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Study shows how airflow inside a car may affect risk of COVID-19 transmission

If you find yourself in a car with someone outside your household during the COVID-19 pandemic, your instinct may be to roll down your window, whether you're the driver or a back-seat passenger.

7 Dec 2020

FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test to detect COVID-19, influenza A and B

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test for at home collection of patient samples to detect both COVID-19 and influenza A and B (flu).

7 Dec 2020

Study offers suggestions for reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission in car's ventilation system

A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission while sharing rides with others.

7 Dec 2020

Immunity passports may be valid based on how they are used, says UPV/EHU expert

According to the Chair in Law and the Human Genome at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), immunity passports may be valid, depending on how they are used.

6 Dec 2020

UC San Diego’s proactive strategies effectively detected and prevented COVID-19 transmission on campus

UC San Diego's nationally recognized, evidence-based Return to Learn program employs a comprehensive suite of education, monitoring, testing, intervention and notification tools that no other university is using.

6 Dec 2020

COVID-19 pandemic underscores racial inequalities in US: a Michigan case study

A team of researchers has explored how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected Black Americans.

6 Dec 2020

Crucial monitoring tools effective for assessment of patients with COVID-19

A combined research team from the Universities of Portsmouth and Bournemouth and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has shown that an assessment score used to measure a patient's severity of illness can be applied to patients with Covid-19 without modification.

5 Dec 2020

Researchers urge policymakers to prioritize people with diabetes for COVID-19 vaccination

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes infected with COVID-19 are three times more likely to have a severe illness or require hospitalization compared with people without diabetes.

5 Dec 2020

Black patients hospitalized with COVID-19 less likely to have severe illness, die compared to Whites

While multiple research studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to test positive for COVID-19, a team of investigators at NYU Langone Health has found that once hospitalized, Black patients (after controlling for other serious health conditions and neighborhood income) were less likely to have severe illness, die, or be discharged to hospice compared to White patients.

5 Dec 2020

Traveling in passenger cars with windows open is the safest way to prevent COVID-19 transmission

A new series of computational fluid dynamics simulations suggests that, for two people who must travel together in the same passenger car, the safest way to prevent possible transmission of COVID-19 in such a risky, enclosed environment is to do so with all four windows down and the passenger seated as far as possible from the driver, in the rear seat on the opposite side.

5 Dec 2020

Mysterious particle found in the blood of people with sepsis

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have found that people with sepsis have never-before-seen particles in their blood.

5 Dec 2020

Researchers shed light on the role of antibodies and immune cells in protection against COVID-19

Since the novel coronavirus emerged at the end of last year, scientists around the world -- including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) immunologist Dan Barouch, MD, PhD -- have been developing vaccines to protect against COVID-19 and to put an end to the global pandemic.

5 Dec 2020

Study investigates the role of neighborhood deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana

A study by researchers at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, believed to be the first study to investigate the role of neighborhood deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana, found that the more a neighborhood is deprived, the higher the risk for cases of COVID-19.

5 Dec 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in hospital-wide HCV testing

New research from Boston Medical Center finds that the COVID-19 emergency systemic changes made to decrease in-person visits during the pandemic have led to a decrease in hospital-wide Hepatitis C (HCV) testing by 50 percent, and a reduction in new HCV diagnoses by more than 60 percent.

4 Dec 2020

Community transmission drives COVID-19 spread in schools

COVID-19 cases in schools, early childhood education centres and childcare are mainly driven by community transmission. Off-site learning should therefore be a last resort, a new Australian report has found.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 herd immunity threshold far higher than previously thought, say researchers

Researchers in the US have re-analyzed the data on herd immunity from spring 2020 from Europe. Their study shows that the herd immunity threshold is much higher than earlier speculated.

4 Dec 2020

Is mask-wearing effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission?

UK-based researchers released the findings of their review of the efficacy of the face coverings and masks in preventing transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

4 Dec 2020

People with vitamin D deficiency at higher risk of severe COVID-19, says study

A new study has revealed that vitamin D deficient patients are more likely to experience severe COVID-19.

4 Dec 2020

The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on children's health: A UK case study

UK-based researchers have explored how national lockdown has changed young children's everyday activities, eating and sleep habits. They found that children's activity, screen time, eating, and sleep routines have been disrupted during the "stay-at-home" order in the United Kingdom.

4 Dec 2020

Researchers tie smoking to higher COVID-19 mortality in lower-middle-income countries

A team of researchers from the Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, has found no correlations between adult male and female smoking prevalence with COVID-19 mortality across countries. In lower-middle-income countries, however, there is a link between adult male smoking prevalence with COVID-19-related death.

4 Dec 2020

Disease/Infection News

Study shows how airflow inside a car may affect risk of COVID-19 transmission

FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test to detect COVID-19, influenza A and B

Study offers suggestions for reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission in car's ventilation system

Immunity passports may be valid based on how they are used, says UPV/EHU expert

UC San Diego’s proactive strategies effectively detected and prevented COVID-19 transmission on campus

COVID-19 pandemic underscores racial inequalities in US: a Michigan case study

Crucial monitoring tools effective for assessment of patients with COVID-19

Researchers urge policymakers to prioritize people with diabetes for COVID-19 vaccination

Black patients hospitalized with COVID-19 less likely to have severe illness, die compared to Whites

Traveling in passenger cars with windows open is the safest way to prevent COVID-19 transmission

Mysterious particle found in the blood of people with sepsis

Researchers shed light on the role of antibodies and immune cells in protection against COVID-19

Study investigates the role of neighborhood deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana

COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in hospital-wide HCV testing

Community transmission drives COVID-19 spread in schools

COVID-19 herd immunity threshold far higher than previously thought, say researchers

Is mask-wearing effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission?

People with vitamin D deficiency at higher risk of severe COVID-19, says study

The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on children's health: A UK case study

Researchers tie smoking to higher COVID-19 mortality in lower-middle-income countries

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