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Machine learning predicts hospital-onset COVID-19 infections using patient contact networks

Researchers from the UK recently developed a real-time machine learning framework that uses dynamic patient contact networks to predict hospital-onset COVID-19 infections (HOCIs) at the patient level. They then tested and validated the framework on international multi-site datasets across various epidemic and endemic periods. This study can be found on the medRxiv* preprint server.

3 Oct 2021

Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern after natural infection or vaccination

A recent review paper published in the MDPI's journal Viruses highlights how available vaccines may be effective in protecting individuals against severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the protection against infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its transmission to others may be reduced – with consequences for community protection and herd immunity.

3 Oct 2021

Children are less likely to get long-COVID, yet still at risk, study finds

A new study investigates the persistence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents several months after they tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

3 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity are strongly associated with nasal microbiota

In a recent study, researchers conducted a nasopharyngeal microbiota profiling parallelism in an effort to analyze microbiota variations in COVID-19 patients.

3 Oct 2021

Dispensing of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin in Australia jumped in first year of COVID

A new study describes the nature and extent of the shift in dispensing these medications, as well as its eventual outcome.

3 Oct 2021

Non-pharmaceutical interventions effectively reduce COVID case burden in the United States

A new study analyzes the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States against SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

3 Oct 2021

Persistent leukocyte changes three months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study discusses the rate of changes in peripheral blood white cells in individuals who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection.

3 Oct 2021

Important factors that determine the child clinical COVID-19 attack ratio

A new modeling study aimed to determine the attack ratio among children between the ages of 0-11 years in Ontario, Canada.

3 Oct 2021

Republican-led states eased pandemic restrictions two weeks earlier than others

States eased those policies based on politics as much as COVID-19 death rates or case counts, according to new research from the University of Washington. The researchers also found that states with large Black communities, despite those communities being hit hardest by the pandemic, also lifted restrictions earlier.

3 Oct 2021

Study analyzes plausible associations of COVID-19 mortality and excess body weight

Links between obesity and mortality have become increasingly evident, since the earliest pandemic of the 21st century, leading researchers from The University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to investigate if excess body weight may have been associated with high rates of COVID-19 mortalities around the globe.

3 Oct 2021

Researchers discover six ways in which COVID-19 risk perception was expressed by the public

Recognizing the widespread use of Twitter as a mainstream news source for the American public, UCI researchers sought to investigate how tweets about masks expressed COVID-19 risk perceptions in the first five months of the pandemic.

3 Oct 2021

Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 can be reduced by using prescribed blood thinners

The NIH has reported that many individuals with COVID-19 develop abnormal blood clots from high inflammation, which can lead to serious health complications and mortality.

3 Oct 2021

COVID-19 may trigger hyperglycemia by disrupting key metabolic signals to cause severe disease

COVID-19 may bring high risks of severe disease and death in many patients by disrupting key metabolic signals and thereby triggering hyperglycemia, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

2 Oct 2021

WHO and partners launch the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis

Today, the World Health Organization and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis - a debilitating disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year.

1 Oct 2021

CDC awards $15.88 million to Wayne State University to study viral infection surveillance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $15.88 million to the Wayne State University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine to be the epicenter of a national study on viral infections that present in emergency departments across the county.

1 Oct 2021

Disease/Infection News

Machine learning predicts hospital-onset COVID-19 infections using patient contact networks

Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern after natural infection or vaccination

Children are less likely to get long-COVID, yet still at risk, study finds

SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity are strongly associated with nasal microbiota

Dispensing of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin in Australia jumped in first year of COVID

Non-pharmaceutical interventions effectively reduce COVID case burden in the United States

Persistent leukocyte changes three months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection

Important factors that determine the child clinical COVID-19 attack ratio

Republican-led states eased pandemic restrictions two weeks earlier than others

Study analyzes plausible associations of COVID-19 mortality and excess body weight

Researchers discover six ways in which COVID-19 risk perception was expressed by the public

Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 can be reduced by using prescribed blood thinners

COVID-19 may trigger hyperglycemia by disrupting key metabolic signals to cause severe disease

WHO and partners launch the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis

CDC awards $15.88 million to Wayne State University to study viral infection surveillance

Two-mAb cocktail prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection, study suggests

Enveloped virus-like particle based vaccines potentially broaden immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Structure of monoclonal antibody that can potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

Persistence of humoral immune response in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent individuals a year after infection

Similar viral load in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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