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Nurses and direct care workers may contribute to COVID-19 spread

Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs, may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities, according to a new study published in Medical Care Research and Review.

8 Dec 2020

UCI researchers develop new technology to rapidly hypermutate antibodies

Using the same strain of yeast that ferments wine and makes dough rise, a team led by University of California, Irvine and Harvard Medical School researchers has developed an in vitro technology that can rapidly hypermutate antibodies.

8 Dec 2020

Economic implications due to COVID-19 can have a devastating effect on children

A team of UTSA researchers has discovered that economic implications because of COVID-19 can have a devastating ripple effect on children.

8 Dec 2020

Researchers address variability of disease severity in respiratory tract infections

Is it possible to predict the course of a viral respiratory tract infection - for instance one caused by a coronavirus - based on individual patient characteristics? This question will be addressed by Dr. Victor Corman and his junior research group at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

8 Dec 2020

Measuring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater solids could help track COVID-19 spread

Scientists have analyzed compounds in wastewater to gauge various aspects of public health, including narcotics usage, antibiotic resistance, and, more recently, the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

7 Dec 2020

Study reveals low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across oncology settings

Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, evaluated the frequency of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on various environmental surfaces in outpatient and inpatient hematology/oncology settings located within Rutgers Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.

7 Dec 2020

Studies show IgA antibodies dominate early response to SARS-CoV-2 virus

A new study of more than 150 COVID-19 patients shows that IgA antibodies dominate the early response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, coming on more quickly and strongly than IgG and IgM antibodies. This is a somewhat unexpected result, as IgM antibodies are usually the immune system's first responders.

7 Dec 2020

Study finds no significant change in preterm or stillbirth rates during COVID-19 pandemic

Despite early reports suggesting a decline in preterm births during the COVID-19 pandemic period, an analysis by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found no change in preterm births or stillbirths at two Philadelphia hospitals in the first four months of the pandemic.

7 Dec 2020

Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 virus disappear quickly during convalescence, indicates study

A new 5-month longitudinal analysis of 254 COVID-19 patients who displayed a wide range of disease severity - from asymptomatic to deadly illness - suggests that IgA and IgM antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus disappear quickly during convalescence.

7 Dec 2020

Researchers develop new approach for COVID-19 testing

Researchers from UC San Francisco and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub have developed a new approach for COVID-19 testing that detects a distinct pattern of immune gene expression in infected individuals.

7 Dec 2020

COVID-19 crisis increases burden of dementia caregivers

Caregivers of people with dementia and milder forms of neurocognitive disorder bear a heavy burden.

7 Dec 2020

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders linked to increased alcohol consumption

Binge drinkers increased their alcohol consumption by nearly 20% during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, according to new research by public health experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

7 Dec 2020

Kessler Foundation receives COVID-19 crisis funding to support spinal cord injury community

Kessler Foundation received a $10,000 grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation's crisis funding to support the spinal cord injury (SCI) community and critical research amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 Dec 2020

Paper-based electrochemical sensor can enable rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, testing remains a key strategy for tracking and containing the virus.

7 Dec 2020

Chronic sleep disruption can lead to depression in adolescents, study shows

Chronic sleep disruption during adolescence can lead to depression in both males and females and alters stress reactivity in females, according to a new study led by University of Ottawa researchers.

7 Dec 2020

Mount Sinai study shows strong immune response, durability of universal influenza virus vaccine

A vaccine that induces immune responses to a wide spectrum of influenza virus strains and subtypes has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical trials in humans, Mount Sinai researchers have found.

7 Dec 2020

How effective is social distancing in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission? A New York case study

A new study by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong examined the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the illness SARS-CoV-2 causes.

7 Dec 2020

Xylitol and grapefruit seed extract shows promise in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection, study finds

A team of researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine demonstrated that xylitol and grapefruit seed extract (GSE) could prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection. These can be used as a nasal spray to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

7 Dec 2020

The intranasal route of immunization may offer effective protection against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers at the School of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA, showed that the intranasal route of immunization could provide a more efficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 compared to the intramuscular route (i.e. through ‘jabs’).

7 Dec 2020

Nearly 70% of diabetic patients in Indonesia experience disease management difficulties, study finds

Researchers from the Fatmawati General Hospital, Indonesia, recently determined the difficulties in diabetes management and how it impacts diabetes morbidity in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 Dec 2020

covid 19 News and Research

Nurses and direct care workers may contribute to COVID-19 spread

UCI researchers develop new technology to rapidly hypermutate antibodies

Economic implications due to COVID-19 can have a devastating effect on children

Researchers address variability of disease severity in respiratory tract infections

Measuring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater solids could help track COVID-19 spread

Study reveals low detection of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces across oncology settings

Studies show IgA antibodies dominate early response to SARS-CoV-2 virus

Study finds no significant change in preterm or stillbirth rates during COVID-19 pandemic

Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 virus disappear quickly during convalescence, indicates study

Researchers develop new approach for COVID-19 testing

COVID-19 crisis increases burden of dementia caregivers

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders linked to increased alcohol consumption

Kessler Foundation receives COVID-19 crisis funding to support spinal cord injury community

Paper-based electrochemical sensor can enable rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2

Chronic sleep disruption can lead to depression in adolescents, study shows

Mount Sinai study shows strong immune response, durability of universal influenza virus vaccine

How effective is social distancing in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission? A New York case study

Xylitol and grapefruit seed extract shows promise in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection, study finds

The intranasal route of immunization may offer effective protection against SARS-CoV-2

Nearly 70% of diabetic patients in Indonesia experience disease management difficulties, study finds

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