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What is the role of the pediatric gut microbiome in COVID-19?

Recently, scientists have reviewed the available evidence on the gut microbiome in children with COVID-19 and published it in Microorganisms.

15 Dec 2022

Influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2021–2022 influenza season in the United States

Researchers estimated influenza VE in patients aged ≥6 months seeking outpatient care for ARI due to the influenza A(H3N2) virus between October 2021 and April 2022 in the United States (US).

15 Dec 2022

Study assesses COVID-19 booster vaccination coverage by demographics and behaviors and experiences toward vaccination among fully vaccinated adults

An early release from the CDC, USA, examines the coverage of booster doses among adults in the USA.

15 Dec 2022

Squeezed by temp nurse costs, hospital systems create their own staffing agencies

Like many nurses these days, Alex Scala got a big pay hike when she switched jobs recently.

15 Dec 2022

‘Cocktail’ vaccines could offer protection against current and future SARS-CoV-2 'variants of concern'

COVID-19 vaccinations that combine two or more distinct variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could offer protection against both current and future 'variants of concern', say scientists at the University of Cambridge and Medical University of Innsbruck.

15 Dec 2022

Similarities and differences in secondary health effects after disasters and pandemics

Disasters and pandemics can affect the physical and psychological health of the people involved even after the events have occurred.

15 Dec 2022

Extraordinary plasticity of the glucocorticoid receptor revealed

Glucocorticoids —such as cortisone— are among the most widely used anti-inflammatory drugs, and are used to treat asthma, psoriasis, organ transplantation and even COVID-19.

15 Dec 2022

Vaping may negatively affect pulmonary surfactant in the lungs, study shows

A recently published preclinical study by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, show that vaping may negatively affect pulmonary surfactant in the lungs.

14 Dec 2022

Research reveals that a viral toxin may contribute to the severity of COVID-19

Researchers determine whether the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein influences endothelial and epithelial barrier dysfunction and vascular leakage.

14 Dec 2022

Correlating circulating adipokine levels with COVID-19 severity

Researchers determine whether plasma adipokine levels were associated with COVID-19-related systemic inflammation and severity.

14 Dec 2022

No benefit of low dose apixaban following acute COVID-19

The HEAL-COVID trial compared the efficacy of Apixaban to standard care in adults who have recently recovered from severe COVID-19.

14 Dec 2022

The debilitating effects of long-COVID in the U.S.

A new study posted to the preprint server medRxiv* discusses chronic disability due to long COVID in the United States.

14 Dec 2022

Severity of COVID-19 in men may be due to the loss of Y chromosome

Men are at an increased risk of a severe bout of COVID-19 compared to women. Researchers at Uppsala University have now shown that this may be due to loss of the Y chromosome in part of their white blood cells.

14 Dec 2022

Avian influenza update: Bird keepers in England must house all poultry and captive birds until further notice

All poultry and captive birds must be housed in England until further notice, following an increase in the number of detections of avian influenza in wild birds and on commercial premises.

14 Dec 2022

People with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders infected with COVID-19 have greater risk of endocarditis

People diagnosed with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders are more susceptible to developing endocarditis, a condition that damages the lining of the heart valves and chambers, according to research from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.

14 Dec 2022

The implications of pulmonary tissue-resident memory T lymphocytes in COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases

Researchers elucidated the mechanisms of long-term T lymphocyte lodgement in tissues other than lymphoid tissues and the reasons for the transient residency of specific subsets of tissue-resident memory T (TRM) lymphocytes.

14 Dec 2022

What are the risk factors associated with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 and rhinovirus infection in King County, Washington, from June 2020 to July 2022?

Researchers evaluated the change in symptoms and risk factors associated with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared it to those associated with positive tests of other respiratory viruses among residents of King County, Washington, in the United States.

14 Dec 2022

covid 19 News and Research

What is the role of the pediatric gut microbiome in COVID-19?

Influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2021–2022 influenza season in the United States

Study assesses COVID-19 booster vaccination coverage by demographics and behaviors and experiences toward vaccination among fully vaccinated adults

Squeezed by temp nurse costs, hospital systems create their own staffing agencies

‘Cocktail’ vaccines could offer protection against current and future SARS-CoV-2 'variants of concern'

Similarities and differences in secondary health effects after disasters and pandemics

Extraordinary plasticity of the glucocorticoid receptor revealed

Vaping may negatively affect pulmonary surfactant in the lungs, study shows

Research reveals that a viral toxin may contribute to the severity of COVID-19

Correlating circulating adipokine levels with COVID-19 severity

No benefit of low dose apixaban following acute COVID-19

The debilitating effects of long-COVID in the U.S.

Severity of COVID-19 in men may be due to the loss of Y chromosome

Avian influenza update: Bird keepers in England must house all poultry and captive birds until further notice

People with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders infected with COVID-19 have greater risk of endocarditis

The implications of pulmonary tissue-resident memory T lymphocytes in COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases

What are the risk factors associated with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 and rhinovirus infection in King County, Washington, from June 2020 to July 2022?

What is the relation between COVID-19 vaccination and new POTS-related diagnoses?

The evolution of COVID-19 mortality during 2020 and 2021 in six countries

Study reveals why humans get infected by rodent-borne pathogens

Breaking Barriers: ANDYSMANCLUB's Fight for Men's Mental Health on World Mental Health Day

Arrayed CRISPR Screening for Revolutionizing Target Discovery

Innovations in baculovirus–insect cell expression systems

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