Buyer Beware on COVID-19 Home Testing Kits
New study finds customers buying home testing kits for COVID were often misled by third-party websites. Home-testing kits sold online in the UK and US…
New study finds customers buying home testing kits for COVID were often misled by third-party websites. Home-testing kits sold online in the UK and US…
As COVID-19 continues to spread, bottlenecks in supplies and laboratory personnel have led to long waiting times for results in some areas. In a…
This movie of a 10-nanosecond molecular dynamics simulation shows how the shape of a SARS-CoV-2 virus protein (magenta) changes as it interacts with a possible…
Coronavirus patients recover faster if they undergo rehabilitation as soon as possible after coming off ventilators or leaving intensive care. COVID-19 patients can suffer long-term…
Contract tracing apps used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are unlikely to be effective without proper uptake and support from concurrent control measures, finds…
Over the past few months, a number of drugs have been under investigation to treat COVID-19 without well-established safety or data to support these claims….
In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the…
By genetically reprogramming the cellular machinery of yeast they created microscopic factories that convert sugars and amino acids into plant-based drugs. Since antiquity, cultures on…
As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally — the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause…
Study to test Eli Lilly and Company’s LY-CoV555, a human monoclonal antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, will examine its ability to combat the virus…
A trial of a simple yet effective surgery has led Australian experts to promote it as an option to specialists around the world for managing…
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human…
New research covering 11 years of data presented at this year’s European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO 2020) shows that, in obese men suffering…
“Hotspots” of Coronavirus Infections in Human Bodies An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) can affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers of the…
Especially in settings where personal protective equipment, or PPE, is in short supply, intubation — inserting a breathing tube down a patient’s throat — poses…
School spaces with newer furniture show significantly lower levels of hazardous exposures. There are good reasons to be worried about indoor air quality right now,…
Flavorings combine with solvents in e-cigarettes to produce new toxic chemicals that irritate the airways, triggering reactions that can lead to breathing and heart and…
Masks are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with every day preventive actions and social distancing in public settings….