In the earliest days of the pandemic, many immunologists, including me, assumed that patients who produced high quantities of antibodies
Month: October 2020
Black and Asian patients have increased risk of severe COVID-19 at different stages of the disease
Patients of Black ethnicity have an increased risk of requiring hospital admission for COVID-19, while patients of Asian ethnicity have
Heat has stronger effect on health in less developed cities, study finds
Compared to high income cities, less developed cities in Brazil have a higher hospitalization rate associated with increased heat exposure,
Strokes and heart attacks increase when flu-like illnesses rise
Heart attack risk increases quickly after a flu-like illness, while stroke risk rises slower, according to new research. The study,
Hair loss. Memory problems. Strange rashes. COVID-19 patients report a litany of symptoms outside official criteria
Julie Sciascia-Van Horn was hospitalized with COVID-19 in early April, suffering from some of the typical flu-like symptoms associated with
Urine-based liquid biopsy test outperforms urine cytology in detecting bladder cancer
Analysis of DNA copy number variants (CNVs) in the cells exfoliated in urine showed better sensitivity and similar specificity in
China joins COVAX coronavirus vaccine alliance
China, which has at least four coronavirus vaccine candidates in the last stage of clinical trials, said Friday it is
HIV up close: Unprecedented view of virus reveals essential steps for causing AIDS
Accomplishing a feat that had been a pipe dream for decades, scientists have recreated in a test tube the first
Overdose deaths from cocaine rising dramatically
While opioids were grabbing the headlines, cocaine overdose deaths in the United States have marched upward, nearly tripling over five
Diagnosing and treating COVID-19
COVID-19 can be diagnosed several ways when looking for active infection. “The most common way that testing is done is