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The importance of exercise for those with diabetes in the COVID era

A review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19.

7 Nov 2021

Unexpected antibody discovery provides new insight into how the body responds to malaria infection

Malaria, a pathogen transmitted into blood by mosquitoes in tropical climates, is typically thought of as a blood and liver infection.

3 Nov 2021

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human semen quality

A new review article aimed to extract, review and summarize these articles from the mentioned databases to determine the link between SARS-CoV-2 infection and semen quality.

3 Nov 2021

Montana’s Governor nixed a kids’ vaccine campaign, so health officials plan their own

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration quashed plans for a public service campaign to promote covid-19 vaccinations for eligible teenagers over the summer, a former state health official said.

3 Nov 2021

Pregnant women exposed to landscape fire smoke more likely to have low birth weight babies

Women exposed to smoke from landscape fires during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to babies with low or very low birth weights, according to findings published in eLife.

2 Nov 2021

A novel mathematical approach to COVID-19 planning

A team of researchers discuss a real-time spatio-temporal SARS-CoV-2 metapopulation model that was successful in practice.

2 Nov 2021

Isolation of potent neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using nanoparticles displaying SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein

A new study aimed to identify several potent neutralizing RBD-directed and NTD-directed mAbs that used a nanoparticle displaying the S glycoprotein to capture SARS-CoV-2-specific B cells.

2 Nov 2021

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa

A new study explores the role of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in sustaining the pandemic in South Africa.

31 Oct 2021

Study: mRNA vaccines associated with more immunity than prior COVID-19 infection

A nationwide study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are associated with significantly more immunity than a prior COVID-19 infection.

29 Oct 2021

University of Huddersfield and Regional Hospital Wiener Neustadt collaborate for wound management projects

The Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention at Huddersfield has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Regional Hospital Wiener Neustadt that will create a satellite office of the ISIaIP south of the Austrian capital Vienna.

29 Oct 2021

Radical decarbonization in cities has potential to dramatically improve child health, study says

Improved air quality in cities resulting from cutting carbon emissions could lead to large reductions in childhood asthma cases, premature births and incidences of babies born at an unhealthily low weight, according to a study carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

29 Oct 2021

Malaria: An Interview with the World Health Organization

In this interview, we spoke to Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization's team leader for malaria in Africa, about the groundbreaking malaria vaccine rollout announcement.

28 Oct 2021

Panel of broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies for immune assay application

In this study, a team of researchers from Japanese institutions provide a panel of broadly neutralizing nanobodies that detect four VOCs.

28 Oct 2021

Using fluvoxamine to treat COVID-19 patients reduces the need for prolonged hospitalization, trial shows

The results of a new randomized clinical trial, published in The Lancet Global Health, have demonstrated that using fluvoxamine to treat high-risk outpatients with early-diagnosed COVID-19 reduced the need for prolonged observation in an emergency setting or hospitalization, compared to a control group who received a placebo.

28 Oct 2021

Japanese study on SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections

Researchers evaluated SARS-CoV-2 incidence in Japan regarding the timing of the vaccination program and surge in COVID-19 cases among the staff of a large referral hospital in Tokyo. This study is posted to the medRxiv* preprint server.

28 Oct 2021

Study finds disparities in dissemination of cancer survivorship care plans

Survivorship care plans are an important tool to help cancer survivors transition out of active treatment and back to their regular lives, but a new study found that a number of vulnerable groups are not receiving those plans.

27 Oct 2021

UK supports Viet Nam to combat COVID-19 by providing £500,000 of medical equipment

This commitment follows the donation by the UK government to Viet Nam of 415,050 doses of the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in August 2021.

27 Oct 2021

Clinical trial shows no benefit of tamoxifen in treating deadly fungal meningitis

Hopes that tamoxifen could improve survival for a deadly form of fungal meningitis have been dashed by clinical trial results published in eLife.

26 Oct 2021

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

It is estimated that 80% of women will suffer from vaginal candidiasis at least once in their lives. In addition to superficial infections, which can be oral or vaginal and do not usually have a serious prognosis, fungi of the Candida genus can cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised individuals and these are fatal in 40% of cases.

25 Oct 2021

Mapping the molecular gene signatures of respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2

Researchers compare a large cohort of transcriptomic dataset maps of gene regulation by SARS-CoV-2 infection.

24 Oct 2021

Global Health News and Research

The importance of exercise for those with diabetes in the COVID era

Unexpected antibody discovery provides new insight into how the body responds to malaria infection

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human semen quality

Montana’s Governor nixed a kids’ vaccine campaign, so health officials plan their own

Pregnant women exposed to landscape fire smoke more likely to have low birth weight babies

A novel mathematical approach to COVID-19 planning

Isolation of potent neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using nanoparticles displaying SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa

Study: mRNA vaccines associated with more immunity than prior COVID-19 infection

University of Huddersfield and Regional Hospital Wiener Neustadt collaborate for wound management projects

Radical decarbonization in cities has potential to dramatically improve child health, study says

Malaria: An Interview with the World Health Organization

Panel of broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies for immune assay application

Using fluvoxamine to treat COVID-19 patients reduces the need for prolonged hospitalization, trial shows

Japanese study on SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections

Study finds disparities in dissemination of cancer survivorship care plans

UK supports Viet Nam to combat COVID-19 by providing £500,000 of medical equipment

Clinical trial shows no benefit of tamoxifen in treating deadly fungal meningitis

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

Mapping the molecular gene signatures of respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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