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Calling the global community to tackle current infodemic related to COVID-19

Please join us by signing the Call for Action - a global movement to promote access to health information and to mitigate harm from health misinformation among online and offline communities.

13 Dec 2021

Symptoms after a third mRNA vaccine among patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers published a report wherein they assessed the symptomology post a booster dose of mRNA vaccines in adults with IBD.

10 Dec 2021

Risk assessment of the threat of SARS-CoV-2 on banknotes

A new study evaluates the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure by fomite transmission during cash transactions.

7 Dec 2021

Community mask usage reduces symptomatic COVID seroprevalence in Bangladesh

A new Science preprint explores the effectiveness of universal masking in reducing the incidence of symptomatic disease.

7 Dec 2021

COVID symptom attestation tool for health care workers helps protect patients and co-workers

Any fever or chills? Cough? Shortness of breath? Answering these questions and others has become a familiar part of daily life during the pandemic.

6 Dec 2021

Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19

Scientists have developed a wearable device that can detect the early onset of COVID-19 in real-time by analyzing the aberrant changes in physiological parameters caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

30 Nov 2021

UK study finds COVID-19 from Delta and Alpha infections are clinically similar

Research suggests that COVID-19 from Delta or Alpha infections is clinically similar, yet Delta is more transmissible than Alpha.

30 Nov 2021

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies suggested to be safe to use in pregnancy

Pregnant patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 were treated with MAb and reported no adverse effects.

30 Nov 2021

An update of what is currently known about Omicron

On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO's Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE).

29 Nov 2021

Study: About 1 in 100 COVID-19 patients likely develop central nervous system complications

The largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 has found that approximately one in 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 will likely develop complications of the central nervous system.

29 Nov 2021

Study finds no evidence to support favipiravir use in mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Researchers conducted a Phase II randomized placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial between July 8, 2020, and March 23. 2021.

28 Nov 2021

Triple combination symptoms anosmia-fatigue-cough more specific to COVID-19 than single symptoms

In a research paper published in the journal PLOS ONE, the authors developed COVID–Online, a symptom checking application in Germany.

25 Nov 2021

Breakthrough infections from SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant among vaccinated healthcare workers

A new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server employed in-silico techniques, combining genomic and epidemiological data, to determine possible Delta-variant transmission events between vaccinated healthcare workers (HCWs) in Indian hospitals.

25 Nov 2021

Two-meter COVID-19 rule is not a concrete measurement of safety, say researchers

A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that the two-meter rule was a number chosen from a risk 'continuum', rather than any concrete measurement of safety.

23 Nov 2021

Study shows porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is capable of zoonotic transfer

A team of researchers describes the presence of PDCoV strains in plasma samples of three Haitian children with acute undifferentiated febrile illness.

22 Nov 2021

Bioinformatics analysis identifies pathways involved in intestinal SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers recently used bioinformatics analysis techniques to explore the diseases caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection in the human digestive tract.

22 Nov 2021

Study finds no increased risk of severe COVID-19 in immunocompromised children in UK

Researchers conducted a prospective study to describe the incidence and clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a UK-wide cohort of immunocompromised children.

22 Nov 2021

What is the global prevalence of long COVID?

This study aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of information on the prevalence and symptoms of PASC.

18 Nov 2021

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: An Interview with the World Health Organization

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021, we spoke to Dr. Liz Tayler from the World Health Organization about antimicrobial resistance.

18 Nov 2021

Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-covid vaccinations

Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb. It had been about a year since the kids' last shots, a delay Blatzer chalked up to the pandemic.

18 Nov 2021

Cough News and Research

Calling the global community to tackle current infodemic related to COVID-19

Symptoms after a third mRNA vaccine among patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Risk assessment of the threat of SARS-CoV-2 on banknotes

Community mask usage reduces symptomatic COVID seroprevalence in Bangladesh

COVID symptom attestation tool for health care workers helps protect patients and co-workers

Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19

UK study finds COVID-19 from Delta and Alpha infections are clinically similar

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies suggested to be safe to use in pregnancy

An update of what is currently known about Omicron

Study: About 1 in 100 COVID-19 patients likely develop central nervous system complications

Study finds no evidence to support favipiravir use in mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Triple combination symptoms anosmia-fatigue-cough more specific to COVID-19 than single symptoms

Breakthrough infections from SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant among vaccinated healthcare workers

Two-meter COVID-19 rule is not a concrete measurement of safety, say researchers

Study shows porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is capable of zoonotic transfer

Bioinformatics analysis identifies pathways involved in intestinal SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study finds no increased risk of severe COVID-19 in immunocompromised children in UK

What is the global prevalence of long COVID?

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: An Interview with the World Health Organization

Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-covid vaccinations

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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