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6-Oct-2020 11:25 AM EDT
Heat has stronger effect on health in less developed cities, study finds
PLOS

Compared to high income cities, less developed cities in Brazil have a higher hospitalization rate associated with increased heat exposure, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Yuming Guo of the Monash University, Australia, and colleagues.

   
Released: 8-Oct-2020 1:55 PM EDT
Potential COVID-19 vaccines not affected by dominant "G-Strain"
University of York

Vaccines currently being developed for Covid-19 should not be affected by recent mutations in the virus, according to a new study involving a University of York virologist.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Association for Molecular Pathology Releases Preliminary Results to Second 2020 Nationwide SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing Survey
Association for Molecular Pathology

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) has released the preliminary results of its August 2020 SARS-CoV-2 Testing Survey for clinical laboratories. Respondents are experiencing continued supply chain interruptions and significant staffing shortages, all while demand for molecular diagnostic testing continues to increase.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 11:55 AM EDT
Turning hotels into emergency shelter as part of COVID-19 response limited spread of coronavirus, improved health and stability
University of Washington

A King County, Washington, initiative to relocate people from homeless shelters to hotel rooms during the pandemic not only limited the spread of COVID-19, but also improved people's mental health and well-being, and allowed them to focus on long-term goals.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 11:55 AM EDT
People Use, Trust Different COVID-19 Information Sources Depending on Gender, Age, and Other Factors
New York University

Gender, age, education level, and political affiliation predict where people turn for information about COVID-19—and what sources they use and trust is linked to differing beliefs about the pandemic, according to a new study by NYU School of Global Public Health researchers.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 8:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Trick-or-treating safely amid COVID-19
Penn State Health

How do parents separate myth from fact when it comes to trick-or-treating during the COVID-19 pandemic? Physicians with Penn State Children’s Hospital explore the answers.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
Blocking Immune System Pathway May Stop COVID-19 Infection, Prevent Severe Organ Damage
Johns Hopkins Medicine

While the world waits eagerly for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infections from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers also are focusing on better understanding how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the body in the search for other means of stopping its devastating impact. The key to one possibility — blocking a protein that enables the virus to turn the immune system against healthy cells — has been identified in a recent study by a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

6-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates
World Health Organization (WHO)

COVID-19-related health service disruptions could worsen the situation, potentially adding nearly 200,000 more stillbirths over a 12-month period

Released: 7-Oct-2020 6:05 PM EDT
Certain pre-existing conditions can double, triple mortality risk for COVID-19 patients
Penn State College of Medicine

A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 5:40 PM EDT
Scientists pioneer faster, cheaper COVID-19 testing technology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for UCLA Health to launch a new method of COVID-19 detection using sequencing technology called SwabSeq. Capable of testing thousands of samples at once, the method returns accurate, individual results in 12 to 24 hours.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 5:20 PM EDT
Early COVID-19 Cases in Southern California Linked to New York
Cedars-Sinai

Most COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients in Southern California during the early months of the pandemic appear to have been infected by a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus introduced to the region from New York state via Europe, not directly from China, where the virus was first detected, according to a new study conducted at Cedars-Sinai.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 2:00 PM EDT
Risk of human-to-wildlife transmission of the COVID-19 virus
Wiley

There's considerable risk that humans transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to wildlife, according to a perspective article published in Mammal Review.

   
Released: 7-Oct-2020 1:20 PM EDT
Faster COVID-19 testing with simple algebraic equations
Cardiff University

A mathematician from Cardiff University has developed a new method for processing large volumes of COVID-19 tests which he believes could lead to significantly more tests being performed at once and results being returned much quicker.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 11:45 AM EDT
American University Welcomes Dr. Anthony Fauci to Family Week
American University

Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses COVID-19 in wide-ranging conversation with American University President Sylvia Burwell.

5-Oct-2020 11:55 AM EDT
First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany
University of Wisconsin–Madison

At night in a Ugandan forest, a team of American and African scientists take oral swabs from insect-eating cyclops leaf-nosed bats. In a necropsy room near the Baltic Sea, researchers try to determine what killed a donkey, a Bennett’s tree-kangaroo and a capybara at a German zoo — all of them suffering from severe brain swelling. Neither team was aware of the other, yet they were both about to converge on a discovery that would forever link them — and help solve a long-enduring mystery.

   
Released: 7-Oct-2020 10:10 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System, Healthcare Association of New York State and Hospital Innovation and Lean Network of New York to Host Conference: “Lean and Innovation in a COVID-19 World”
Mount Sinai Health System

Virtual conference will highlight Lean innovations that have helped healthcare organizations plan for, manage and mitigate many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic



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