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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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U.S. reports lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year
#COVID19 #coronavirus The United States last week reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year, with new infections...
David Ojcius
May 24, 20211 min read
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COVID-19: The first documented coronavirus pandemic in history
#COVID19 #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 The novel human coronavirus disease COVID-19 has become the fifth documented pandemic since the 1918 flu...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read
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Development of multi-epitope peptide-based vaccines against SARS-CoV-2
#SARSCoV2 #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVIDvaccine Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a pandemic...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read
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Can Black Fungus spread through air? Experts answer FAQs about mucormycosis
#COVID19 #coronavirus #IndiaCovid #IndiaCovidCrisis Can #BlackFungus spread through air? Experts answer FAQs about #mucormycosis India...
David Ojcius
May 23, 20211 min read
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Is there an association between oral health and severity of COVID-19 complications?
by Nathalie Botros, Parvati Iyer, David Ojcius #oralhealth #COVID19 #coronavirus #dental #dentistry Most patients with severe...
David Ojcius
May 22, 20211 min read
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Taiwan adds more domestic COVID cases but says trend stable
Taiwan reported another rise in domestic #COVID19 cases on Saturday, but the health minister said the trend remained stable with new...
David Ojcius
May 22, 20211 min read
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Signs of rise in Covid infections in England amid variant warnings
Boris Johnson still plans to end restrictions in June despite experts’ fears over spread of India and Kent #coronavirus variants #COVID19...
David Ojcius
May 22, 20211 min read
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Mix-and-match COVID vaccines trigger potent immune response
Preliminary results from a trial of more than 600 people are the first to show the benefits of combining different #COVID19 vaccines....
David Ojcius
May 21, 20211 min read
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Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Face masks effectively limit the probability of #SARSCoV2 transmission. Masks are particularly effective in combination with other...
David Ojcius
May 21, 20211 min read
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Countries Are Scrambling for COVID Vaccines. Mongolia Has Plenty.
#COVID #COVID19 #COVIDVaccine At a time when most countries are scrambling for #coronavirus vaccines, Mongolia now has enough to fully...
David Ojcius
May 20, 20211 min read
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Drug used to treat deadly ‘black fungus’ infection is running low in India
Supplies of #Amphotericin, the drug used to treat the rare but deadly infection #mucormycosis (aka #blackfungus), are running dangerously...
David Ojcius
May 19, 20211 min read
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Integrative immunoinformatics for predicting B-cell and T-cell epitopes for vaccines against COVID
#COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccines #COVIDvaccine #immunology Background The increase in global mortality rates from SARS-COV2 (COVID-19)...
David Ojcius
May 18, 20211 min read
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How do you figure out if we’re anti-maskers or vaccinated?
#COVID19 #COVIDvaccine #Masks #coronavirus Cartoon from The New Yorker which seems relevant for issues that most employers are facing:...
David Ojcius
May 17, 20211 min read
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They’re Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever
#COVID19 #Masks #coronavirus "Face coverings have been a political flash point for more than a year. But now, the backlash is directed at...
David Ojcius
May 17, 20211 min read
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New vaccine could protect against all coronaviruses, could prevent future pandemics
#COVID19 #COVIDvaccines #vaccines Duke researchers have created a vaccine with the potential to protect against all forms of #coronavirus...
David Ojcius
May 17, 20211 min read
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What Do New Mask Rules Mean for Company Vaccine Mandates?
#masks #vaccines #COVID19 #coronavirus #vaccination The rules for keeping workers safe can be difficult to navigate. Can employers...
David Ojcius
May 16, 20212 min read
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Just 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in communities
Analyzing data from the Fall 2020 #COVID19 pandemic response at a university in Colorado, US, researchers conclude that just 2% of...
David Ojcius
May 16, 20211 min read
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Covid Is Killing Young Children in Brazil, Baffling Doctors
#COVID19 is ravaging Brazil, and, in a disturbing new wrinkle that experts are working to understand, it appears to be killing babies and...
David Ojcius
May 16, 20211 min read
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India’s coronavirus crisis spreads to its villages, where health care is hard to find
Rural areas, where >65% of India’s 1.3 billion people live, had been spared in the 1st wave of the #COVID19 pandemic but are now facing...
David Ojcius
May 16, 20211 min read
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Nathalie Botros, Parvati Iyer, David Ojcius: Does oral health affect severity of COVID-19?
#COVID19 #coronavirus #oralhealth #dental #dentistry Most patients with severe complications from COVID-19 have underlying conditions...
David Ojcius
May 15, 20211 min read
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