COVID’s Collateral Damage: Germicidal UV Lamps Can Damage Corneas
While UV light may kill bacteria and viruses, improper use is dangerous. In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians…
Infectious Diseases
Hand-Held Particle Detector Measures Aerosols for Coronavirus Risk Assessment
A portable device can determine aerosol concentrations in public spaces. Because of the role they play in coronavirus transmission, understanding aerosol concentrations and persistence in…
Researchers Zero In on Natural Products That Disrupt Lethal Viruses, Including the COVID-19 Coronavirus
Review of the life histories of RNA viruses, their genetics, and the compounds that could disrupt them offers hope for curtailment of future pandemics. Researchers…
Groundbreaking Treatment for Severe COVID-19 Using Stem Cells – “It’s Like Smart Bomb Technology in the Lung”
Study looked at treating severe COVID-19 with umbilical-cord derived mesenchymal stem cells. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers led a unique and groundbreaking…
New Strategy Identifies Existing Drug That Inhibits COVID-19 Virus – Outperforms Remdesivir
In lab experiments, pralatrexate outperforms remdesivir against SARS-CoV-2. A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate, a chemotherapy medication originally…
New Research May Explain Severe Virus Attacks on the Lungs, Contribute to Future Treatments for COVID-19
In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
94.1% Efficacy Shown in Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Results from the primary analysis of the ongoing phase 3 clinical trial demonstrate efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections and severe illness. A peer-reviewed paper…
Some Masks Can Be Worse Than Not Wearing One at All: Physics of How Masks Affect Airflow and COVID-19 Protection
A computer model deepens our understanding of airflow while wearing face masks, where particles land in the respiratory tract and the effectiveness of three-layer surgical…
UK Scientists to Produce Low-Cost, High-Performance Ventilators
UK scientists have been awarded funding to develop a robust, low-cost ventilator to help patients in low and middle-income countries suffering from severe respiratory problems…
NIH Researchers Uncover Brain Damage in COVID-19 Patients, Despite No Infection of the Brain
Results from a study of 19 deceased patients suggests brain damage is a byproduct of a patient’s illness. In an in-depth study of how COVID-19…
Pharmaceutical Scientist Warns of Potential Problems With Remdesivir As COVID-19 Treatment
University of Cincinnati researcher urges caution using remdesivir to treat COVID-19. While the world has its eyes on vaccines to stop the spread of coronavirus,…
New MIT Model Could Help Determine Quarantine Measures Needed to Reduce COVID-19’s Spread
A key finding: Early reopening last spring led to a dramatic drop in “quarantine strength” in southern and west-central U.S. states. Some of the research…
Lung Ultrasounds Could Help Physicians Predict if a Patient With COVID-19 Will Worsen
For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death, while others remain purely asymptomatic. A diagnostic tool could help physicians predict if a…
A Chain Reaction Led by Cells Lining the Intestines Sounds the Alarm When Parasites Invade
A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite Cryptosporidium, according to a study…
Pneumolysis: High Altitude Specialists Explain COVID-19 Lung Destruction
The article by Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues in published as open access in Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, 2020. The current COVID-19 pandemic…
Existing FDA Approved Drug Shown to Prevent Lung Damage in COVID Patients
In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the disease, research spearheaded at Jerusalem’s Hebrew…
Secondary Bloodstream Infections Associated With Severe COVID-19 and Worse Health Outcomes
People with severe COVID-19 who had secondary bloodstream infections were sicker, had longer hospital stays and worse health outcomes, Rutgers study finds. People with severe…
With COVID-19 Exacerbating the Threat of Superbugs, Researchers ID New Chemical Weapon
Study identifies novel compound in fight against antibiotic resistance. As scientists around the globe wage war against a novel, deadly virus, one University of Colorado…