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Study evaluates the effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training

School-based mindfulness training, universally applied across the UK in a bid to boost teen mental health and wellbeing, probably isn't warranted, suggest the results of a cluster of 5 studies, published online in a special issue of Evidence-Based Mental Health.

13 Jul 2022

Study highlights the psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic

Many medical professionals who volunteered for short-term deployment to a field hospital in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced high levels of secondary traumatic stress, a new study found.

13 Jul 2022

Booster dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine benefits lupus patients

People with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after full vaccination are roughly half as likely to have a subsequent "breakthrough" COVID-19 infection, a new study shows.

13 Jul 2022

Long covid patients travel abroad seeking for unproven "blood-washing" treatment

Thousands of people experiencing the debilitating symptoms of long covid are traveling abroad to seek costly but unproven treatments such as "blood washing", according to an investigation carried out by The BMJ and ITV News released today.

13 Jul 2022

Death from retinoblastoma is more common among children in low-income countries

Children with the eye cancer retinoblastoma in a low-income country are at 16 times higher risk of dying at any time within three years of diagnosis than those in high-income countries, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health.

13 Jul 2022

Study suggests vaping does not increase risk of COVID-19

Researchers examine the risk of PCR-confirmed COVID-19 with the use of e-cigarettes.

12 Jul 2022

Production of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from hyperimmunized chickens

A new study reports the production of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in hyperimmunized hens.

12 Jul 2022

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft wastewater

Researchers detect SARS-CoV-2 variants in the wastewater of aircrafts

12 Jul 2022

Scientists explore antigenic imprinting in SARS-CoV-2

A recently published study compared monoclonal RBD antibody responses induced by SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant infections to antibodies induced by the ancestral virus in immunologically naive subjects.

12 Jul 2022

People with substance use disorder found to be largely resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stay-at-home orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted many facets of our lives and created many barriers, particularly for those in recovery for substance use disorder.

12 Jul 2022

AI model detects people's vaccine attitudes from their social media posts

People's attitudes towards vaccines can now be detected from their social media posts by an intelligent AI model, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.

12 Jul 2022

Scientists determine the binding affinity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in response to infection or vaccination

Scientists measured the quantity and binding affinity (avidity) of antibodies against five different viral proteins.

12 Jul 2022

Does COVID-19 cause hair loss?

A new study discusses hair loss as a result of COVID-19.

12 Jul 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

Dr. Thomas Fisher, an emergency room physician at a hospital on Chicago’s South Side, has written “The Emergency,” an up-close chronicle of the covid-19 pandemic's first year.

12 Jul 2022

How do symptom burden and viral kinetics differ between healthy, vaccinated adults infected with either Delta, Omicron BA.1, or BA.2?

Researchers assessed the symptom profiles present in SARS-CoV-2 Delta, Omicron BA1. and BA.2-infected patients.

12 Jul 2022

What is the long-term protection against COVID-19?

A new study describes the immunologic parameters associated with protection from COVID-19.

12 Jul 2022

What is the association between PASC-AMs and the diagnosis of new-onset psychiatric illness after acute SARS-CoV-2 infections?

Researchers investigated if non-psychiatric PASC-AMs increase the risk of new-onset psychiatric illness diagnosis.

12 Jul 2022

Clinical presentation of monkeypox infection in two Israeli males

Researchers described the symptomatology and clinical manifestations of monkeypox infections among two Israeli patients.

12 Jul 2022

Stinging nettle extract inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cell fusion

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers at Ghent University and KU Leuven, Belgium, demonstrated that Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA), a monomeric lectin extracted from stinging nettle rhizomes, inhibited severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) cell to cell fusion.

12 Jul 2022

Comparison of complaints following second and third COVID mRNA vaccine doses

In a recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, investigators in Norway and Sweden compared medical complaints after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection following second and third dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations.

12 Jul 2022

covid 19 News and Research

Study evaluates the effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training

Study highlights the psychological adjustment of health-care volunteers during COVID-19 pandemic

Booster dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine benefits lupus patients

Long covid patients travel abroad seeking for unproven "blood-washing" treatment

Death from retinoblastoma is more common among children in low-income countries

Study suggests vaping does not increase risk of COVID-19

Production of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from hyperimmunized chickens

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft wastewater

Scientists explore antigenic imprinting in SARS-CoV-2

People with substance use disorder found to be largely resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic

AI model detects people's vaccine attitudes from their social media posts

Scientists determine the binding affinity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in response to infection or vaccination

Does COVID-19 cause hair loss?

‘An Arm and a Leg’: One ER doctor grapples with the inequities of American health care

How do symptom burden and viral kinetics differ between healthy, vaccinated adults infected with either Delta, Omicron BA.1, or BA.2?

What is the long-term protection against COVID-19?

What is the association between PASC-AMs and the diagnosis of new-onset psychiatric illness after acute SARS-CoV-2 infections?

Clinical presentation of monkeypox infection in two Israeli males

Stinging nettle extract inhibits SARS-CoV-2 cell fusion

Comparison of complaints following second and third COVID mRNA vaccine doses

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