Medicine

What Does Evidence Say Are Best Measures? COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has been spreading rapidly but at a different rate in different countries. A variety of emergency responses and policy strategies have been implemented with varying outcomes so far. This scanning electron microscope image shows …

Newly-Developed Device Detects Dangerous Bacteria in Bodily Fluids An international team of researchers has developed a micro- and nano-fluidic device stacked with magnetic beads that can rapidly isolate, retrieve and concentrate Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria from bodily fluids. This image shows bacterial cells trapped in a 3D microbead matrix. …

Third-Hand Tobacco Smoke is Real Threat to Public Health, Study Shows Third-hand smoke is a residual contamination from cigarette smoking that adheres to walls and other surfaces in places where smoking has previously occurred. A new study shows that this third-hand smoke can travel in large quantities into indoor, non-smoking …

SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Stable for Several Hours to Days in Aerosols and on Surfaces A novel human coronavirus that is now named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in 2019 and is now causing a pandemic. In a new study, a team of U.S. scientists analyzed …

This Website Tracks Coronavirus Outbreak in Real Time The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that began in Wuhan, China continues to spread across the globe. Many countries have enacted measures aimed at slowing the spread, but health authorities say new infections are still on the rise. The numbers seem to change every …

New Report Highlights Potential Therapeutic Agents and Vaccines for COVID-19 Researchers from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, have released a special report in which they provide an overview of previously published scientific information on potential therapeutic agents and vaccines for COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by the …

Study: SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Spreads Quickly, Sometimes Before People Have Symptoms An international team of scientists from the United States, France, China and Hong Kong was able to identify how quickly SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, can spread, a factor that may help public health officials in their …

Reverse Its Negative Side-Effects Mice fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet that were also given nobiletin, a flavonoid found in sweet oranges and tangerines, were noticeably leaner and had reduced levels of insulin resistance and blood fats compared to mice that were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet alone, according to a …

Researchers at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Bar-Ilan University have developed technology they hope will help inhibit the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published recently as a cover story in the journal Small. It was led by Prof. Ester Segal and PhD student Michal Rosenberg from the …

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is closely related to the COVID-19 coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2 and 2019-nCoV) that has grown to be a global public health emergency since cases were first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. In a new study, a team of researchers from the …