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Study: One half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience persistent symptoms after one year

Most symptoms of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients are resolved within 12 months, however, around one half still experience at least one persistent symptom, a study of 1,276 patients from Wuhan, China, published in The Lancet, has found.

27 Aug 2021

Study examines safety of COVID-19 vaccine in a nationwide mass-vaccination setting

The Clalit Research Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, analyzed one of the world's largest integrated health record databases to examine the safety of the Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162B2 vaccine against COVID-19.

27 Aug 2021

Post-traumatic stress symptoms in COVID-19 survivors linked with changes to the brain's connectivity

COVID-19 survivors report significantly higher symptoms of post-traumatic stress, and these symptoms are associated with changes to the brain's connectivity, according to a study coauthored by Vince Calhoun, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University and director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS).

27 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccine potency has diminished in recent months, but still helps in saving lives

COVID-19 vaccines remain effective, but their potency has diminished in recent months, according to a nationwide study at eight sites, including Salt Lake City, Utah.

27 Aug 2021

Study: Breast cancer screening rates declined in low-income communities during the pandemic

A new study finds breast cancer screening rates (BCSR) declined among women aged 50 to 74 years within 32 community health centers that serve lower-income populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

27 Aug 2021

SUSU scientists conduct CFD study to monitor the spread of respiratory viruses in enclosed areas

Scientists from the South Ural State University have conducted a CFD Study for monitoring the spread of respiratory viruses in closed spaces.

27 Aug 2021

Study: 31% of Americans had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020

A new study published in the journal Nature estimates that 103 million Americans, or 31 percent of the U.S. population, had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020.

27 Aug 2021

Pediatric cancer patients fare worse with COVID-19 than children without cancer

Research from a large international effort shows that 20% of children with cancer who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe infections.

27 Aug 2021

COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the importance of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today's global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges - and a comprehensive new assessment of respiratory viruses finds that many others probably do as well.

27 Aug 2021

Improved understanding of aerosol transmission could help control airborne respiratory viruses

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed critical knowledge gaps and assumptions concerning how respiratory viruses spread between hosts.

27 Aug 2021

Advancing quality improvement initiatives to address the root causes of health inequity

According to the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems, poor-quality healthcare contributes to more deaths globally than lack of access to care.

26 Aug 2021

NIH HEAL Initiative leverages the strengths of communities to address opioid public health crisis

An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association highlights the results of numerous strategies through which the National Institutes of Health's Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, is finding scientific solutions to address the nation's opioid crisis.

26 Aug 2021

New blood test could save thousands of lives by predicting sepsis before symptoms appear

Clinicians at Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra Hospital are leading medical trials of a blood test that could help to save thousands of UK lives a year by predicting sepsis days before patients show any symptoms.

26 Aug 2021

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more susceptible to pre-eclampsia

A review of the scientific literature published by Brazilian researchers shows that pregnant women infected by the novel coronavirus run a higher risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by persistent high blood pressure, usually in the second half of pregnancy or shortly after delivery.

26 Aug 2021

Preliminary study suggests nitric oxide may be a potential treatment for COVID-19 respiratory failure

New research led by Devang K. Sanghavi of the Mayo Clinic in Florida, USA, suggests pre-intubation use of nitric oxide for patients with COVID-19–related hypoxemic respiratory may help reduce patients' mortality. Their findings show that inhaling nitric oxide in this patient population could reduce the need for future intubation and other invasive mechanical ventilation.

26 Aug 2021

German study shows high protection from COVID-19 in over 80s with Pfizer vaccine

A new observational study in Germany, recently published on the medRxiv* preprint server, found the Comirnaty vaccine to be 68.3% effective against COVID-19 for people over 80. In those fully immunized, the vaccine was found to be 73.2% effective in preventing hospitalization and 80.1% effective against death.

26 Aug 2021

covid 19 News and Research

Study: One half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experience persistent symptoms after one year

Study examines safety of COVID-19 vaccine in a nationwide mass-vaccination setting

Post-traumatic stress symptoms in COVID-19 survivors linked with changes to the brain's connectivity

COVID-19 vaccine potency has diminished in recent months, but still helps in saving lives

Study: Breast cancer screening rates declined in low-income communities during the pandemic

SUSU scientists conduct CFD study to monitor the spread of respiratory viruses in enclosed areas

Study: 31% of Americans had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by the end of 2020

Pediatric cancer patients fare worse with COVID-19 than children without cancer

COVID-19 pandemic illuminates the importance of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

Improved understanding of aerosol transmission could help control airborne respiratory viruses

Advancing quality improvement initiatives to address the root causes of health inequity

NIH HEAL Initiative leverages the strengths of communities to address opioid public health crisis

New blood test could save thousands of lives by predicting sepsis before symptoms appear

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more susceptible to pre-eclampsia

Preliminary study suggests nitric oxide may be a potential treatment for COVID-19 respiratory failure

German study shows high protection from COVID-19 in over 80s with Pfizer vaccine

Oral mucosa identified as potential target for SARS-CoV-2 infection

What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid covid testing in schools

Apple, Bose and others pump up the volume on hearing aid options, filling void left by FDA

New Montana law sows confusion, defiance over school quarantines

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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