Government Scientists: COVID-19 Rebound Not Caused by Impaired Immune Response
Detailed analysis of eight patients published. Findings from a small study of eight patients suggest that COVID-19 rebound is likely not caused by impaired immune…
Detailed analysis of eight patients published. Findings from a small study of eight patients suggest that COVID-19 rebound is likely not caused by impaired immune…
Long COVID-19 and other chronic respiratory conditions after viral infections may stem from an overactive immune response in the lungs. Shortly after the beginning of…
A powerful LED can efficiently disinfect surfaces while remaining safe for people. RIKEN physicists have engineered a highly efficient LED that is deadly to microbes…
Evoking parallels to HIV, authors are calling on global health community to be vigilant. According to new research, an obscure family of viruses, already endemic…
A new analysis finds that deadly Lassa fever could soon become a much bigger public health problem in Africa due to climate change and other…
It may be the most baffling quirk of COVID: While some infected individuals only have minor, flu-like symptoms, in others COVID-19 can spiral into severe…
Strokes, seizures, memory, and movement disorders are among problems that develop in the first year after infection. If you’ve had COVID-19, it may still be…
Cas13 Engineered To Simplify the Identification of Coronavirus A new engineered CRISPR-based method accurately finds RNA from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The highly…
Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are associated with lowered immunity and recurrent infections. Scientists at Karolinska Institute in Sweden have discovered that the…
An international study led by Singapore scientists discovers bacteria previously thought harmless can worsen existing lung disease. A team of international scientists has discovered that…
Disease spillover risk was poorly communicated and oversimplified during COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has been the first pandemic that has taken place alongside the interconnectivity of…
Older people who had a COVID-19 infection show a considerably higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease…
Anthrax-causing spores were mailed to news organizations and members of Congress during the “Amerithrax” attacks of 2001, sickening at least 22 people and killing five….
Researchers unravel the crystal structure of a key enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, paving the way for new antivirals. A high-resolution crystal structure of an enzyme essential…
Tel Aviv University scientists have isolated two antibodies that neutralize all known strains of COVID-19 – including Omicron – with up to 95% efficiency. The…
Enhancing the Effect of Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Ironically, some vaccines need their own “boosters.” An ingredient called an adjuvant can be added to vaccines to…
Twenty complex, antibiotic-resistant lung infections were treated by researchers using bacteria-eating viruses; there were no negative side effects, and more than half of the patients…
Trial compared the effect of ivermectin, fluvoxamine, and metformin in randomized double-blinded placebo- controlled trial. Scientists have found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication,…