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Two meters physical distancing is not enough without masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 indoors, the two metres physical distancing guideline is not enough without masks, according to researchers from Quebec, Illinois, and Texas.

5 Oct 2021

New low-cost ventilator could address the shortage of ventilators in developing countries

A new low-cost ventilator design invented during COVID-19 could address the global shortage of ventilators for other respiratory diseases.

5 Oct 2021

Bone Conduction Kit may enable children and their parents to manage glue ear effectively at home

A wireless kit, comprising headphones, a microphone, and an app might be a cheap alternative to the usual treatment of the common temporary hearing loss in kids, popularly known as 'glue ear,' finds a small study, published in the online journal BMJ Innovations.

5 Oct 2021

Anti-CD20 therapy patients can develop immune responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

A new systematic review and meta-analysis focused on the humoral and cell-mediated immune responses after COVID-19 vaccination in patients undergoing anti-CD20 antibodies treatment.

5 Oct 2021

Depressed seroconversion in immunocompromised COVID-19 vaccine recipients

Researchers from the University of Singapore have reviewed the data in post-vaccinated immunocompromised patients to examine the effectiveness of these vaccines in these patients.

5 Oct 2021

New mathematical tool used to study the genetic interactions associated with cancer

Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are using a mathematical approach developed in CSHL Assistant Professor David McCandlish's lab to find solutions to a diverse set of biological problems.

5 Oct 2021

UD chemical engineer aims to improve the delivery of therapeutic medicines to the body

The human body has built-in protections to keep pathogens out. That sneezing fit or stuffy nose when you have a cold? That's your body leveraging mucosal linings in your respiratory system to expel the offending virus.

5 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines elicit higher levels of antibodies compared to natural infection

Researchers from the US recently characterized the scale and specificity of SARS-CoV-2 spike-reactive antibodies from 23 participants who received SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines and 10 acutely infected health care workers. They found that primary mRNA vaccination and infection elicited S1- and S2-reactive antibodies, while secondary mRNA vaccination elicited mostly S1 antibodies.

4 Oct 2021

Scientists analyze if T-cell tests can be used to determine whether people had COVID-19

Can T-cell tests be used to determine whether people have had COVID-19? Scientists at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet have jointly analysed this issue under the aegis of the COMMUNITY study at Danderyd Hospital. Their study is published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

4 Oct 2021

Convalescent plasma is "futile" as COVID-19 treatment for critically ill patients, trial shows

In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical community turned to a century-old treatment: Take blood from recovered patients and give it to the sick.

4 Oct 2021

mRNA vaccination induces strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in over 80's

A recent study assesses the serological and cellular responses to Pfizer’s BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in people aged 80-96 years.

4 Oct 2021

Health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients with long-COVID: Study

Researchers conducted a survey-based study and assessed the impact of long COVID on the health-related quality of life in Japanese COVID-19 patients.

4 Oct 2021

Using nasopharyngeal microbiota as early biomarker in patients with COVID-19

A new study aimed to analyze the nasopharyngeal microbiota of patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19.

4 Oct 2021

Mandatory vaccines for health care workers might upend nurses’ training

Kaitlyn Hevner expects to complete a 15-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in December. For her clinical training this fall, she's working 12-hour shifts on weekends with medical-surgical patients at a hospital.

4 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

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

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

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

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

EKF Diagnostics appoints Luke Daum as Chief Scientific Officer

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, has appointed Luke Daum PhD as Chief Scientific Officer, bringing a wealth of expertise in molecular-based diagnostics to EKF’s leadership team.

From EKF Diagnostics 1 Oct 2021

Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Two meters physical distancing is not enough without masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19

New low-cost ventilator could address the shortage of ventilators in developing countries

Bone Conduction Kit may enable children and their parents to manage glue ear effectively at home

Anti-CD20 therapy patients can develop immune responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Depressed seroconversion in immunocompromised COVID-19 vaccine recipients

New mathematical tool used to study the genetic interactions associated with cancer

UD chemical engineer aims to improve the delivery of therapeutic medicines to the body

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines elicit higher levels of antibodies compared to natural infection

Scientists analyze if T-cell tests can be used to determine whether people had COVID-19

Convalescent plasma is "futile" as COVID-19 treatment for critically ill patients, trial shows

mRNA vaccination induces strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in over 80's

Health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients with long-COVID: Study

Using nasopharyngeal microbiota as early biomarker in patients with COVID-19

Mandatory vaccines for health care workers might upend nurses’ training

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

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

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

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

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

EKF Diagnostics appoints Luke Daum as Chief Scientific Officer

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Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Latest Cold, Flu & Cough News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

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