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How do international travel bans effect local COVID-19 epidemics?

Now, a new study published in July 2020 on the preprint server medRxiv* shows that the latter is likely to cause 90% or more of local epidemics and that stringent bans on international travelers are therefore unlikely to affect the course of the local outbreak significantly.

16 Jul 2020

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 placental infection in mild COVID-19

Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in July 2020 reveals evidence of placental infection and hypoxia, despite the lack of serious symptoms in the mother.

16 Jul 2020

Fully automated chip can reliably determine blood type within minutes

The need to first zero in on a blood group can delay blood transfusions in emergency situations, and this in turn can prove fatal.

13 Jul 2020

Next showdown in Congress: Protecting workers vs. protecting employers in the pandemic

Congressional leaders are squaring off over the next pandemic relief bill in a debate over whom Congress should step up to protect: front-line workers seeking more safeguards from the ravages of COVID-19 or beleaguered employers seeking relief from lawsuits.

13 Jul 2020

Study discusses four possible scenarios for growth of aquaculture in the COVID-19 era

Aquaculture, the relatively young but fast-growing industry of farming of fish and other marine life, now produces around half of all seafood consumed by humans.

10 Jul 2020

Migrant workers contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in India’s villages

India's lockdown may have hastened spread of COVID-19 to rural areas as millions of migrant workers, trapped in the big cities, ended up being exposed to the virus — which they carried into their distant villages when finally allowed to return.

7 Jul 2020

‘Please tell me my life is worth a LITTLE of your discomfort,’ nurse pleads

When an employee told a group of 20-somethings they needed face masks to enter his fast-food restaurant, one woman fired off a stream of expletives. "Isn't this Orange County?" snapped a man in the group. "We don't have to wear masks!"

7 Jul 2020

Workers filed more than 4,100 complaints about protective gear. Some still died.

COVID-19 cases were climbing at Michigan's McLaren Flint hospital. So Roger Liddell, 64, who procured supplies for the hospital, asked for an N95 respirator for his own protection, since his work brought him into the same room as COVID-positive patients.

30 Jun 2020

Essential worker shoulders $1,840 pandemic debt due to COVID cost loophole

Carmen Quintero works an early shift as a supervisor at a 3M distribution warehouse that ships N95 masks to a nation under siege from the coronavirus. On March 23, she had developed a severe cough, and her voice, usually quick and enthusiastic, was barely a whisper.

30 Jun 2020

Cerclage can benefit women with at-risk twin pregnancies

Women carrying twins are at higher risk for premature birth and miscarriage - those whose cervix dilates before 24 weeks are at highest risk - and yet one common treatment is not recommended for this population.

29 Jun 2020

Tiny wireless sensors could enable easier, more accurate decontamination of protective masks

Tiny wireless sensors for recycled N95 masks could verify, in real time, whether the respirators are being exposed to proper decontamination conditions.

25 Jun 2020

Researchers develop eDNA method to prevent emergence of pathogens

As the SARS-CoV-2 puts a new focus on zoonotic pathogens, a Washington State University researcher has developed a method to use environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect disease in the vast international trade of aquatic animals.

24 Jun 2020

Female reproductive organs not susceptible to direct SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers at the University in San Francisco, California, report that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unlikely to negatively impact on pregnancy-related outcomes such as premature birth, transmission to babies via breast milk, and infertility.

23 Jun 2020

Producing CAR T cell therapy at a lower cost

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is a new and in some cases highly effective form of immunotherapy to treat certain types of cancer of the blood and lymph system.

23 Jun 2020

Three-quarters of U.S. workers can't work from home, face increased risk of exposure to COVID-19

About three-quarters of U.S. workers, or 108 million people, are in jobs that cannot be done from home during a pandemic, putting these workers at increased risk of exposure to disease.

23 Jun 2020

Research highlights critical barriers that can limit patients' access to medications

Nearly 70 percent of patients have made personal or financial sacrifices to afford prescribed medications according to new research released by CoverMyMeds, highlighting the impact of one of the most common medication access challenges.

23 Jun 2020

Advance your analysis of cannabis with Restek’s new Cannabidivarinic Acid standard

Cannabidivarinic Acid is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid reported to have anti-inflammatory properties.

From Restek Corporation 19 Jun 2020

Widespread testing could help stop the spread of COVID-19

The world is now in the grips of a historic pandemic. The death toll from the novel coronavirus has climbed to more than 117,000 in the United States and 448,000 around the world.

18 Jun 2020

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Critical Path Institute announced today that its Transplant Therapeutics Consortium has received a positive response to its Letter of Intent from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detailing the decision to accept the Composite Biomarker Panel (iBox Scoring System) into the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Biomarker Qualification Program.

17 Jun 2020

Non-invasive fetal oxygen monitor could improve outcomes in difficult deliveries

A device to directly measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus during labor has been developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

17 Jun 2020

Labor News and Research

How do international travel bans effect local COVID-19 epidemics?

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 placental infection in mild COVID-19

Fully automated chip can reliably determine blood type within minutes

Next showdown in Congress: Protecting workers vs. protecting employers in the pandemic

Study discusses four possible scenarios for growth of aquaculture in the COVID-19 era

Migrant workers contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in India’s villages

‘Please tell me my life is worth a LITTLE of your discomfort,’ nurse pleads

Workers filed more than 4,100 complaints about protective gear. Some still died.

Essential worker shoulders $1,840 pandemic debt due to COVID cost loophole

Cerclage can benefit women with at-risk twin pregnancies

Tiny wireless sensors could enable easier, more accurate decontamination of protective masks

Researchers develop eDNA method to prevent emergence of pathogens

Female reproductive organs not susceptible to direct SARS-CoV-2 infection

Producing CAR T cell therapy at a lower cost

Three-quarters of U.S. workers can't work from home, face increased risk of exposure to COVID-19

Research highlights critical barriers that can limit patients' access to medications

Advance your analysis of cannabis with Restek’s new Cannabidivarinic Acid standard

Widespread testing could help stop the spread of COVID-19

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Non-invasive fetal oxygen monitor could improve outcomes in difficult deliveries

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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