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Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues

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An international team led by University of British Columbia researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. The findings,...

COVID-19: Florida becomes 2nd state to test more 100,000 people

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, the Florida Department of Health (Department) highlighted the state’s most recent milestone in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 – the successful...

Anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 virus in 48 hours in vitro: Monash University researchers

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A collaborative study led by Monash University‘s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) in Melbourne, Australia, with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), has...

New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19

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In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The study reports on commonalities...

University of Nebraska develops a COVID-19 screening mobile app

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Worried you or your family member might have COVID-19? The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has launched a groundbreaking mobile app to screen large groups of individuals who are concerned...

Wearing surgical masks in public could help slow COVID-19 pandemic’s advance: Study

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Surgical masks may help prevent infected people from making others sick with seasonal viruses, including coronaviruses, according to new research that could help settle a fierce debate spanning clinical...

Toxoplasma gondii infection rewires the brain: Researchers

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Think about traffic flow in a city – there are stop signs, one-way streets, and traffic lights to organize movement across a widespread network. Now, imagine what would happen if you removed some...

Clostridioides difficile infections in the United States decreased during 2011-2017

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A new CDC report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection (CDI) and associated hospitalizations in the United States decreased during 2011-2017. The...

Plague is a significant source of mortality in pumas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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Last month, a study in the journal, Environmental Conservation, researchers revealed that the agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, isn’t very uncommon among big cats in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. According...

Harvard Medical School scientists forge ahead on six key fronts to end the COVID-19 pandemic

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From the plagues of medieval Europe to the influenza pandemic of 1918, the specter of the next public health disaster has gripped the minds of scientists, captivated the imaginations of writers and vexed...