Influenza Virus Changes More Rapidly and Becomes More Virulent With Obesity
Obesity Promotes Virulence of Influenza Currently, 50% of the adult population worldwide is overweight or obese. Obesity has been shown to increase the severity of…
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To Help Prevent Spread of Coronavirus, Researchers Recommend Adding Travel History to Patient Evaluation
A commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine recommends adding travel history to the patient evaluation to identify risk for potential exposure to CoVID-19, or…
How the Corona Quarantine on Cruise Ship Failed – But It Could Have Been Worse
The cruise ship Diamond Princess was quarantined for over two weeks resulting in more coronavirus infected passengers than if they would have disembarked immediately. Rather…
New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations in Flu – Could Help Stop Replication of Viruses
Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of viruses. A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time,…
What Happens When Coronavirus Is Not Alone?
Team of complexity scientists present ‘meme’ model for multiple diseases. Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social…
Does the New Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spread Through the Air?
A recent announcement by a Chinese health official suggested the new coronavirus might spread more easily than we thought, via an “airborne route.” The virus…
Breakthrough in Coronavirus Vaccine Research Results in New 3D Atomic Scale Map of Virus
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the…
Researchers Found a Surprisingly Simple Solution to Significantly Slow a Viral Epidemic
To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing: Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral…
Army-Developed Experimental Zika Vaccine Induces Potent Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies
A new study led by scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has shown for the first time that a single dose of…
For Thousands of Years, Quarantines Have Tried to Keep Out Disease
The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread…
Portable Smartphone Lab Can Diagnose Illnesses Like Coronavirus & HIV – Delivers Test Results in ‘Spit’ Second
Engineers with the University of Cincinnati have created a tiny portable lab that plugs into your phone, connecting it automatically to a doctor’s office through…
Chemists Discovered the Structure of a Key Influenza Protein – Breakthrough Could Lead to Flu Treatment
Findings could help researchers design drugs to treat influenza B infections. A team of MIT chemists has discovered the structure of a key influenza protein,…
How to Tell if You Have the Wuhan Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV
The Conversation Editor’s note: The new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, continues to spread in China, and cases are being diagnosed in many other countries, including the U.S….
Single Mutation Could Significantly Enhance Wuhan Coronavirus
New Analysis: Novel Coronavirus Receptors Show Similarities to SARS-CoV The recent emergence of Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has put the world on high alert for transcontinental…
Zinc Lozenges Did Not Shorten the Duration of Colds in Latest Study
Eight controlled trials previously reported that zinc lozenges reduced the duration of the common cold, but several other trials did not find benefit. Variation in…
Strains of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Detected in France Isolated
As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases….
Whole Genome of the Wuhan Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV Sequenced
On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health confirmed the first three cases of patients affected by the Wuhan coronavirus. On January 29, 2020,…
Scientific Estimates of Spread of Coronavirus Much Higher Than Official Reports
Authors caution that given the lack of a robust and detailed timeline of records of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases and close contacts, the true…
