Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Latest Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Smiths Detection: Innovative technology in biothreat detection

In this interview, we spoke to Warren Mino at Smiths Detection, about their innovative technology and its involvement within biothreat detection.

From Smiths Detection 15 Nov 2021

Vaccination protects against COVID-19 related hospitalization in patients with and without comorbidity

Researchers from University Medical Centre Utrecht have been investigating the efficiency of vaccines against the alpha variant in the Netherlands.

15 Nov 2021

Mainstream media coverage of vaccines during COVID-19 pandemic

A recent study explores how vaccine coverage has come to the forefront of modern news media following the emergence of SARS-CoV-2.

15 Nov 2021

Public health strategies associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland

The current study attempts to estimate the quantitative effects of specific measures, using a combination of phylogenetic and phylodynamic approaches.

15 Nov 2021

Vaccination model for endemic COVID-19

The current model is meant to provide an understanding of what might happen in the future, with periods of very low infection prevalence, interspersed between surges that have ever-lower peaks.

15 Nov 2021

Standard PCR tests do not pick up new Covid strains, warns expert

Some new strains of Covid-19 are not being picked up by standard PCR tests, reveals leading testing expert Dr Quinton Fivelman. He warns that new mutations mean some variants are not being picked up by the standard, widely-used, single gene tests.

15 Nov 2021

New formulation for treating diabetic foot ulcers could also be used to kill COVID-19 virus

A new formulation developed by University of South Australia scientists to treat antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in diabetic foot ulcers could also be used to kill the COVID-19 virus circulating in air conditioning systems.

15 Nov 2021

Detection of a coronavirus similar to SARS-CoV-2 in Cambodian bats

Now, a new study published in the journal Nature Communications reports the identification of SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in two horseshoe bats sampled in Cambodia in 2010.

15 Nov 2021

A study of livestock exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Researchers recently published reports on pilot studies evaluating the susceptibility of common domestic livestock (cattle, sheep, goat, alpaca, rabbit, and horse) to intranasal infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the journal Emerging Microbes & Infections.

14 Nov 2021

$SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched in the solids fraction of wastewater$

SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched in the solids fraction of wastewater

New research led by Alexandria Boehm of Stanford University in California shows that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ribonucleic acid (RNA) in wastewater can be detected by measuring solid samples and flowing sewage water samples.

14 Nov 2021

Study finds COVID vaccination rates differ by occupation

While COVID-19 vaccines are available to all adults in England, new research suggests a disproportionate number of people who have not gotten the vaccine work in public-facing jobs. In addition, people who work from home were more likely to be vaccinated, suggesting ‘work from policies’ are limited in their effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations and COVID-19 deaths.

14 Nov 2021

Research on SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections shows the danger posed by Delta

Scientists from Florida, USA, have conducted a study to determine the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from individuals with delta breakthrough infections. The findings reveal that delta breakthrough cases exhibit a relatively lower viral load compared to unvaccinated cases.

14 Nov 2021