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Comparing Google AI and human intelligence for the forecasting of COVID-19

Junko Kurita et al. from Japan have compared Google AI forecasting with a statistical model by human intelligence and recently presented it in a preprint medRxiv* paper.

22 Dec 2020

A hand-held device that measures aerosols could help prevent spread of COVID-19

Hand-held devices may be vital in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, given the important role that aerosols play in the transmission of the virus.

22 Dec 2020

Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns

A new study demonstrates that women in their third trimester are unlikely to pass a SARS-CoV-2 infection onto their babies.

22 Dec 2020

Study shows how specific Salmonella bacteria evolved to cause bloodstream infection

University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and epidemiology to understand how a type of Salmonella bacteria evolved to kill hundreds of thousands of immunocompromised people in Africa.

22 Dec 2020

Social media platforms shape behavioral response of young people to COVID-19 outbreak

At the start of the pandemic, young Singaporeans regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves, finds NTU Singapore study.

22 Dec 2020

Self-collected nasal swabs may provide a reliable alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs

Under certain conditions, antigen testing using self-collected swabs from the anterior nose may constitute a reliable alternative to antigen testing using nasopharyngeal swabs collected by health professionals.

22 Dec 2020

Study measures the effects of HIV infection on development of cervical cancer

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has quantified the effects of an infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the development of cervical cancer.

22 Dec 2020

Novel 3D maps show how genes interact in several types of immune cells

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how our small genetic differences can have a tremendous effect on how our bodies respond to disease.

22 Dec 2020

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

As the pandemic was starting to take hold, researchers from the Center for Health, Work & Environment (CHWE) at the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) performed a study to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of workers in Colorado.

21 Dec 2020

Study examines effects of social density and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

Concerns over infecting others play a greater role in people's willingness to be vaccinated in sparsely populated areas than dense urban ones, according to newly published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers have a promising lead on COVID-19 treatment

By taking a lesson from prostate cancer, researchers now have a promising lead on treatment for COVID-19. Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the coronavirus gain entry and replicate within cells. TMPRSS2 is well-known to Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D. His lab discovered that TMPRSS2 fuses with the ETS gene to drive more than half of all prostate cancers. They also knew that TMPRSS2 was regulated by the androgen receptor.

21 Dec 2020

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

As COVID-19 spread worldwide in early 2020, the avalanche of patients requiring admission into intensive care units (ICUs) suddenly became overwhelming to the healthcare systems.

21 Dec 2020

Community-based testing sites were key in minimizing exposure to COVID-19 virus

A new study looking at the results of testing children for COVID-19 through a Children's National Hospital community-based testing site found that one in four patients had a positive test.

21 Dec 2020

Study suggests effective mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 cases in college campus

As colleges and universities consider strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19 cases down, a study conducted by experts in epidemic modeling may help shed light on what mitigation strategies may be most effective, both in terms of infections prevented and cost.

21 Dec 2020

High altitude experts explain pneumolysis caused by COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 1 million deaths which can be attributed to its severe progressive pulmonary compromise.

21 Dec 2020

Reston virus causes severe respiratory disease in piglets

Reston ebolavirus (RESTV) should be considered a livestock pathogen with potential to affect other mammals, including people, according to National Institutes of Health scientists.

21 Dec 2020

Traditional mathematical model may not be the best way to predict spread of COVID-19

A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to predict the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus, especially during lockdowns that alter the normal mix of the population, researchers report.

21 Dec 2020

Early shutdown suppressed excess pandemic deaths in California

Nearly 20,000 more Californians died in the first six months of the pandemic than would have been expected to die in a normal year, with a disproportionate number of those deaths occurring among older adults, Black or Latino residents, or those who had not completed high school, according to an analysis by researchers at UC San Francisco.

21 Dec 2020

Using data from wearables to characterize COVID-19 and influenza

By analyzing Fitbit data and self-reported symptoms, researchers from Evidation Health and collaborators analyzed trends in heart rate, step count, and symptom duration between patients with flu and those with COVID-19.

21 Dec 2020

COVID-19: Meta-analysis unveils adversely affected biological processes in infected lung cells

The researchers Wasco Wruck and Prof. James Adjaye from the Institute of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany, employed a bioinformatic approach on transcriptome data pertaining to human lung epithelial cells infected with SARS-CoV-2.

21 Dec 2020

Disease/Infection News

Comparing Google AI and human intelligence for the forecasting of COVID-19

A hand-held device that measures aerosols could help prevent spread of COVID-19

Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns

Study shows how specific Salmonella bacteria evolved to cause bloodstream infection

Social media platforms shape behavioral response of young people to COVID-19 outbreak

Self-collected nasal swabs may provide a reliable alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs

Study measures the effects of HIV infection on development of cervical cancer

Novel 3D maps show how genes interact in several types of immune cells

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

Study examines effects of social density and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

Researchers have a promising lead on COVID-19 treatment

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

Community-based testing sites were key in minimizing exposure to COVID-19 virus

Study suggests effective mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 cases in college campus

High altitude experts explain pneumolysis caused by COVID-19

Reston virus causes severe respiratory disease in piglets

Traditional mathematical model may not be the best way to predict spread of COVID-19

Early shutdown suppressed excess pandemic deaths in California

Using data from wearables to characterize COVID-19 and influenza

COVID-19: Meta-analysis unveils adversely affected biological processes in infected lung cells

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