal guardianship who try to regain independence

Broad cross-neutralization antibodies found to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

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