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SARS-CoV-2 load varies widely in the community and over time

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in October 2020 reports that there are large differences in the viral load in different communities. Moreover, the authors say that the cycle threshold values required to obtain a positive result for viral RNA by polymerase chain reaction may provide an early warning of an outbreak.

29 Oct 2020

App-based surveillance system enables early detection of COVID-19 hotspots

Researchers in the UK, United States, and Sweden have used large-scale self-reported app data to estimate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence, prevalence, and effective reproductive number in England.

29 Oct 2020

People with multiple depressive symptoms have higher stroke risk

People with multiple depressive symptoms have an increased risk for stroke, according to findings recently published in Neurology: Clinical Practice.

29 Oct 2020

Toxin-carrying virus implicated in the emergence of new Salmonella strain in pigs

Researchers at the Quadram Institute have implicated a toxin-carrying virus in the emergence of a new strain of Salmonella in pigs.

29 Oct 2020

Mental health challenges associated with COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020

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29 Oct 2020

DETECT study: Wearable fitness devices can improve public health efforts to control COVID-19

Examining data from the first six weeks of their landmark DETECT study, a team of scientists from the Scripps Research Translational Institute sees encouraging signs that wearable fitness devices can improve public health efforts to control COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

Remdesivir received FDA approval for treating COVID-19 patients: Benefits still not proven

The United States has become the epicenter of the world in the ever increasing pandemic of COVID-19. While public health prevention strategies of social distancing, crowd avoidance, masking and frequent hand washing are of proven benefit, effective drug therapies for treatment are sparse.

29 Oct 2020

CTA scans may offer rapid, early detection of COVID-19 in stroke patients

Computed tomography angiogram (CTA) scans may offer fast and early detection of COVID-19 in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

29 Oct 2020

Despite COVID concerns, teams venture into nursing homes to get out the vote

Each time Beverly Tucker visited a nursing home or long-term care facility this fall, she brought along a rolling tote bag packed with supplies from the Durham County Board of Elections.

29 Oct 2020

Researchers analyze racial disparities in access to bariatric surgery

The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to that treatment, were analyzed in a retrospective study published in Annals of Surgery by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

29 Oct 2020

Study analyzes racial disparities in end-of-life care

In a new medical records analysis of racial disparities in end-of-life care, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and three collaborating institutions report that Black patients voluntarily seek substantially more intensive treatment.

29 Oct 2020

Exposure to artemisinin drug could increase sexual conversion rate of malaria parasite

Exposure to suboptimal doses of the antiparasitic drug artemisinin could increase the sexual conversion rate of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, thereby increasing the probability of transmission, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.

29 Oct 2020

New dataset can help analyze multiple storms, track health outcomes

Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones can severely impact human health in communities across the country, but data for these events is limited, especially in a format that is easy to link with human health outcomes.

29 Oct 2020

Researchers estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among adults in orange county

Testing a representative sample of Orange County residents for a wide range of coronavirus antibodies, University of California, Irvine researchers found that 11.5 percent of them have antibodies for COVID-19, in contrast to previous estimates of less than 2 percent.

29 Oct 2020

Researchers observe a rapid drop in average body temperature in tropical human population

In the nearly two centuries since German physician Carl Wunderlich established 98.6°F as the standard "normal" body temperature, it has been used by parents and doctors alike as the measure by which fevers -- and often the severity of illness -- have been assessed.

29 Oct 2020

Mouth may be primary route of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 shows that the virus also multiplies robustly in the oral cavity, indicating that saliva plays a role in viral transmission.

29 Oct 2020

Travel surges before lockdown undermine the SARS-CoV-2 containment effort

Recently, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston; the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; and the University of California, USA, assessed the impact of the announcement and implementation of restrictions such as lockdowns on mobility patterns of humans.

28 Oct 2020

High-sugar diet can damage the gut’s protective mucus layer, lead to worse colitis

Mice fed diets high in sugar developed worse colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and researchers examining their large intestines found more of the bacteria that can damage the gut's protective mucus layer.

28 Oct 2020

Study: COVID-19 vaccine nationalism could cost the global economy up to $1.2 trillion

Nationalistic behavior by governments may exclude some countries from gaining access to COVID-19 vaccines and cost the global economy up to $1.2 trillion a year in GDP, according to a new study from the not-for-profit research organization RAND Europe.

28 Oct 2020

Genomic analysis of early SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK

By analyzing 50,887 SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the team has provided insights into the micro-epidemiological patterns underlying the features of one of the world's largest national COVID-19 epidemics.

28 Oct 2020

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SARS-CoV-2 load varies widely in the community and over time

App-based surveillance system enables early detection of COVID-19 hotspots

People with multiple depressive symptoms have higher stroke risk

Toxin-carrying virus implicated in the emergence of new Salmonella strain in pigs

Mental health challenges associated with COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020

DETECT study: Wearable fitness devices can improve public health efforts to control COVID-19

Remdesivir received FDA approval for treating COVID-19 patients: Benefits still not proven

CTA scans may offer rapid, early detection of COVID-19 in stroke patients

Despite COVID concerns, teams venture into nursing homes to get out the vote

Researchers analyze racial disparities in access to bariatric surgery

Study analyzes racial disparities in end-of-life care

Exposure to artemisinin drug could increase sexual conversion rate of malaria parasite

New dataset can help analyze multiple storms, track health outcomes

Researchers estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among adults in orange county

Researchers observe a rapid drop in average body temperature in tropical human population

Mouth may be primary route of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission

Travel surges before lockdown undermine the SARS-CoV-2 containment effort

High-sugar diet can damage the gut’s protective mucus layer, lead to worse colitis

Study: COVID-19 vaccine nationalism could cost the global economy up to $1.2 trillion

Genomic analysis of early SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK

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