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PLOS and CSHL expand partnership to offer new options for sharing preprints in medicine

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced an expansion of their longstanding partnership to offer authors more options for rapidly and easily sharing their research before publication in a journal.

6 Jan 2022

Emotional response can fuel the spread of "fake news"

From Facebook feeds to questionable websites, so-called "fake news" is seemingly everywhere. When it comes to the misleading information, our emotional response to seeing it can actually further its spread, according to a Bowling Green State University researcher.

6 Jan 2022

New method to estimate how individual mutations affect transmission of SARS-CoV-2

A new study, posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, constructs an analytical SIR-based epidemiological model to analyze the effects of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 transmission from genomic surveillance data.

5 Jan 2022

Distrust in state power closely linked vaccine hesitancy

Distrust of the state in Turkey, religion and abortion resistance in the United States. Politics and culture are just as important in explaining vaccine hesitancy as health.

5 Jan 2022

Impact of delaying the lifting of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown restrictions

New study findings provided critical insights into competitive behavior and the relative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants, which could be used for planning responses to future emerging variants and exploring co-infections with different strains of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus.

5 Jan 2022

Can the COVID-19 delta variant evade vaccine-induced immunity?

Can the COVID-19 delta variant evade vaccine-induced immunity? We spoke to Professor Brian J. Willett from the University of Glasgow to find out.

5 Jan 2022

Transplant recipients benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine booster

A new preprint research paper posted to the medRxiv* server describes the reduction in humoral immunity in SOTR following vaccination, as well as the improvement with an additional dose of the vaccine.

4 Jan 2022

Researchers customize finger clip device to provide a noninvasive way for measuring blood pressure

Monitoring a person's blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with early detection of various health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no warning signs or symptoms.

4 Jan 2022

Novel insight into the immune characteristics of bats

Many studies have indicated that bats are significant reservoirs of innumerable viruses, such as influenza, coronaviruses, and rabies. These studies have also reported that bats predominantly remain asymptomatic or develop mild diseases during viral infections caused by henipaviruses, Ebola virus, coronaviruses, etc.

4 Jan 2022

Both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events

Researcers determine the risk of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection on post-acute cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.

4 Jan 2022

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

A new study led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school modes in most regions of the U.S.

4 Jan 2022

Experts cautiously optimistic about risks of Delta-Omicron mutations mix

Researchers evaluate the risk of the P681R, N501Y, and D614G mutations of current interest co-occurring naturally due to convergent evolution.

4 Jan 2022

Study examines the dispersion of cough-generated droplets from a person going up or down stairs

With many heading indoors for the winter months and respiratory droplets acting as a major contributor to COVID-19 spread, the scientific community has renewed interest in the dynamics behind how they spread.

4 Jan 2022

In vitro effect of several antiviral drugs against various SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

An independent study confirms that current and prospective antiviral treatments are effective in inhibiting severe infection from SARS-CoV-2.

4 Jan 2022

The impact of natural selection on sequence diversity in SARS-CoV-2

Recent genomic analysis demonstrates that the SARS-CoV-2 genome is under two distinct selective forces.

3 Jan 2022

Omicron spike-specific binding antibodies attenuate disease, despite increasing transmission

Researchers investigate the capacity of vaccine-induced antibodies to generate Fc-effector activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

3 Jan 2022

Echinacea, a potent antiviral against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers present available evidence on the activity of Echinacea purpure against coronavirus infections.

3 Jan 2022

WHO lists the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.

2 Jan 2022

COVID-19 vaccine appears safe in children aged 5–11 Years

A new report notes menial or nil severe adverse events from vaccination against COVID-19 in children and therefore recommends COVID-19 vaccination among children aged 5-11 years old.

31 Dec 2021

Loss of smell is the best predictor of COVID-19

A large international team of researchers has conducted a crowdsourced cross-sectional study, in which they have investigated the reliability of the olfactory loss (or loss of smell, or anosmia) as a predictor of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19).

30 Dec 2021

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

PLOS and CSHL expand partnership to offer new options for sharing preprints in medicine

Emotional response can fuel the spread of "fake news"

New method to estimate how individual mutations affect transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Distrust in state power closely linked vaccine hesitancy

Impact of delaying the lifting of SARS-CoV-2 lockdown restrictions

Can the COVID-19 delta variant evade vaccine-induced immunity?

Transplant recipients benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine booster

Researchers customize finger clip device to provide a noninvasive way for measuring blood pressure

Novel insight into the immune characteristics of bats

Both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

Experts cautiously optimistic about risks of Delta-Omicron mutations mix

Study examines the dispersion of cough-generated droplets from a person going up or down stairs

In vitro effect of several antiviral drugs against various SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

The impact of natural selection on sequence diversity in SARS-CoV-2

Omicron spike-specific binding antibodies attenuate disease, despite increasing transmission

Echinacea, a potent antiviral against SARS-CoV-2

WHO lists the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use

COVID-19 vaccine appears safe in children aged 5–11 Years

Loss of smell is the best predictor of COVID-19

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