Previous COVID-19 Forecasts: Hospitalizations
Learn about COVID-19 forecasts and modeling for new hospitalizations. Source: Previous COVID-19 Forecasts: Hospitalizations
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Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19
Health care providers should contact their local/state health department immediately to notify them of patients with fever and lower respiratory illness who they suspect may have COVID-19. Source: Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19
Continue Reading →Alcohol and Substance Use
Increased stress can lead to increases in alcohol and substance use. If you or someone you care about is starting to use alcohol or other substances, or is increasing their use during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are resources that may help. Source: Alcohol and Substance Use
Continue Reading →CDC's Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation
This operational strategy presents a pathway to reopen schools and help them remain open through consistent use of mitigation strategies, especially universal and correct use of masks and physical distancing. Source: CDC's Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation
Continue Reading →Campylobacter strains exchange genes, can become more virulent and antibiotic resistant
Campylobacter bacteria persist throughout poultry production, and two of the most common strains are exchanging genetic material, which could result in more antibiotic-resistant and infectious Campylobacter strains. Source: Campylobacter strains exchange genes, can become more virulent and antibiotic resistant
Continue Reading →To improve immunotherapy, researchers look to shift immune cells' access to sugar
New research suggests that a way to improve immunotherapy is by altering immune cells’ access to sugar. Source: To improve immunotherapy, researchers look to shift immune cells' access to sugar
Continue Reading →Unlocking the mystery behind skeletal aging
Researchers have identified the role a critical enzyme plays in skeletal aging and bone loss, putting them one step closer to understanding the complex biological mechanisms that lead to osteoporosis, the bone disease that afflicts some 200 million people worldwide. Findings could hold an important key to developing more effective treatments for osteoporosis and improving […]
Continue Reading →Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
Coffee, cola or an energy drink: caffeine is the world’s most widely consumed psychoactive substance. Researchers have now shown in a study that regular caffeine intake can change the gray matter of the brain. However, the effect appears to be temporary. Source: Regular caffeine consumption affects brain structure
Continue Reading →Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosis
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can identify patients who may have been wrongly diagnosed. With the help of digital disease history, the algorithm is able to register disease trajectories that differ so much from normal trajectories that there may be a misdiagnosis. The algorithm has been developed on the basis of data from several […]
Continue Reading →Promising biomarkers to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury
Certain plasma microRNAs could serve as diagnostic biomarkers in mild traumatic brain injury, a new study shows. The biomarkers were discovered in an animal model and they were successfully used also to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury in a subgroup of patients. Source: Promising biomarkers to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury
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