Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More variants but delta still dominates
A new variant of COVID-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy.
Nov 26, 2021
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News tagged with natural world
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Massive numbers of new COVID-19 infections, not vaccines, are the main driver of new coronavirus variants
The rise of coronavirus variants has highlighted the huge influence evolutionary biology has on daily life. But how mutations, random chance and natural selection produce variants is a complicated process, and there has been ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Poorly ventilated schools spread delta variant
Infections of the Deltra strain are increasing across Australia. A significant number of recent outbreaks have been in schools.
Aug 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic mental health hinges on who you live with
Some days it may not have felt like it, but being locked down with your kids and spouse may have bolstered your well-being during COVID-19.
Aug 11, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Microwave sensing technology paves way towards personalized antibiotic therapy
UBC researchers have developed a method for monitoring bacterial responses to antibiotics in health-care settings that opens the door to personalized antibiotic therapy for patients.
Aug 9, 2021
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Surgery
Mantis shrimp-inspired camera provides second opinion during cancer surgery
Some of the world's greatest innovations, such as Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine, owe their strength and elegance to natural design. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have returned their gaze ...
May 5, 2021
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Medical research
Fighting COVID with plant products and repurposed pharmaceuticals
Chemists Kaushik Sarkar and Rajesh Kumar of the University of North Bengal in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, have investigated the potential of various natural products of plant origin that might be developed into novel ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic got you down? A little nature could help
Having trouble coping with COVID?
Feb 18, 2021
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Medications
The other pandemic: Once-treatable diseases are growing resistant to antibiotics
Ten million deaths per year by 2050 related to antimicrobial resistance—that's what a large British study, conducted in 2014, predicts if the current trend continues. Despite the strong efforts deployed in recent years, ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?
Similar to bacteria evolving resistance to antibiotics, viruses can evolve resistance to vaccines, and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could undermine the effectiveness of vaccines that are currently under development, according ...
Nov 9, 2020
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