Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What will it be like when COVID-19 becomes endemic?
With much of the world still susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, experts predict the virus will become endemic.
Aug 13, 2021
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Respiratory virus detections decreased during COVID-19
(HealthDay)—Respiratory virus detections decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic period, according to a research letter published online June 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Jun 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lessons from the last pandemic point the way toward universal flu vaccines
A new study from the University of Chicago and Scripps Research Institute shows that during the last great pandemic—2009's H1N1 influenza pandemic—people developed strong, effective immune responses to stable, conserved ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Medical economics
COVID-19 vaccine development built on $17 billion in NIH funding for vaccine technologies
The unprecedented development of COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after discovery of this virus was enabled by more than $17 billion of research on vaccine technologies funded by the NIH prior to the pandemic, according ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expert explains how to track coronavirus variants
New COVID-19 variants could potentially jeopardize a lot of the work that has been done so far to contain the pandemic. Sonia Gonçalves explains how genomic surveillance can help us track and contain them.
Apr 19, 2021
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COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent global need to control air pollution
A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an exhaustive examination of published research that discusses whether air pollution may be linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes. The ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Protection from coronavirus and zero-day pathogens: New disinfection chamber
Researchers in India are developing a disinfection chamber that integrates a system that can deactivate coronavirus particles. The team reports details in the International Journal of Design Engineering.
Mar 30, 2021
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Medical research
Untangling COVID-19 and tuberculosis
As the UK marks one year since the country went into lockdown, we've also been looking further afield to countries disproportionately burdened by infectious diseases, including COVID-19. To mark this year's World TB Day, ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Vaccination
Doctor communication key to pandemic vaccine adoption
People who talk with their doctors are more likely to get vaccinated during a pandemic, according to a study of evidence collected during the "swine flu," the last pandemic to hit the U.S. before COVID-19.
Mar 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The original antigenic sin: How childhood infections could shape pandemics
A child's first influenza infection shapes their immunity to future airborne flu viruses—including emerging pandemic strains. But not all flu strains spur the same initial immune defense, according to new findings published ...
Feb 18, 2021
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