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Study supports efficacy and safety of lung-selective nanotherapy against SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new preprint shows the potential role of a host protease cathepsin L inhibitor, which mediates viral entry into the host cell by its effect on the viral spike protein.

8 Oct 2021

Organ centers to transplant patients: Get a covid shot or move down on waitlist

A Colorado kidney transplant candidate who was bumped to inactive status for failing to get a covid-19 vaccine has become the most public example of an argument roiling the nation's more than 250 organ transplant centers.

8 Oct 2021

NY reaches agreement with DOJ over vaccine access for blind people

Five New York state and local government agencies agreed to fix covid-19 vaccine websites to make them accessible for blind users following a Department of Justice investigation spurred by a KHN story.

8 Oct 2021

Covid immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal?

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a University of California-Irvine psychiatry professor, felt he didn't need to be vaccinated against covid because he'd fallen ill with the disease in July 2020.

8 Oct 2021

Oral and intranasal COVID-19 vaccines show promising results in hamster model

A new preprint discusses the protective effect of an oral adenovirus-vectored vaccine based on the SARS-CoV-2 spike against viral transmission and disease in hamsters.

8 Oct 2021

mRNA vaccination associated with decreased risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in U.S. veterans

Researchers from the U.S. Veterans Affairs have examined the U.S. effort to vaccinate its Veteran population to investigate further.

8 Oct 2021

Assay to assess and quantify presence of RBD-directed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination

Researchers from Roche Diagnostics have been testing a new assay known as the Elecsys assay.

8 Oct 2021

Study shows an association between initial SARS-CoV-2 viral load and disease severity

Researchers investigated the utility of initial SARS-CoV-2 viral loads of tests performed at a Public Health testing facility regarding hospital and ICUs admissions and overall survival.

8 Oct 2021

Experts address questions on psoriasis patients’ true needs and wellbeing

Almirall S.A., a global biopharmaceutical company focused on skin health, has hosted a scientific session during the 30th EADV Congress which addressed the need and importance to focus on patient wellbeing in real-life clinical practice.

8 Oct 2021

Keeping up Covid-levels of hygiene could help combat deadly antimicrobial resistance

Keeping up Covid-levels of hygiene awareness long-term could help tackle the spread of deadly antimicrobial resistance, according to new research from the University of West London (UWL) and Royal Holloway University of London.

8 Oct 2021

Antibiotics alone cannot prevent stunted growth in children, study finds

Antibiotics alone likely cannot overcome the complex factors that cause stunted growth and perpetuate the cycle of poverty in the developing world, new research suggests.

8 Oct 2021

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy successfully completes the Newborn Screening Pilot project

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), announced that the organization's Newborn Screening Pilot has successfully reached its completion, screening more than 36,000 babies born in New York State over the last two years.

8 Oct 2021

Stringent lockdown measures during early pandemic led to dramatic drop in vaccinations

Stringent lockdown measures imposed in the spring of 2020 led to a dramatic drop in vaccinations among both children and adults, according to a new study led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

8 Oct 2021

New approach to guided nerve repair by using gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells

A new approach to repairing peripheral nerves marries the regenerating power of gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells with a biological scaffold to enable the functional recovery of nerves following a facial injury, according to a study by a cross-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine.

8 Oct 2021

Research examines the impact of managers' active listening on employees' sense of job insecurity

Between the financial disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pervasive lack of stability throughout a rapidly shifting global economy, many workers will face job insecurity at some point in their careers.

8 Oct 2021

Removing high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions reduces chances of progression to anal cancer

In a randomized clinical trial with 4,446 participants, known as the Anal Cancer/HSIL Outcomes Research (ANCHOR) study, researchers found that by removing high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), chances of progression to anal cancer were significantly reduced.

8 Oct 2021

Scientists study immune response to COVID-19 in patients with different levels of disease severity

Researchers from Skoltech, U.S. companies VirIntel and Argentys Informatics, and two Russian Academy of Sciences institutes have studied the immune response to COVID-19 in patients with different levels of disease severity.

8 Oct 2021

Respiratory infections spread rapidly within mountain gorillas but not between neighboring groups

Coughs and colds spread quickly within wild mountain gorilla groups but appear less likely to spread between neighboring groups, a new study published in Scientific Reports shows.

8 Oct 2021

Second most common malaria parasite causes unrecognized burden on global health

The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, according to a review by Kevin Baird of the Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit in Indonesia and Katherine Battle of the Institute for Disease Modeling in the United States publishing October 7th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

8 Oct 2021

Study reveals the trends in recreational ketamine use and availability in the U.S.

Recreational ketamine use and availability of the drug have increased in recent years, but it remains an uncommon drug used by less than 1 percent of people in the U.S., according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.

7 Oct 2021

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Study supports efficacy and safety of lung-selective nanotherapy against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Organ centers to transplant patients: Get a covid shot or move down on waitlist

NY reaches agreement with DOJ over vaccine access for blind people

Covid immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal?

Oral and intranasal COVID-19 vaccines show promising results in hamster model

mRNA vaccination associated with decreased risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in U.S. veterans

Assay to assess and quantify presence of RBD-directed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination

Study shows an association between initial SARS-CoV-2 viral load and disease severity

Experts address questions on psoriasis patients’ true needs and wellbeing

Keeping up Covid-levels of hygiene could help combat deadly antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotics alone cannot prevent stunted growth in children, study finds

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy successfully completes the Newborn Screening Pilot project

Stringent lockdown measures during early pandemic led to dramatic drop in vaccinations

New approach to guided nerve repair by using gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Research examines the impact of managers' active listening on employees' sense of job insecurity

Removing high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions reduces chances of progression to anal cancer

Scientists study immune response to COVID-19 in patients with different levels of disease severity

Respiratory infections spread rapidly within mountain gorillas but not between neighboring groups

Second most common malaria parasite causes unrecognized burden on global health

Study reveals the trends in recreational ketamine use and availability in the U.S.

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