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An anesthesiology practice’s busy day in court collecting on surprise bills

Owen Loney's surprise bill resulted from an emergency appendectomy in 2019 at a Richmond, Virginia, hospital.

23 Dec 2021

Boceprevir-based molecules show high antiviral potency against SARS-CoV-2

In a study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers conducted a structure-activity relationship study of boceprevir-based molecules to find antiviral drug candidates targeting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) protease MPro.

22 Dec 2021

BUSPH researcher partners with journalists, academics to reveal COVID-19's hidden mortality

Dr. Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health, is providing mortality data and modeling to the Documenting COVID-19 project and Muckrock in a collaboration that aims to identify the scope of underreported COVID-19 deaths in US counties.

22 Dec 2021

Survey finds acceptable levels of COVID-19 awareness and preparedness among healthcare workers

A survey of healthcare workers in 57 countries found that while overall preparedness for and awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic were at levels deemed acceptable during the first wave, significant differences in these levels were seen across worker groups and countries.

22 Dec 2021

The transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV2 Omicron variant

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers developed a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) model-inference system in South Africa to determine transmission dynamics and immune evasion associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant.

22 Dec 2021

New allocation model to optimize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments

Lulu Kang, associate professor of applied mathematics at Illinois Institute of Technology and a team of researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago put a new twist on traditional resource allocation models to optimize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, testing supplies, and other related resources, publishing their findings, "Fair and Diverse Allocation of Scarce Resources," in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

22 Dec 2021

Researchers explore problematic smartphone use during COVID-19 pandemic

A new survey study has identified links between problematic smartphone use and low sense of control, repetitive thinking, and fear of missing out (FOMO) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2021, suggesting possible avenues for reducing the severity of such use.

22 Dec 2021

Brown anole lizard helps solve breathing problems with ultimate simplicity

When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards.

22 Dec 2021

How the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant grew to dominate the UK epidemic

Researchers examine SARS-CoV-2 genomes in England to evaluate the effectiveness of COVID-19 policies.

22 Dec 2021

Decline in protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in prior infected and fully vaccinated

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta and Omicron variants among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive individuals who were either naive, fully vaccinated, or had a previous infection to further investigate possible escape from vaccine- or infection-induced immunity by Omicron compared to Delta.

22 Dec 2021

Scientists develop methods to quantify the transmissibility of new COVID-19 variants

As the discovery of the new omicron variant illustrates, new COVID-19 variants will continue to regularly emerge.

22 Dec 2021

World leaders meet to discuss about COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics

The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held high-level consultations with Gavi and UNICEF on 17 December, 2021 aimed at increasing the use of COVID-19 vaccines and other critical medical countermeasures in low-income (LIC) and lower middle-income (LMIC) countries and supporting countries to be better prepared, resourced, and ready to roll out vaccines.

22 Dec 2021

T-cell response to Omicron after an mRNA COVID vaccine booster

In a recent prospective observational study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined Omicron variant-associated T cell responses before and after a third dose of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in anti-CD20-treated multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

22 Dec 2021

All carers are encouraged to 'Get Boosted Now'

A new study, published today by the University of Birmingham and UCL, adds further evidence to the importance of a booster vaccine for both carers and care home residents as they are encouraged to Get Boosted Now.

22 Dec 2021

Study assesses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental faculty well-being

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to withdraw for safety in 2020, faculty at dental schools did not report significant decreases in measures of their well-being, according to results from a study led by Carlos S. Smith, D.D.S., at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.

22 Dec 2021

More breakthrough infections but less severe COVID-19 with Omicron

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, an international team of researchers reported the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) breakthrough infections (BTIs) among health care workers (HCWs) participating in a phase III vaccine trial in Sisonke, South Africa.

22 Dec 2021

Infect, replicate, and rapidly mutate: Computational virus modeling study

A new bioRxiv* preprint study led by Barbara A Jones of IBM Research-Almaden in San Jose, California, used computational modeling to investigate how viruses rapidly mutate as well as how they respond or adapt to different host conditions. They observed a range of behaviors from glassy dynamics, bimodal quasispecies distributions, and periodic steady states.

22 Dec 2021

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An anesthesiology practice’s busy day in court collecting on surprise bills

Boceprevir-based molecules show high antiviral potency against SARS-CoV-2

BUSPH researcher partners with journalists, academics to reveal COVID-19's hidden mortality

Survey finds acceptable levels of COVID-19 awareness and preparedness among healthcare workers

The transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV2 Omicron variant

New allocation model to optimize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments

Researchers explore problematic smartphone use during COVID-19 pandemic

Brown anole lizard helps solve breathing problems with ultimate simplicity

How the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant grew to dominate the UK epidemic

Decline in protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in prior infected and fully vaccinated

Scientists develop methods to quantify the transmissibility of new COVID-19 variants

World leaders meet to discuss about COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics

T-cell response to Omicron after an mRNA COVID vaccine booster

All carers are encouraged to 'Get Boosted Now'

Study assesses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental faculty well-being

More breakthrough infections but less severe COVID-19 with Omicron

Infect, replicate, and rapidly mutate: Computational virus modeling study

Graphene-based neural probes can accurately detect electrographic signatures of the epileptic brain

Study points toward an alternative drug strategy to stall Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration

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