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Long-term effects of COVID-19 in children

A recent preprint deals with the incidence and importance of long COVID in children.

23 Sep 2021

The impact of multiple sclerosis therapy on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

In a paper, the vaccine-induced cellular and immune response of MS patients receiving a range of therapies are assessed.

23 Sep 2021

Antibody kinetics in recovered COVID-19 patients

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have been examining the kinetics of antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients.

23 Sep 2021

Researchers to investigate suicidal behavior and self-harm among healthcare workers

A group of researchers from the University of Bristol and University College London recently collaborated in order to plan an investigation into suicidal behavior and self-harm in healthcare workers.

23 Sep 2021

Genome modeling framework for coronavirus pathogenicity prediction

Recent machine learning techniques have allowed viral genome sequencing to be utilized in a predictive capacity.

23 Sep 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, especially in households with children

Nearly 15 percent of U.S. households - and nearly 18 percent of households with children - reported food insecurity early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted via social media by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.

23 Sep 2021

DNA sensor can detect infectious viruses in minutes

A new sensor can detect not only whether a virus is present, but whether it's infectious – an important distinction for containing viral spread.

23 Sep 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection may prompt Guillain-Barré syndrome

A new paper in Brain, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that a COVID-19 infection may prompt Guillain-Barré syndrome.

23 Sep 2021

McLean wins NIH grant to explore links between COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual cycle changes

In research that will add important data to the experience of vaccines on women's health, Laura Payne, PhD, director of McLean Hospital's Clinical and Translational Pain Research Laboratory, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore potential links between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and menstrual cycle changes.

23 Sep 2021

Study reveals why SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV-1

Researchers from China and Canada recently combined structural data obtained from cryo-EM and structure prediction and constructed bottom-up Martini coarse-grained models of intact envelopes of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.

22 Sep 2021

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increases risk of developing pre-eclampsia, study finds

A newly published study found that women who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy are at significantly higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia, the leading cause of maternal and infant death worldwide.

22 Sep 2021

U.S. vaccination effort against COVID-19 needs intensifying, warn researchers

Researchers have warned that the United States has not yet reached the necessary thresholds for achieving population immunity against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

22 Sep 2021

Triage protocols may increase racial disparities of treatment outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

During the crush of the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed doctors and nurses in some places have had to make agonizing decisions about which patients should receive scarce health care resources.

22 Sep 2021

Researchers encourage longer dosing intervals for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers in Canada, Italy, and the United States have encouraged extending the interval time between two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine among individuals who have not previously been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

22 Sep 2021

Remote diabetes management using CGM and telemedicine visits can improve glycemic control

New case studies show the benefits of remote management based on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and telemedicine visits for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Sep 2021

Bluetooth-based contact-tracing apps could enhance vaccine strategies

Mathematical modeling of disease spread suggests that herd immunity could be achieved with fewer vaccine doses by using Bluetooth-based contact-tracing apps to identify people who have more exposure to others - and targeting them for vaccination.

22 Sep 2021

Ryans make $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health

Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan have made a $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

22 Sep 2021

Pregnant women who receive COVID-19 vaccine pass high levels of antibodies to their babies

Women who receive the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, a new study finds.

22 Sep 2021

COVID-19 may have had a greater impact on mental health of aging women with trauma histories

Beyond the physical dangers of COVID-19, the pandemic has wreaked havoc mentally and emotionally. A new study suggests the pandemic may have had a greater impact on the mental health of women with a history of childhood abuse or intimate partner violence (IPV) than with women without such histories.

22 Sep 2021

COVID-19 will become a seasonal disease, U-M epidemiologist says

A University of Michigan epidemiologist believes that COVID-19 will become a seasonal disease, likely in the fall and winter seasons.

22 Sep 2021

covid 19 News and Research

Long-term effects of COVID-19 in children

The impact of multiple sclerosis therapy on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

Antibody kinetics in recovered COVID-19 patients

Researchers to investigate suicidal behavior and self-harm among healthcare workers

Genome modeling framework for coronavirus pathogenicity prediction

COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, especially in households with children

DNA sensor can detect infectious viruses in minutes

SARS-CoV-2 infection may prompt Guillain-Barré syndrome

McLean wins NIH grant to explore links between COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual cycle changes

Study reveals why SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV-1

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increases risk of developing pre-eclampsia, study finds

U.S. vaccination effort against COVID-19 needs intensifying, warn researchers

Triage protocols may increase racial disparities of treatment outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers encourage longer dosing intervals for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine

Remote diabetes management using CGM and telemedicine visits can improve glycemic control

Bluetooth-based contact-tracing apps could enhance vaccine strategies

Ryans make $25 million gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health

Pregnant women who receive COVID-19 vaccine pass high levels of antibodies to their babies

COVID-19 may have had a greater impact on mental health of aging women with trauma histories

COVID-19 will become a seasonal disease, U-M epidemiologist says

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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