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Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone, according to Rice University engineers.

26 Feb 2021

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

America's stark racial disparities in health care have been exposed by COVID-19, but a new study from Michigan State University suggests that Black individuals are more likely than conservative White people to adhere to public health standards due to disparities.

26 Feb 2021

Study examines the future psyche of post-COVID-19 traveler

Our deep-rooted survival instinct for disease avoidance could make us less willing to embrace strangers and take foreign travel risks.

26 Feb 2021

Study explains the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus

As COVID-19 sweeps the world, related viruses quietly circulate among wild animals. A new study shows how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2003 SARS outbreak, are related to each other.

26 Feb 2021

Study shows why SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV-1

Coronavirus outbreaks have occurred periodically, but none have been as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Feb 2021

Study: Rural Americans are less likely to follow COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Timothy Callaghan, PhD, and Alva Ferdinand, DrPH, JD, from the Southwest Rural Health Research Center at Texas A&M University School of Public Health, joined colleagues in the first national study of how often people in urban and rural areas in the United States follow COVID-19 guidelines

26 Feb 2021

Researchers examine effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19

A major study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, examined data on 600,000 vaccinated individuals in Israel, along with 600,000 matched unvaccinated controls.

26 Feb 2021

Simple pooled testing method can be an effective tool for curbing COVID-19 pandemic

A new approach to pooled COVID-19 testing can be a highly effective tool for curbing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, even if infections are widespread in a community, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

25 Feb 2021

Extensive use of opioid agonists can considerably reduce drug-related deaths

New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug-related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in Lancet Psychiatry.

25 Feb 2021

Antibody and T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 persist up to 8 months: Study of Ski Resort Ischgl

The first instance of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak in Austria was observed in the Ski resort Ischgl in early March 2020. Later, the virus spread across Austria and other countries in Northern Europe.

25 Feb 2021

Pre-existing cross-reactive HCoV antibodies could protect against SARS-CoV-2

A team of researchers from Spain and Canada recently characterized the antibody kinetics and neutralization capacity at 4 cross-sectional surveys between March and October 2020 and determined the seroprevalence in the same cohort of healthcare workers.

25 Feb 2021

Microbes could predict fatal outcomes in ventilated COVID-19 patients

The study "Microbial signatures in the lower airways of mechanically ventilated COVID19 patients associated with poor clinical outcome" is available as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, while the article undergoes peer review.

25 Feb 2021

Study finds link between Googling symptoms and COVID-19 cases

Yasser El-Manzalawy and colleagues from Geisinger sought to find patterns with Google searches that could predict coronavirus spread. Based on Google search trends for nine symptoms, the team suggests their model can estimate the number of COVID-19 cases across the United States up to three weeks ahead.

25 Feb 2021

CRISPR screen identifies clinically approved immunosuppressants that could treat coronavirus infections

Researchers in Switzerland and Germany have identified host cell factors required for coronavirus replication that could serve as targets for treatment with clinically-approved drugs.

25 Feb 2021

Study pinpoints potential transmission advantage of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7

Researchers in the UK have shown that the increased transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage B.1.1.7 that emerged in the UK during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic does not appear to be the result of increased viral replication or immune escape.

25 Feb 2021

Disease/Infection News

Programmed magnetic nanobeads rapidly diagnose COVID-19

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

Study examines the future psyche of post-COVID-19 traveler

Study explains the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus

Study shows why SARS-CoV-2 is more infectious than SARS-CoV-1

Study: Rural Americans are less likely to follow COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Researchers examine effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19

Simple pooled testing method can be an effective tool for curbing COVID-19 pandemic

Extensive use of opioid agonists can considerably reduce drug-related deaths

Antibody and T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 persist up to 8 months: Study of Ski Resort Ischgl

Pre-existing cross-reactive HCoV antibodies could protect against SARS-CoV-2

Microbes could predict fatal outcomes in ventilated COVID-19 patients

Study finds link between Googling symptoms and COVID-19 cases

CRISPR screen identifies clinically approved immunosuppressants that could treat coronavirus infections

Study pinpoints potential transmission advantage of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7

Study: Majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations attributable to four pre-existing conditions

Texas Tech professor receives DARPA grant for developing indoor COVID-19 detector

New, more reliable testing program rolled-out to hospital staff to curb Covid transmission rates

Abnormal sodium levels predict respiratory failure and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a mutation limits host immune suppression, finds study

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

How cohesin mechanics and nanotracker tech are redefining DNA research

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