Pneumonia News and Research

Latest Pneumonia News and Research

Higher mortality rates and age-related disease patterns in pediatric COVID-19

The current study examines children in pediatric ICU (PICU) care with COVID-19. Read more here.

25 Aug 2021

UC San Diego Health performed region’s first double lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient

On a July afternoon, Federico Gomez Gil, 56, is dressed in a short-sleeved, collared shirt, sweatpants and a baseball cap. He sits in a chair in a hospital room, surrounded by his wife and two daughters. Given the past five months, this is the moment of a lifetime — a new lifetime.

24 Aug 2021

Glycyrrhizic acid as a drug candidate for COVID-19

A new study presents the benefits of licorice, an age-old herbal remedy, to treat COVID-19 at all stages.

24 Aug 2021

Lipid-lowering drug TriCor dramatically cuts treatment time for severe COVID-19 patients

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected over 165 million people worldwide causing nearly 3.5 million deaths. Recent vaccination efforts have been hindered by multiple coronavirus variants that challenge current vaccines.

23 Aug 2021

Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation benefits moderately ill COVID-19 patients

Moderately ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have better chances of survival if treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation, according to an international study involving 121 sites, including UT Southwestern Medical Center.

20 Aug 2021

Researchers analyze similarities and differences of CT features between heart failure and COVID-19

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Zhaowei Zhu, Jianjun Tang, Xiangping Chai and colleagues from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China analyse the similarities and differences of CT features between COVID-19 pneumonia and heart failure.

20 Aug 2021

Research finds potential overuse of antibiotics in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Only 21 percent of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) have a documented bacterial superinfection at the time of intubation, resulting in potential overuse of antibiotics, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

20 Aug 2021

Durable highly protective T cell response to AAV-spike vaccine against COVID-19 pneumonia in mice

New research, available as a preprint on the bioRxiv* server, has focused on the role played by T cell immunity, particularly CD8+ cytotoxic T cells, on preventing lethal infection with SARS-CoV-2 in mice infused with peptide-loaded antigen-presenting dendritic cells (DCs).

19 Aug 2021

Study examines prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to HCoV-NL63 in healthy adults in Australia

A new study has been published in the MPDI journal Viruses, which focuses on determining the seroprevalence of neutralizing antibodies against HCoV-NL63, in healthy adults, in a cross-sectional study.

18 Aug 2021

In Southeast Asia, robust immunity found up to 9 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Now, a new study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server focuses on functional immune memory to SARS-CoV-2, up to nine months in a Southeast Asian cohort, in the absence of re-infection.

16 Aug 2021

Wildfire smoke affects 3 million asthmatics and more than half of the U.S. states, research reveals

An estimated 3 million asthmatics and over half of the states in the United States are being affected by particulates that are blowing over them from fires in Canada and the western U.S., according to new research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System.

16 Aug 2021

Study reports the prevalence of different types of shock in COVID-19 patients

A new database analysis of critically ill patients with pneumonia related to COVID-19, published in the American Journal of Cardiology and conducted at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), is the first study to report the prevalence of different types of shock in patients with COVID-19.

16 Aug 2021

Role of neutrophil-epithelial interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers discuss the relationship between airway neutrophils and SARS-CoV-2 infection to determine the impact that neutrophils have on COVID-19.

15 Aug 2021

Quick, inexpensive leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower death and disability risk

The Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University has brought out a quick, inexpensive, and easy-to-use leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower the risk of disability from internal organ failure and death, with the hopes of distributing them to community hospitals across the country.

14 Aug 2021

Study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to prevent COVID-19 deaths

A new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital healthcare workers prevent the deaths and intensive care admissions of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, say researchers.

13 Aug 2021

Researchers employ artificial intelligence models for image-based detection of COVID-19

Medical imaging has long been a vital tool for the diagnosis and prognostic assessments of many diseases. In recent years, the use of artificial intelligence models has been used in conjunction with this imaging to augment their diagnostic capabilities.

11 Aug 2021

High alcohol consumption increases risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, finds US student study

A new study finds that heavy alcohol drinking is associated with an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among American college students.

10 Aug 2021

Researchers reveal how pneumonia-causing bacteria obtain essential nutrient from our bodies

Australian researchers have revealed how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) obtains the essential nutrient, manganese, from our bodies, which could lead to better therapies to target what is a life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant pathogen.

6 Aug 2021

Full dose anticoagulation with heparin improves outcomes for moderately ill COVID-19 patients

Collaborative international clinical trials testing full dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) in both moderately ill and critically ill patients has found the treatment improves outcomes and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients.

6 Aug 2021

The role of natural killer cells in the fight against coronavirus infection

This study proposes a mathematical framework to analyze the effect of the viruses on type I interferon (IFN-I) signaling, which is part of the innate immune response. IFN-I brings about natural killer cell activation, which in turn causes the activation of macrophages.

4 Aug 2021

Pneumonia News and Research

Latest Pneumonia News and Research

Higher mortality rates and age-related disease patterns in pediatric COVID-19

UC San Diego Health performed region’s first double lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient

Glycyrrhizic acid as a drug candidate for COVID-19

Lipid-lowering drug TriCor dramatically cuts treatment time for severe COVID-19 patients

Therapeutic-dose anticoagulation benefits moderately ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers analyze similarities and differences of CT features between heart failure and COVID-19

Research finds potential overuse of antibiotics in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Durable highly protective T cell response to AAV-spike vaccine against COVID-19 pneumonia in mice

Study examines prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to HCoV-NL63 in healthy adults in Australia

In Southeast Asia, robust immunity found up to 9 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Wildfire smoke affects 3 million asthmatics and more than half of the U.S. states, research reveals

Study reports the prevalence of different types of shock in COVID-19 patients

Role of neutrophil-epithelial interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Quick, inexpensive leptospirosis test strip kit to help lower death and disability risk

Study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to prevent COVID-19 deaths

Researchers employ artificial intelligence models for image-based detection of COVID-19

High alcohol consumption increases risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, finds US student study

Researchers reveal how pneumonia-causing bacteria obtain essential nutrient from our bodies

Full dose anticoagulation with heparin improves outcomes for moderately ill COVID-19 patients

The role of natural killer cells in the fight against coronavirus infection

CellVoyant's AI-Powered Vision for the Future of Cell Therapy

Scalable, Smart, and Accessible: The Future of Lab Automation

Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures: A Conversation with WHO’s Dr. Allotey

Pneumonia News and Research

Latest Pneumonia News and Research

CellVoyant's AI-Powered Vision for the Future of Cell Therapy

Scalable, Smart, and Accessible: The Future of Lab Automation

Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures: A Conversation with WHO’s Dr. Allotey

Newsletters you may be interested in