MIT Develops a Method to Assess COVID-19 Transmission Risks Indoors
MIT researchers have developed a publicly available model based on physics and data from past spreading events. Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach…
MIT researchers have developed a publicly available model based on physics and data from past spreading events. Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach…
Two Studies Support Key Role for Immune System in Shaping SARS-CoV-2 Evolution Two studies published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens provide new evidence supporting an important…
KAIST researchers have developed a novel nanofiber production technique called ‘centrifugal multispinning’ that will open the door for the safe and cost-effective mass production of…
Research pinpoints interferon stimulating genes that control SARS-CoV-2 replication. Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection,…
Two new studies published in Blood suggest that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may have reduced efficacy in individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and multiple…
COVID-19 needs no introduction. Last year, the disease, which is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, reached every continent across the globe. By the end of…
Approximately one-fourth of ARDS patients have disease features that put them at increased risk of death within the first month of hospitalization. Approximately one in…
The Army’s vaccine has potential to offer broad protection from SARS-CoV-2, and may be adapted to protect from other coronaviruses. A unique vaccine to protect…
Public trust in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has fallen during the coronavirus pandemic, with the decline bringing overall population-level trust in…
An observational study of patients in London hospitals suggests that the B.1.1.7. variant is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to…
A new study using human genetics suggests researchers should prioritize clinical trials of drugs that target two proteins to manage COVID-19 in its early stages….
Increasing breathlessness and claustrophobia reported at higher exercise intensities. A cloth face covering reduces exercise performance and physical capacity, reveals the results of a small…
Half of the children who developed the serious condition associated with COVID-19 called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) had neurologic symptoms or signs when…
The majority of parents feel informed and confident about pandemic protocols as kids resume sports but some are proceeding with caution. For young athletes, the…
Physical distancing with masks for the general public should shrink to 3 feet (0.9 meters) from the current recommendation of 6 feet (1.8 meters), says…
New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could bring better treatments for COVID-19 cases. An international team of researchers unexpectedly found that a…
Children may not be as infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to others as previously thought. This is according to new University…
A clinical trial of college students, including those at UC San Diego, will try to answer that question, and whether vaccinated persons might still pose…