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Antibiotic neomycin may protect against the flu, COVID-19
Medical News Today· 3 days agoViral respiratory infections are common and generally result in a few days of illness from which...
Man dies after 613-day COVID-19 infection that underwent 50 mutations
AOL· 7 days agoAccording to the study, the man, whose identity was not disclosed, suffered from a blood disorder....
Engineers muffle invading pathogens with a 'molecular mask'
Phys.org· 5 days agoThe peptides that make up this gel prevent viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, from attaching to and entering cells. Over ...
Deforestation pushes animals in Uganda forest to eat virus-laden bat poo
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFor just over six months, researchers collected samples of guano from the tree hollow the animals...
What is federal COVID relief money for anyway?
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAs the daily news headlines detailing the spread of bird flu grow, so does Dr. Leonard Mermel’s anxiety. An infectious disease expert who works as...
Are Monoclonal Antibodies the Future of Long COVID Treatments?
Technology Networks· 7 days agoOne study published in PLOS Pathogens in 2022 found that long COVID patients had 100 times the...
How Ugandan Tobacco Farmers Inadvertently Spread Bat-Borne Viruses
Scientific American· 6 days agoA new paper published this week in Communications Biology shines rare light on one such case study:...
New diagnostic tool achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster and simpler nanopore system
Newswise· 3 days agoIn a new paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Schmidt and the...
Study sheds new light on cross-species virus spillovers that can cause pandemics
Phys.org· 6 days agoThe paper "Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses" was...
Data: Optimal initiation of Paxlovid in hospitalized COVID patients is 3 to 5 days
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 5 days agoTaking the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) 3 to 5 days after COVID-19...