With an approach that combines big data, network science and stochastic systems, a Michigan Engineering professor is working to develop algorithms that can quickly and accurately identify COVID-19 "patient zero" as the virus ...
Jun 12, 2020
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British cancer doctor Prof Karol Sikora recently claimed that the current COVID-19 pandemic would "burn itself out". His thinking is that if there are more infections than we realise, and that those milder, unrecorded infections ...
Jun 5, 2020
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In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), senior author, Steven J. Mentzer, MD, thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a team of international researchers examined seven lungs obtained during ...
May 22, 2020
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Although the clinical symptoms of new pediatric lung disorders such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), swine-origin influenza A (H1N1), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated ...
May 9, 2020
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University of Queensland researchers have developed a set of recommendations to manage the mental health of frontline medical workers during viral outbreaks, such as COVID-19.
May 6, 2020
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As states push to reopen businesses, arguing their economies are losing too much money under current coronavirus precautions, they can't ignore the other side of the economic equation—the one involving human lives and potentially ...
May 4, 2020
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The Trump administration recently declared, in the midst of the coronavirus emergency, that it would suspend the United States' financial support for the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency that coordinates ...
May 1, 2020
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People with the most severe forms of COVID-19 are often older and have existing health problems. About 10% of COVID-19 patients have heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. Yet surprisingly, people with lung disease, ...
Apr 28, 2020
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Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets, suggesting that the antiviral drug could contribute to the early control of influenza outbreaks by limiting community-based ...
Apr 15, 2020
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In an article posted online April 13, 2020 in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, a trio of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggest that in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus ...
Apr 14, 2020
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