Archive: 18/11/2020

Nearly one-third of hospitals in England reached maximum ventilator bed capacity during first COVID-19 wave

Thirty percent of hospitals in England reached their maximum occupancy levels for beds with mechanical ventilation support during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the flagship Nightingale hospitals were under-used, ...

Nov 18, 2020

New study indicates Ebola vaccine safe and produces robust immune response

Scientists from the University of Oxford, working as part of the EBOVAC2 EBL2001 study group, have today announced the results of a phase 2 trial of a replication-deficient adenovirus vaccine aimed at providing protection ...

Nov 18, 2020

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Two studies focus on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in domestic cats, pigs

Two recently published studies from Kansas State University researchers and collaborators have led to two important findings related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Domestic cats can be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2, but ...

Nov 18, 2020

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Study seeks to assess unintended consequences of COVID‑19 rules on families with babies in neonatal care

When widespread restrictions were put in place across the country to stem the spread of COVID-19, they carried with them unintended consequences for a particularly vulnerable group of people.

Nov 18, 2020

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Gene could slow down tumor repair in breast cancer brain metastasis

Treating tumors presents a tricky conundrum: a higher dose of radiation is more effective for treatment, but the higher the dose, the more danger it poses to healthy cells.

Nov 18, 2020

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How to cope with a complicated winter amid COVID-19

The upcoming holiday season will be challenging for many Americans. The coronavirus pandemic is surging—California recently surpassed 1 million known cases—as quarantine fatigue grows. Shorter and colder days are coming, ...

Nov 18, 2020

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Buying and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine will involve hard ethical and practical choices

The world was ablaze with hope following the announcement last week that a vaccine developed by Pfiser and BioNTech may be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19.

Nov 18, 2020

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CBD sales are soaring, but evidence is still slim that the cannabis derivative makes a difference for anxiety or pain

Many people have turned to cannabis and its derivatives as they search for pandemic relief, and one of the most widely available ones is CBD. It is also legal. You can buy oils, tinctures, capsules, gummies, cosmetics and ...

Nov 18, 2020

Rapid point-of-care testing during and after COVID-19 – how widely should it be used?

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the point-of-care testing industry was investing millions of pounds to develop rapid tests to tell us the cause of respiratory infections. The pandemic has accelerated this process. In an ...

Nov 18, 2020

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Survey reveals impact of suicide on family and friends

A study published today reveals over a third of those bereaved by suicide considered taking their own life, highlighting their acute need for more support.

Nov 18, 2020

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