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Extending COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents and children may lower the overall disease burden

A recent study by researchers from the Netherlands highlights that the introduction of vaccination programs against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to adolescents and children may reduce infection rates and severe disease outcomes – both in these age groups and in the population as a whole. The paper is currently available on medRxiv* preprint server while it undergoes peer review.

26 Oct 2021

New technology could power a self-sustaining electronic device for detecting fever

Public temperature checks have become a common practice across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, and researchers at Texas A&M University are working to make it possible to conduct the test across a large group of people quicker and less expensive than current methods.

26 Oct 2021

Less physical activity and more screen time impact children's mental health during the pandemic

Few equations are as simple as the findings of a survey measuring the habits of 1,000 children during COVID-19: More physical activity and less screen time led to better mental health.

26 Oct 2021

Wearable technology helps researchers to better understand the underlying health conditions

Wearable technology such as the Apple Watch is allowing researchers to recruit a more diverse group of participants to health and wellness studies, helping them better understand the underlying health conditions they could only dream about glimpsing at before, according to a new three-year landmark observational University of Michigan study.

26 Oct 2021

Hyperimmune antibody produced in horses may be an efficient approach to combat covid-19

A study conducted by a consortium of Brazilian researchers has demonstrated that a hyperimmune serum consisting of purified antibody fragments produced in horses may be an efficient approach to combat covid-19.

26 Oct 2021

Study finds significant surge in liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis during the pandemic

Registrations for the national organ transplant waiting list related to alcoholic hepatitis as well as the number of deceased donor liver transplants for the inflammatory liver condition rose significantly during the pandemic, Michigan Medicine researchers found.

26 Oct 2021

AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine does not affect fertility and birth rate outcomes, study says

Researchers from the University of Oxford have recently analyzed pregnancies that have occurred during four ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 clinical trials.

26 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 detection with natural spring water gargle instead of nasopharyngeal swabs

A team of researchers validated the use of spring water gargle as an alternative to ONPS for the detection of SARS-CoV-2.

26 Oct 2021

Mental health determinants during COVID pandemic pregnancies in the U.K.

A new study reports the determinants of the mental state of pregnant women during the pandemic within the U.K. maternity services.

26 Oct 2021

Brain fog in long COVID

A new study explores one troubling manifestation of long COVID, which is the cognitive impairment that follows clinical resolution of COVID-19.

26 Oct 2021

Model suggests longer protection from SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody response

A new study discusses the durability of the immune response following natural infection or vaccination.

26 Oct 2021

New education programs aim to address the gaps in public health workforce capacity

UMass Lowell has been awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to develop new undergraduate and graduate programs in public health informatics and technology, to educate diverse students for vital jobs.

26 Oct 2021

covid 19 News and Research

Extending COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents and children may lower the overall disease burden

New technology could power a self-sustaining electronic device for detecting fever

Less physical activity and more screen time impact children's mental health during the pandemic

Wearable technology helps researchers to better understand the underlying health conditions

Hyperimmune antibody produced in horses may be an efficient approach to combat covid-19

Study finds significant surge in liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis during the pandemic

AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine does not affect fertility and birth rate outcomes, study says

SARS-CoV-2 detection with natural spring water gargle instead of nasopharyngeal swabs

Mental health determinants during COVID pandemic pregnancies in the U.K.

Brain fog in long COVID

Model suggests longer protection from SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody response

New education programs aim to address the gaps in public health workforce capacity

Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised individuals

Study finds potentially long-lasting impact of the pandemic on scientists

UQ researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels

Non-pharmaceutical interventions reduce likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection following high-risk exposure

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is proportional to cell surface ACE2 levels

Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

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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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