An extensive search and testing of current drugs and drug-like compounds has revealed compounds previously developed to fight SARS might also work against COVID-19. Using…
Invited commentary raises questions about pediatric transmission. New research suggests that children can shed SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, even if they never develop…
Rules should better reflect the multiple factors that combine to affect risk, say experts. Rules which stipulate a single specific physical distance (1 or 2…
UC Berkeley demographers calculate pandemic’s impact on US lifespan based on projected mortality rates. With over 170,000 COVID-19 deaths to date, and 1,000 more each…
Social distancing during COVID-19 creates new contexts for drug use. People have traded in nightclubs and dance festivals for virtual raves and Zoom happy hours…
UNC-Chapel Hill study raises concern that COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective for those with obesity. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection…
Hydroxychloroquine Reduces In-Hospital COVID-19 Mortality An observational multi-center study, coordinated by the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, with the participation of 33 Italian hospitals, shows that the risk…
This question as well as coronavirus-related discrimination, population vulnerability, anxiety, and depression are explored in recent articles in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine The…
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask while out in public has become the recommended practice. However, many still question the effectiveness of this….
COVID-19 proliferates through a receptor present in most of the human body; but if the receptor is so pervasive, why does the virus seem to…
Despite the planet’s seeming standstill, graduate students continue to use LIGO to identify astrophysical events. When LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its European…
A new public transportation design concept aims to give passengers the confidence to take a bus ride by minimizing contact, using anti-microbial fabric and installing…
COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. The U.S. accounts for about 25 percent of COVID-19 cases (4.4 million)…
Several new papers in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, published by Oxford University Press, suggest Sofosbuvir/daclatasvir are successful treatments for COVID-19. Three articles all researched the…
Although both mother and baby recovered, the case highlights the importance of limiting COVID-19 exposure for pregnant women. A pregnant mother who tested positive for…
Portable imager could massively increase testing across nation by end of 2020. A robust, low-cost imaging platform utilizing lab-on-a-chip technology created by University of California,…
Scientists are deploying this state-of-the-art X-ray crystallography facility to study biological molecules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a new bright spot at the Stanford…
A large number of mammals can potentially be infected by SARS-CoV-2 through their ACE2 receptors Some endangered species are at highest-risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection through…
