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Socio-economic effects of human mobility restrictions under COVID-19

The lockdown measures introduced in Italy to deal with COVID-19 have produced a mobility contraction which is not homogeneously distributed across Italian municipalities and regions. An examination of the steep fall on the Italian mobility network during the pandemic reveals some counterintuitive results, calling for further analysis.

22 Jun 2020

Novel vaccine platform against COVID-19 based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells

In a recent groundbreaking bioRxiv paper, Chinese researchers describe a novel approach towards coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine design based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells, with favorable and promising antibody response.

22 Jun 2020

Computational tool provides growth rate and acceleration analysis of COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araçatuba, Brazil, have developed a computational tool that acts like a "COVID-19 accelerometer," plotting in real time the rate at which growth is accelerating or decelerating in more than 200 countries and territories.

22 Jun 2020

Maintaining social distancing and using face masks could help avoid a second COVID-19 wave

Individual behavior has a significant effect on preventing a large second wave of COVID-19 infections. In fact, maintaining social distancing and other interventions such as the use of face masks and hand hygiene could remove the need for future lockdowns, according to a modeling study performed by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, an institution supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation.

22 Jun 2020

Reassuring news on the Oxford vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2

A new paper from the UK vaccine research group, currently available on the bioRxiv preprint server, reveals that a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) can induce antigen-specific antibody and T cells responses against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and a booster shot additionally enhances antibody production with an increase in neutralizing titers – particularly in pigs.

22 Jun 2020

COVID-19 may delay clean energy investments and innovation

Traveling restraints and shelter-in-place orders that grounded planes and emptied streets during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic brought greenhouse gas emissions down and air quality up.

22 Jun 2020

Inhaled corticosteroids have no effect on COVID-19 mortality, say researchers

A study conducted by UK researchers has found no evidence to support the hypothesis that regular use of inhaled corticosteroids may have a beneficial effect on mortality outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

22 Jun 2020

Further confirmation Holder pasteurization inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk

Researchers in Australia have shown that a standard pasteurization method commonly used in human milk banks is effective at inactivating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

22 Jun 2020

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

A group of scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, led by Luís Moita, discovered that a hormone that has been pointed out as a treatment for obesity reduces the resistance to infection caused by bacteria and is a risk factor for sepsis.

22 Jun 2020

Lancaster University spearheads social distancing and way-finding model for businesses

Lancaster University is spearheading a unique, automated, social distancing and way-finding model for businesses preparing to re-open safely in the post-pandemic recovery.

22 Jun 2020

Homeless patients with respiratory infections more likely to be treated with ventilators than non-homeless

Researchers from UCLA, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Tokyo found that during a recent six-year period, homeless people in New York state were more likely to hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators for respiratory infections than people who are not homeless.

22 Jun 2020

Study looks at how loneliness, perceived support has changed in response to COVID-19

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans.

22 Jun 2020

Researchers provide evidence-based review on COVID-19 respiratory transmission

In a new article, scientists provide an exhaustive, evidence-based review of how COVID-19 droplets from infected patients spread through the air and describe how health care professionals can protect themselves.

22 Jun 2020

The role of brain cells in spreading HIV

Dr. Lena Al-Harthi speaks to News-Medical about her research into HIV treatment and the role of brain cells in spreading the HIV virus.

22 Jun 2020

Easy to say ‘get tested.’ Harder to do. Here’s how.

Will Bondurant decided to get tested for COVID-19 after attending three racial justice demonstrations over a five-day period in San Francisco, where he lives.

22 Jun 2020

Researchers explore notions of animality, illness and humanity

When it became apparent in early 2020 just how serious the COVID-19-pandemic was, prioritization among corona patients became an acute issue.

22 Jun 2020

As problems grow with Abbott’s fast COVID test, FDA standards are under fire

In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Laboratories COVID-19 test that for weeks had received high praise from the White House because of its speed: Test results could be wrong.

22 Jun 2020

How those with obsessive-compulsive disorder cope with added angst of COVID

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under control. As someone who has battled obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues since early childhood, it's been a long journey.

22 Jun 2020

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Some children have developed a severe inflammatory response due to COVID-19 infection that appears similar to Kawasaki disease.

22 Jun 2020

Synthetic peptide could be an effective COVID-19 treatment and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Ligandal, one of the world’s leading genetic medicine companies, has modeled a synthetic peptide that could be an effective COVID-19 treatment and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

22 Jun 2020

Disease/Infection News

Socio-economic effects of human mobility restrictions under COVID-19

Novel vaccine platform against COVID-19 based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells

Computational tool provides growth rate and acceleration analysis of COVID-19 pandemic

Maintaining social distancing and using face masks could help avoid a second COVID-19 wave

Reassuring news on the Oxford vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 may delay clean energy investments and innovation

Inhaled corticosteroids have no effect on COVID-19 mortality, say researchers

Further confirmation Holder pasteurization inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

Lancaster University spearheads social distancing and way-finding model for businesses

Homeless patients with respiratory infections more likely to be treated with ventilators than non-homeless

Study looks at how loneliness, perceived support has changed in response to COVID-19

Researchers provide evidence-based review on COVID-19 respiratory transmission

The role of brain cells in spreading HIV

Easy to say ‘get tested.’ Harder to do. Here’s how.

Researchers explore notions of animality, illness and humanity

As problems grow with Abbott’s fast COVID test, FDA standards are under fire

How those with obsessive-compulsive disorder cope with added angst of COVID

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Synthetic peptide could be an effective COVID-19 treatment and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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