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Children's social health and wellbeing affected due to lack of sport during lockdown

An international study of youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that young people have been hit by a lack of exercise and competition, with results showing a decrease in their social, mental and physical wellbeing in the absence of sport.

14 Jul 2020

Study offers ranking based on effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions

A clever combination of soft measures can be highly effective without being as intrusive as a lockdown, finds a detailed analysis of more than 4,500 governmental measures against coronavirus spread.

14 Jul 2020

Keck Medicine of USC participates in clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug as possible COVID-19 treatment

Keck Medicine of USC physicians are enrolling patients as part of an international clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an antiviral drug, DAS181, as a possible treatment for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.

14 Jul 2020

FAU researchers receive NSF grant to model COVID-19 spread using big data analytics

Public health efforts depend heavily on predicting how diseases like COVID-19 spread across the globe. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with LexisNexis Risk(R)Solutions, a global data technology and advanced analytics leader, have received a rapid research (RAPID) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a model of COVID-19 spread using innovative big data analytics techniques and tools.

14 Jul 2020

You can see friends and relatives during the pandemic surge — but do it careful

Cooped up too long, yearning for a day at the beach or a night on the town — and enticed by the easing of restrictions just as the warm weather arrived — many people have bolted from the confines of home. And who can blame them?

14 Jul 2020

Saliva promising alternative to upper airway swabs for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

The standard diagnostic test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in July 2020 describes the use of saliva as a sample in RT-PCR for diagnosis in place of nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs.

14 Jul 2020

COVID-19 outbreak could help middle-schoolers understand the world

Educators could use the COVID-19 outbreak to help middle-schoolers better understand the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers identify an effective method to tackle global water crisis

Lasers etch a simple way to address global water crisis.Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people in developed countries are assured of ample supplies of clean water to wash their hands as often as needed to protect themselves from the disease.

14 Jul 2020

Bereavement multiplier provides a clear picture of how COVID 19 affects racial and ethnic groups

A new analysis finds more than one million Americans have been swept up in the tidal wave of grief resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 Jul 2020

Cancer drug could help inhibit adenovirus infection

An adenovirus infection can be potentially life-threatening, especially for children after a stem cell transplant.

14 Jul 2020

UTHealth physicians investigate blood pressure drug's effect on improving COVID-19 outcomes

An interventional therapy aimed at improving survival chances and reducing the need for critical care treatment due to COVID-19 is being investigated by physicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

14 Jul 2020

A new measles-based COVID-19 vaccine

Now, a new study by researchers from Germany's Paul Ehrlich Institute and published on the preprint server bioRxiv in July 2020 describes a potential vaccine based on the measles vaccine, which elicits both an antibody response and cellular immunity against the virus. This also protects against the measles virus. This could be a significant weapon in the fight against these two threats.

14 Jul 2020

Researcher and health research journalist point out biased misinformation on coronavirus

In a new JAMA editorial, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher and a health research journalist outline common ways that media, governments, and industry and academic public relations press releases have incompletely and misleadingly reported coronavirus research, and how they can do better.

14 Jul 2020

Study focuses on critical topics pertaining to community and individual health during COVID-19

New research and guidance in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, focus on critical topics pertaining to community and individual health during the COVID-19 epidemic.

14 Jul 2020

Yoga and meditation are potential adjunctive treatments for COVID-19

The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and yoga practices make them potential adjunctive treatments of COVID-19, according to the peer-reviewed journal JACM, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers review scientific articles on the role of zinc in COVID-19 prevention

Researchers from Sechenov University in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, Greece and Russia reviewed scientific articles on the role of zinc in the prevention and treatment of viral infections and pneumonia, with projections on those caused by SARS-CoV-2. The results were published in the International Journal of Molecular Medicine.

14 Jul 2020

Study explores effect of COVID-19 mortality in kinship networks

Deaths from COVID-19 will have a ripple effect causing impacts on the mental health and health of surviving family members.

14 Jul 2020

Current assays reflect non-neutralizing antibodies, finds study

Several serologic tests have been developed to help diagnose the presence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), either currently or in the past. However, all of them are not equally effective.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers uncover new mechanism for designing antiviral drugs for dengue virus

A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a new mechanism for designing antiviral drugs for dengue virus. The study is currently available in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

14 Jul 2020

Researchers stabilize the closed SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer

Now, a new study by researchers at Janssen Vaccines & Prevention BV and Leiden University and published on the preprint server bioRxiv uses cryoEM to reveal the structure of this trimer, in order to support both vaccine development and diagnostic testing based on antibody production.

14 Jul 2020

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Children's social health and wellbeing affected due to lack of sport during lockdown

Study offers ranking based on effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions

Keck Medicine of USC participates in clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug as possible COVID-19 treatment

FAU researchers receive NSF grant to model COVID-19 spread using big data analytics

You can see friends and relatives during the pandemic surge — but do it careful

Saliva promising alternative to upper airway swabs for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 outbreak could help middle-schoolers understand the world

Researchers identify an effective method to tackle global water crisis

Bereavement multiplier provides a clear picture of how COVID 19 affects racial and ethnic groups

Cancer drug could help inhibit adenovirus infection

UTHealth physicians investigate blood pressure drug's effect on improving COVID-19 outcomes

A new measles-based COVID-19 vaccine

Researcher and health research journalist point out biased misinformation on coronavirus

Study focuses on critical topics pertaining to community and individual health during COVID-19

Yoga and meditation are potential adjunctive treatments for COVID-19

Researchers review scientific articles on the role of zinc in COVID-19 prevention

Study explores effect of COVID-19 mortality in kinship networks

Current assays reflect non-neutralizing antibodies, finds study

Researchers uncover new mechanism for designing antiviral drugs for dengue virus

Researchers stabilize the closed SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer

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