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After a deadly COVID outbreak, Maryland County takes steps to protect health workers

A Maryland health department is taking new steps to protect its workers six months after a COVID-19 outbreak killed a veteran employee who was twice denied permission to work from home.

4 Dec 2020

Clinical metagenomics, a faster approach to identify secondary infections in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Scientists have demonstrated that clinical metagenomic detection of microbial communities can improve the management of infections in COVID-19 patients.

4 Dec 2020

Blood test helps in identifying markers of COVID-19

Researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBIS) have presented a study carried out in the Clinical Biochemistry Service of the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital which identifies the values for six biochemical biomarkers that indicate a patient may be infected with SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19).

4 Dec 2020

Low testosterone can increase risk of severe COVID-19 in males

Researchers from the USA and Saudi Arabia describe the direct correlation between testosterone levels, inflammatory cytokines, disease progression, and worse outcomes in male COVID-19 patients.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 impacts cardiac care in the United Kingdom

Postponing non-urgent cardiac care and surgeries because of COVID-19 will likely increase demand for cardiac care along with increased costs.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 single-shot segmentation for chest CT-based diagnosis

A new study from an artificial intelligence (AI) scientist describes a method to predict COVID-19 from a single chest CT shot.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 mortality varies with demographic profile

A study, published in the preprint server medRxiv*, draws a picture of how infection-related mortality affects two different countries in Latin America.

4 Dec 2020

A new potential therapy for Alzheimer's disease

A new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by US researchers based at Case Western Reserve University.

4 Dec 2020

TSK Laboratory’s Low Dead Space needles can help vaccinate millions more against COVID-19

With a specially developed needle that can potentially save 4 to 8 percent of a precious vaccine, millions more can be vaccinated against COVID-19.

4 Dec 2020

ATCC introduces new product segment with launch of SARS-CoV-2 external control kit

ATCC today announced the introduction of its new SARS-CoV-2 External Control Kit for clinical laboratories and test manufacturers.

From American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 4 Dec 2020

Most countries are not fulfilling international legal obligations during COVID-19, study reveals

Most countries are not fulfilling their international legal obligations during COVID-19 and other public health emergencies, reveals new research by a consortium of 13 leading global health law scholars, hosted by the Global Strategy Lab (GSL) at York University.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 guidance in Sweden could have reduced people's risks of heart attack, indicates study

A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people's risks of having a heart attack.

4 Dec 2020

Study shows metformin can significantly reduce COVID-19 death risks in women

University of Minnesota Medical School and UnitedHealth Group researchers found that metformin was associated with significantly reduced COVID-19 death risks in women in one of the world's largest observational studies of COVID-19 patients.

3 Dec 2020

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, shows study

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, according to a systematic review published this week.

3 Dec 2020

Sensitivity of coronavirus antibody tests may be lower than stated on the package

A study by University of Tartu researchers indicates that the sensitivity of tests used to detect viral antibodies in a blood sample may differ significantly. The combination of several tests may give the best result.

3 Dec 2020

Insecticide rotation and better forest management could control ‘evolving’ malaria mosquitoes

Anopheles malaria mosquitoes in Africa and Latin America are evolving in response to human activity, studies in both continents have found.

3 Dec 2020

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

New research has found that Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing, including limited access to broadband internet and low rates of health insurance, had more COVID-19 deaths in spring 2020.

3 Dec 2020

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

"Super-spreader" events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a small village in Argentina from 2018-2019, according to research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Dec 2020

Public willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine around the globe: Study

The worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented effort to develop vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on a timescale that has never been imagined before. Even as some vaccines have begun to be administered on a large scale, scientists and governments are coming up against a difficult obstacle.

3 Dec 2020

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

St Petersburg University scientists have analyzed about 100 academic papers and statistics on the incidence of COVID-19 in different countries of the world.

3 Dec 2020

Disease/Infection News

After a deadly COVID outbreak, Maryland County takes steps to protect health workers

Clinical metagenomics, a faster approach to identify secondary infections in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Blood test helps in identifying markers of COVID-19

Low testosterone can increase risk of severe COVID-19 in males

COVID-19 impacts cardiac care in the United Kingdom

COVID-19 single-shot segmentation for chest CT-based diagnosis

COVID-19 mortality varies with demographic profile

A new potential therapy for Alzheimer's disease

TSK Laboratory’s Low Dead Space needles can help vaccinate millions more against COVID-19

ATCC introduces new product segment with launch of SARS-CoV-2 external control kit

Most countries are not fulfilling international legal obligations during COVID-19, study reveals

COVID-19 guidance in Sweden could have reduced people's risks of heart attack, indicates study

Study shows metformin can significantly reduce COVID-19 death risks in women

Black and Hispanic populations are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, shows study

Sensitivity of coronavirus antibody tests may be lower than stated on the package

Insecticide rotation and better forest management could control ‘evolving’ malaria mosquitoes

Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to social distancing had more COVID-19 deaths

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

Public willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine around the globe: Study

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

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