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Respirator masks used by anesthetists associated with 38% increased risk of airway complications in patients

Personal protective equipment (PPE) was rarely out of the news throughout the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Sep 2022

Factors influencing patient’s perception during COVID-19 recovery

A team of researchers characterized individual-level illness perception, both cognitive and emotional, following COVID-19.

9 Sep 2022

COVID-19’s long-term impact on orphanhood and caregiver loss

Researchers performed epidemiologic modeling to update COVID-19-associated caregiver and parent loss estimates.

9 Sep 2022

The evolution of humoral immune responses over the course of Epstein-Barr virus infection

Researchers explored probable humoral immune mechanisms related to EBV curtailment, besides neutralization, by a systematic emphasis on antibody fragment crystallizable-functional activities over the course of EBV infections.

9 Sep 2022

All SARS-CoV-2 variants neutralized by a potent new antibody

Researchers describe a mouse model used to generate a VH1-2 heavy chain (HC)- and Vκ1-33 light chain (LC)-based recombinant antibody that broadly neutralized all severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, including the newly emergent Omicron sub-variant BA.5.

9 Sep 2022

Supplementary folic acid associated with higher risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Open, researchers investigated the impact of folic acid supplements and methotrexate, in combination or individually, on disease severity and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

8 Sep 2022

Significantly enlarged gray matter volume in neuropsychiatric long-COVID syndrome

In a recent study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, researchers found larger gray matter volumes (GMVs) in patients with neuropsychiatric long COVID syndrome.

8 Sep 2022

Can preclinical COVID-19 models help unlock mystery of long-COVID?

In a recently published article in the journal PLOS PATHOGENS, scientists have summarized acute and prolonged clinical manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The review also provides an overview of the potency and utility of preclinical animal models to understand the mechanistic details of acute and long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

8 Sep 2022

Vaccines could help alleviate the symptoms of long COVID

Being vaccinated with at least two doses of Pfizer vaccines dramatically reduces most of the long-term symptoms individuals reported months after contracting COVID-19, a new study shows.

8 Sep 2022

Testosterone supplements increase sexual impulsivity in men

A recent study provides more evidence that male sexual behavior is driven, in part, by testosterone levels.

8 Sep 2022

Stem cell-derived liver cell model could be a valuable tool for future studies on Ebola virus

Ebola virus causes serious infections in humans and in fatal cases, damage and dysfunction of the liver is often present, suggesting that the liver plays a decisive role in disease outcome.

8 Sep 2022

Licorice compounds proposed as effective candidates for treatment of COVID-19

Researchers describe the different mechanisms by which licorice active ingredients target SARS-CoV-2.

8 Sep 2022

Using wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor monkeypox

Monkeypox, a virus that causes painful rashes and flu-like symptoms, is spreading rapidly throughout many parts of the world, including the U.S. To get a fast understanding of how the virus is moving through communities, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology Letters suggest turning to wastewater epidemiology.

8 Sep 2022

NIH issues funding opportunities to support the development of new COVID-19 diagnostics

The National Institutes of Health has issued two new funding opportunities for diagnostic test manufacturers to develop the next generation of COVID-19 tests, with a major focus on accessibility.

8 Sep 2022

Clinical trial begins evaluating alternative strategies to administer the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine

A clinical trial evaluating alternative strategies for administering the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine to increase the number of available doses has begun enrolling adult volunteers.

8 Sep 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection leaves significant effects long after the patient is symptom-free

The immune cells of patients who received hospital care for COVID-19 early in the pandemic were still affected six months later.

8 Sep 2022

Researchers harness stem cells to study how Ebola virus infects and damages the liver

The Ebola virus was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, there have been periodic outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), mostly in Africa, resulting in 13,700 deaths worldwide.

8 Sep 2022

Biosynthetic proteins show promise as SARS-CoV-2 antivirals targeting spike protein

Researchers developed an αRep series specific to the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 S, which could easily adapt to work stably against SARS-CoV-2 variants at a low cost.

8 Sep 2022

Meteorological factors play a key role in the analyses of COVID-19 risk

COVID-19 transmission can be more accurately modeled by incorporating meteorological factors, with ultraviolet (UV) radiation as the main driver, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by a team of scientists from the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI), at Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Transvalor S.A., France.

8 Sep 2022

How does previous SARS-CoV-2 infection impact the B cell receptor repertoire in response to vaccination?

Researchers evaluated immune responses by B lymphocytes to Pfizer’s severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 mRNA vaccine.

8 Sep 2022

Disease/Infection News

Respirator masks used by anesthetists associated with 38% increased risk of airway complications in patients

Factors influencing patient’s perception during COVID-19 recovery

COVID-19’s long-term impact on orphanhood and caregiver loss

The evolution of humoral immune responses over the course of Epstein-Barr virus infection

All SARS-CoV-2 variants neutralized by a potent new antibody

Supplementary folic acid associated with higher risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and mortality

Significantly enlarged gray matter volume in neuropsychiatric long-COVID syndrome

Can preclinical COVID-19 models help unlock mystery of long-COVID?

Vaccines could help alleviate the symptoms of long COVID

Testosterone supplements increase sexual impulsivity in men

Stem cell-derived liver cell model could be a valuable tool for future studies on Ebola virus

Licorice compounds proposed as effective candidates for treatment of COVID-19

Using wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor monkeypox

NIH issues funding opportunities to support the development of new COVID-19 diagnostics

Clinical trial begins evaluating alternative strategies to administer the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 infection leaves significant effects long after the patient is symptom-free

Researchers harness stem cells to study how Ebola virus infects and damages the liver

Biosynthetic proteins show promise as SARS-CoV-2 antivirals targeting spike protein

Meteorological factors play a key role in the analyses of COVID-19 risk

How does previous SARS-CoV-2 infection impact the B cell receptor repertoire in response to vaccination?

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