Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Latest Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those with OCDs

Researchers from the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf and University Hospital, Munich in Germany, have reported their findings on the course of obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCDs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

19 Nov 2020

SARS-CoV-2 immunity can last over six months, study finds

US-based scientists have released a study on preprint server bioRxiv*, titled “Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for greater than six months after infection,” contributing to the enormous research effort currently underway in this area.

19 Nov 2020

COVID-19 lockdown is associated with high blood pressure

Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to emergency.

19 Nov 2020

UK’s COVID-19 vaccine shows similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults

The UK's vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 shows similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults (aged 56 years and over) to those seen in adults aged 18-55 years.

19 Nov 2020

Teenagers facing COVID-19 and EVALI show similar symptoms

A UC Davis Health pediatric team presented a powerful case series of three teenagers who had unexplained breathing problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Nov 2020

Take it from an expert: Fauci’s hierarchy of safety during COVID

As a health journalist, a physician and a former foreign correspondent who lived through SARS in Beijing, I often get questions from friends, colleagues and people I don't even know about how to live during the pandemic.

19 Nov 2020

Genetic variations of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in cats

Using cats as an animal model to study severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, researchers have determined the virus has a narrow transmission bottleneck.

19 Nov 2020

Delirium in older patients with COVID-19

Delirium is common in older patients admitted to US emergency departments with COVID-19 infection, according to the findings of a new study.

19 Nov 2020

States’ face-covering mandates leave gaps in protection

Brady Bowman, a 19-year-old student at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and two friends strolled down 11th Street, all sporting matching neck gaiters branded with the Thomas' English Muffins logo. He had received an entire box of the promotional gaiters.

19 Nov 2020

People proving to be weakest link for apps tracking COVID exposure

The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They'd planned for heavy criticism about privacy, in many cases making the features as bare-bones as possible.

19 Nov 2020

SARS-CoV-2 is not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes

A recent study examined the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy, finding that no severe adverse outcomes are expected to either party.

19 Nov 2020

How the influenza virus takes control of a city, and implications for SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 has spread around the world, passed across the borders of nations by travelers and cargo.

19 Nov 2020

Clinical Chemistry Analyzer Has Utility in Multiple Laboratory Settings and During COVID-19 Crisis with its Small Size and Vast Menu

The Medica EasyRA® benchtop clinical chemistry analyzer, distributed and serviced by Greensboro-based company, Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp. (CLC), allows healthcare providers to test routine blood chemistries

From Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp. 19 Nov 2020

Scientists discover potential strategy to prevent inflammation in COVID-19 patients

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients with COVID-19. The research appeared online in the journal Cell.

19 Nov 2020

Study describes the early evolution of oral poliovirus vaccine

While the world reels from the spread of SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus behind COVID-19, a much older and previously feared scourge--poliovirus--is close to being completely eradicated.

19 Nov 2020

Randomized trial adds new evidence to effectiveness of wearing masks

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information.

19 Nov 2020

People with learning disabilities are more likely to die from coronavirus

A newly-published Public Health England report which shows people with learning disabilities are 6.3 times more likely to die from coronavirus than the rest of the population shows urgent action is required.

19 Nov 2020

Many hospitals across England exceeded bed occupancy thresholds during first wave of COVID-19

Thirty percent of hospitals in England reached their maximum occupancy levels for beds with mechanical ventilation support during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the flagship Nightingale hospitals were under-utilized, according to a new study.

19 Nov 2020

Domestic cats can be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2, show studies

Two recently published studies from Kansas State University researchers and collaborators have led to two important findings related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Domestic cats can be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2, but pigs are unlikely to be significant carriers of the virus. SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19.

19 Nov 2020

Most COVID-19 convalescent individuals have long-lasting memory T cell responses

Recently, researchers from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, conducted a comprehensive analysis of memory T cell responses against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.

18 Nov 2020