Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Latest Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Scientists devise new method to map HIV's sugary shield in unprecedented detail

Scientists from Scripps Research and Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method for mapping in unprecedented detail the thickets of slippery sugar molecules that help shield HIV from the immune system.

23 Oct 2020

Mathematical modeling study offers new insights into optimal timing of antiviral therapies against COVID-19

A new mathematical modeling study by Ashish Goyal and colleagues, informed by data collected from 25 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in 4 different countries, offers some important new insights into the optimal timing of 4 different antiviral therapies to combat the disease.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers identify molecular processes in kidney cells that attract and feed COVID-19

Although the lungs are a common target for COVID-19's cytokine storm, so are the kidneys, making the 1 in 4 U.S. adults with diabetes resulting in diabetic kidney disease at increased risk for virus mortality.

23 Oct 2020

Molecular processes in kidney cells may increase diabetics' vulnerability to COVID-19 infection

People with diabetes -- especially the 20 to 40 percent with diabetic kidney disease -- are among the most at risk for serious complications and death from COVID-19.

23 Oct 2020

Study: 90% of patients have detectable antibodies up to 7 months post contracting COVID-19

A new study led by Marc Veldhoen, principal investigator at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL) and Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte (CHLN) and collaborators at Instituto Português do Sangue e Transplantação (IPST), shows that 90% of subjects have detectable antibodies 40 days up to 7 months post contracting COVID-19.

23 Oct 2020

Fecal immunochemical test accurately rules out bowel cancer in patients with suspicious symptoms

Findings from the largest international research study found that using FIT is almost 100% accurate at ruling out bowel cancer in patients with suspicious symptoms.

23 Oct 2020

ACROBiosystems and the Fight Against COVID-19

In this interview, Dr. Yinang Jiang discusses ACROBiosystems and their efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and the search for a vaccine

From ACROBiosystems 23 Oct 2020

The blessings and possible drawbacks of home offices

Working at home has given many people the opportunity to arrange their working hours more freely than usual. But has it really given us more freedom?

23 Oct 2020

Researchers propose using complexity science to respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted U.S. healthcare organizations. Hospitals have faced drug and device shortages and created new ICUs overnight. Care plans have evolved out of necessity, and hospitals' carefully constructed patient flow systems were up-ended.

23 Oct 2020

COVID spikes exacerbate health worker shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains

COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren't easy to find.

23 Oct 2020

Workers fired, penalized for reporting COVID safety violations

When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New Jersey, where he was the shop foreman and put it on.

23 Oct 2020

Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID

Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007.

23 Oct 2020

HU laboratories develop novel treatment methods and technology to fight against COVID-19

A couple of days before October, the world hit another bleak milestone as the number of deaths due to COVID-19 reached one million.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers tackle the surface transmission of COVID-19 in new partnership

A project to develop surface treatments that can provide long-lasting protection against the COVID-19 virus has been launched at the University of Birmingham.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers develop lab-grown lung model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

A team of Duke University researchers has developed a lab-grown living lung model that mimics the tiny air sacs of the lungs where coronavirus infection and serious lung damage take place.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers use Parrondo’s paradox to relieve the cost of COVID-19

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the globe at an alarming pace, causing considerable anxiety and fear among the general public.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers develop a novel method to test for COVID-19 antibodies

When Dr. Stephen Smith of Seattle Children's Research Institute came down with muscle aches, gastrointestinal distress and a sudden loss of smell in late February, he suspected he had COVID-19.

23 Oct 2020

New report calls for improved Medicare home health benefit for older adults

Older adults have suffered disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic, with increased risk of severe illness and death reported across the globe.

23 Oct 2020

Researchers use viral signatures to reveal transmission patterns of SARS-CoV-2

The coronavirus, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has one official name--SARS-CoV-2. But according to virologists, mutations lead to hundreds of genetically-distinct versions of the virus.

23 Oct 2020

Vitamin C and COVID-19: A Review

In a recent review published in Preprints*, Patrick Holford et al. address vitamin C's role as adjunctive therapy for respiratory infection, sepsis, and COVID-19.

23 Oct 2020

Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Latest Coronavirus Disease COVID 19 News and Research

Scientists devise new method to map HIV's sugary shield in unprecedented detail

Mathematical modeling study offers new insights into optimal timing of antiviral therapies against COVID-19

Researchers identify molecular processes in kidney cells that attract and feed COVID-19

Molecular processes in kidney cells may increase diabetics' vulnerability to COVID-19 infection

Study: 90% of patients have detectable antibodies up to 7 months post contracting COVID-19

Fecal immunochemical test accurately rules out bowel cancer in patients with suspicious symptoms

ACROBiosystems and the Fight Against COVID-19

The blessings and possible drawbacks of home offices

Researchers propose using complexity science to respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID spikes exacerbate health worker shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains

Workers fired, penalized for reporting COVID safety violations

Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID

HU laboratories develop novel treatment methods and technology to fight against COVID-19

Researchers tackle the surface transmission of COVID-19 in new partnership

Researchers develop lab-grown lung model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers use Parrondo’s paradox to relieve the cost of COVID-19

Researchers develop a novel method to test for COVID-19 antibodies

New report calls for improved Medicare home health benefit for older adults

Researchers use viral signatures to reveal transmission patterns of SARS-CoV-2

Vitamin C and COVID-19: A Review

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