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Three-year analysis of COVID-19's impact reveals persistent excess mortality in the Western world

Excess death rates have remained high in the West for three years running since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a data analysis of 47 countries published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health.

5 Jun 2024

New AI camera technology could offer a future tool for quickly assessing the severity of infections

It might soon be possible to measure a patient’s pulse, breathing, and blood pressure simply by scanning their face.

5 Jun 2024

End of pandemic internet subsidies threatens a health care lifeline for rural America

Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an internet connection can be after she broke her leg.

5 Jun 2024

Fertility warning: SARS-CoV-2 can linger in sperm for months after infection

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown for the first time that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain in the sperm of patients for up to 90 days after hospital discharge and up to 110 days after the initial infection, reducing semen quality.

4 Jun 2024

Novel small molecule oral antiviral could be a game-changer in the fight against future pandemics

Obeldesivir (GS-5245), a novel investigational small molecule oral antiviral, represents a new tool in the ongoing effort to prepare for future pandemics.

4 Jun 2024

SU2C-SARC032 trial: Immunotherapy reduces relapse risk in soft tissue sarcoma by 43%

For the last three decades, breakthroughs have been sparse for soft tissue sarcomas, which are rare cancers that affect muscles, fat and other connective tissues.

4 Jun 2024

Proteomic profiling reveals sexual dimorphism and immune system alterations in Werner syndrome

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 16, Issue 10, entitled, "Integrated liver and serum proteomics uncover sexual dimorphism and alteration of several immune response proteins in an aging Werner syndrome mouse model."

4 Jun 2024

Long COVID linked to higher risk of erectile dysfunction, new study finds

The risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) following a diagnosis of long coronavirus disease (COVID) compared to acute COVID.

4 Jun 2024

N95 respirators potential standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings during respiratory viral infections

Researchers examined the efficiency of surgical masks, fabric masks, N95 respirators, and KN95 respirators in lowering the SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in the exhaled breath aerosol samples of COVID-19 patients.

4 Jun 2024

Unflagged vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook causes significant vaccine hesitancy, study finds

A recent study in Science reveals that unflagged vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook significantly reduces COVID-19 vaccination intentions. This highlights the urgent need for better misinformation interventions.

3 Jun 2024

IgG from long COVID patients induces specific symptoms in mice, confirming autoimmunity's role

Researchers found that IgG from long COVID patients induces specific symptoms in mice, suggesting IgG's role in long COVID pathogenesis.

3 Jun 2024

Foam technology revolutionizes gene therapy, boosting efficiency and safety

Liquid foam gene delivery significantly enhances transfection efficiency and safety, offering a cost-effective alternative to conventional methods.

3 Jun 2024

VUMC researchers discover potent antibody against influenza B

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against influenza B, a significant public health threat that disproportionately affects children, the elderly and other immunocompromised individuals.

31 May 2024

Survey: 82.7 million Americans impacted by overdose deaths

Losing a loved one to drug overdose has been a common experience for many Americans in recent years, crossing political and socioeconomic divides and boosting the perceived importance of the overdose crisis as a policy issue, according to a new survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

31 May 2024

Supervised physical exercise lowers back pain and improves wellbeing of eldercare workers

Mainly older and middle-aged women, working class, with a very high prevalence of lower back pain and consequently possible psycho-affective problems and a poorer quality of life... This is the general profile of carers of the elderly.

31 May 2024

After grilling an NIH scientist over covid emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci

Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he'll have something new to answer for: a trove of incendiary emails written by one of his closest advisers.

31 May 2024

Unflagged stories drive vaccine hesitancy more than debunked misinformation

What threatens public health more, a deliberately false Facebook post about tracking microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine that is flagged as misinformation, or an unflagged, factual article about the rare case of a young, healthy person who died after receiving the vaccine?

30 May 2024

Study reveals key to closing Black-White COVID-19 vaccination gap

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Americans were more hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine than were White Americans. As the pandemic went on, however, the disparity in vaccination rates between Black and White adults declined.

30 May 2024

New recommendations designed to reframe the evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests

Recommendations designed to reframe the evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests have been published today by the Royal Statistical Society in its Series A journal.

30 May 2024

Three-year study shows lingering effects of COVID-19

New findings on long COVID -; long-term effects on health experienced by many who have had COVID-19 -; present a good-news, bad-news situation, according to a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system.

30 May 2024

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covid 19 News and Research

Three-year analysis of COVID-19's impact reveals persistent excess mortality in the Western world

New AI camera technology could offer a future tool for quickly assessing the severity of infections

End of pandemic internet subsidies threatens a health care lifeline for rural America

Fertility warning: SARS-CoV-2 can linger in sperm for months after infection

Novel small molecule oral antiviral could be a game-changer in the fight against future pandemics

SU2C-SARC032 trial: Immunotherapy reduces relapse risk in soft tissue sarcoma by 43%

Proteomic profiling reveals sexual dimorphism and immune system alterations in Werner syndrome

Long COVID linked to higher risk of erectile dysfunction, new study finds

N95 respirators potential standard of care in nursing homes and healthcare settings during respiratory viral infections

Unflagged vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook causes significant vaccine hesitancy, study finds

IgG from long COVID patients induces specific symptoms in mice, confirming autoimmunity's role

Foam technology revolutionizes gene therapy, boosting efficiency and safety

VUMC researchers discover potent antibody against influenza B

Survey: 82.7 million Americans impacted by overdose deaths

Supervised physical exercise lowers back pain and improves wellbeing of eldercare workers

After grilling an NIH scientist over covid emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci

Unflagged stories drive vaccine hesitancy more than debunked misinformation

Study reveals key to closing Black-White COVID-19 vaccination gap

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