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Review: Using age alone as deciding factor for COVID-19 intensive care treatment is not fair

Italy was one the countries first hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new review presented at this weekend's Euroanaesthesia (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care) an Italian doctor on the front line of the pandemic concludes that it is not fair to use age alone as the deciding factor on whether or not someone receives intensive care treatment.

1 Dec 2020

Study addresses gaps in healthcare accessibility in sub-Saharan Africa

Achieving universal access to healthcare is a key development priority and a major target of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 3. The COVID-19 pandemic has only reinforced this urge. Rapid development and expansion of public, affordable healthcare infrastructure are particularly crucial in sub-Saharan Africa.

1 Dec 2020

Researchers report AI solution that could revolutionize medical research

Inside every cell, thousands of different proteins from the machinery that keeps all living things - from humans and plants to microscopic bacteria - alive and well. Almost all diseases, including cancer, dementia, and even infectious diseases such as COVID-19, are related to the way these proteins function.

1 Dec 2020

Experts urge governments to rethink COVID-19 infection control policies for schools

An urgent rethink of infection control policies to keep COVID-19 infection at bay in schools is needed if primary schools are to be kept open this winter, and the knock-on effects on their families avoided, argue children's infectious disease specialists in a viewpoint, published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

1 Dec 2020

New study could make chemical syntheses more sustainable for future generations

Pharmaceuticals, plastics, and many other chemical products have transformed human life. To prepare these products, chemists often use a catalyst--frequently based on rare metals--at various points in their syntheses.

1 Dec 2020

Nucleic acid-hydrolyzing scFv 3D8 exhibits potent antiviral effects on SARS-CoV-2

3D8, a 27-kDa recombinant antibody fragment, was found in autoimmune-prone Murphy Roths Large mice. The single-chain variable fragment (scFv) has the nucleic acid hydrolyzing activity and is shown to degrade DNA or mRNA of viruses in infected cells.

30 Nov 2020

Fibromyalgia during COVID-19, anxiety and pain

Early research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic found persistent related anxiety in the general population. Researchers in the UK hypothesized that this anxiety would be associated with increased pain in chronic pain patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FM).

30 Nov 2020

Marinomed plans a clinical trial with Carragelose nasal spray as COVID-19 prophylaxis

Marinomed Biotech AG, a globally operating biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce today that the Swansea University Medical School plans a clinical trial with Iota-/kappa-carrageenan nasal spray as a COVID-19 Prophylaxis for Healthcare Professionals (ICE-COVID).

30 Nov 2020

Good cholesterol helps SARS-CoV-2 enter cells

The researchers explained that the SARS-CoV-2 can infect human host cells after its viral spike protein (SARS-2-S) binds to a cellular surface receptor called the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).

30 Nov 2020

Politicians and public officials fail to harness young people’s perspectives on COVID-19 recovery

Decision-makers are failing to harness young people's potential to help shape pandemic responses, according to a major study that features the views of young people from around the world.

30 Nov 2020

Low-income black households disproportionately affected by Covid-19 shutdowns

The alarming rate at which Covid-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health care system.

30 Nov 2020

Clonal hematopoiesis linked to severe COVID-19

Now, an international team of researchers from the USA, South Korea and Canada has found that clonal hematopoiesis is tied to the risk of severe COVID-19.

30 Nov 2020

Infection control, widespread testing help reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools, study finds

Now, a team of researchers at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine explored which school policies had the most significant impact on reducing the risk of in-school SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

30 Nov 2020

Researchers reveal how SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain

Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains of patients with COVID-19, and how the immune system responds to the virus once it does.

30 Nov 2020