A team of medical researchers and bioethicists at Oxford University has published results in Science that furthers understanding of Covid-19 transmission. The evidence is enabling several international partners, including the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) and NHSX, a joint unit comprised of teams from NHS England and the UK’s Department of Health & Social Care, to assess the
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection can be diagnosed using a test called polymerase chain reaction (PCR). What Is the PCR Test for COVID-19 Infection? Samples are taken from places likely to have the virus that causes COVID-19, like the back of the nose or mouth or deep inside the lungs. After a sample is collected,
BODYSPHERE announced today they are distributing a new Two-Minute Testing Kit for the diagnosis of the COVID-19 following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization for the test which uses antibodies in blood to test for current or past infection. The following statement was denied by the FDA confirmation that no such
Study of 1918 flu pandemic shows U.S. cities that responded more aggressively in health terms also had better economic rebounds. With much of the U.S. in shutdown mode to limit the spread of the Covid-19 disease, a debate has sprung up about when the country might “reopen” commerce, to limit economic fallout from the pandemic.
Following a report just published by London Imperial College containment measures saved in Italy 38.000 lives. Following the emergence of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and its spread outside of China, Europe is now experiencing large epidemics. In response, many European countries have implemented unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions including case isolation, the closure of schools and universities,
The European Commission said today there was no evidence that hydroxychloroquine touted by as a potential cure against COVID-19 was effective against the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Source Reuters “The efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 patients has to date not been proved,” a spokesman for the European Commission said today,
The national health commission said it would start to include asymptomatic cases in its Covid-19 statistics in move to address public concern Classified government data has suggested that silent carriers could make up around a third of cases Source South China Morning Post China will include asymptomatic coronavirus carriers in its daily figures from Wednesday,
185 scientists win European Research Council’s Advanced Grants The 185 winners of the ERC’s annual Advanced Grants competition were announced today. They will explore their most daring and innovative ideas proposed in response to last year’s call. The new research projects, apart from strengthening Europe’s knowledge base, will also lead to creation of some 1,800
A joint research team of POSTECH, The Catholic University, and City University of Hong Kong developed an ‘in vivo priming’ with heart-derived bioink.Using engineered stem cells and 3D bioprinting technology, they began developing medicines for cardiovascular diseases. The heart is the driving force of circulating blood in the body and pumps blood to the entire
Chinese researchers reported encouraging — yet early — results of a potential COVID-19 treatment. Five critically ill coronavirus patients got better after receiving an experimental treatment that’s made from the blood of people who’ve recovered from the virus. The early results were published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a leading medical journal. The
