Making it easier to be a patient in times of a pandemic
by David Chambers, Michelle Brady, David Ojcius, Evelyn Cuny #COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus #dentistry #dental 1 PROBLEM What...
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
by David Chambers, Michelle Brady, David Ojcius, Evelyn Cuny #COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus #dentistry #dental 1 PROBLEM What...
In the effort to track the spread of #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus, researchers are monitoring #wastewater in many locations around the state of...
Three snow leopards at a zoo in Nebraska, US, died from #COVID19. The animals are classed as vulnerable to extinction. The #coronavirus...
The #OmicronVariant of the #coronavirus could have acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a piece of genetic material from...
Anthony Fauci asks everyone not to let their guard down as the #OmicronVariant spreads internationally. He also said that the new...
The EU, Britain and India are among those announcing stricter border controls as scientists seek to determine if the #B11529...
Scientists have traced about 1/3 of all known infectious disease outbreaks in humans to rapid land use change. Where will next pandemic...
A new study (not peer-reviewed yet) shows evidence that the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus spreads widely in white-tailed deer, & the virus is...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (#COVID19) caused by novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-#Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2), is typically associated...
#coronavirus #COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Back in the 1980s, scientists in the U.K. performed an experiment that — at first glance — sounds...
The Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of the #COVID19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. In a related...
Asymptomatic #COVID19 patients often have no IgG Abs to #coronavirus nucleocapsid protein, which are often recommended to check if...
Getting #COVID19 does offer some immune protection against re-infection with the #coronavirus. But it's unreliable compared with vaccines...
Pfizer & BioNTech submitted a request to the US FDA seeking emergency use authorization for its mRNA vaccine for children age 5 to 11....
Because of multiple animal reservoirs, because vaccinated people can still experience breakthrough infections & because billions of...
Pfizer starts a study to test its oral antiviral drug against #COVID19 among those who have been exposed to the #coronavirus. In the...
Clinical trials are still under way to determine if #ivermectin has any benefits against #COVID19. In the meantime, health authorities...
At least three promising antivirals that could prevent symptoms and limit transmission of #COVID19 are in clinical trials. Within a day...
Moderna Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel thinks the #coronavirus pandemic could be over in a year as increased vaccine production ensures...
A study of Italy-bound passengers found that a mandatory PCR #coronavirus test taken within 3 days of flying weeded out the vast majority...