New guidelines for treating the sickest COVID-19 patients
"UH College of Medicine doctor says recommendations can prevent medical resource shortages" Source: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON As the number of...
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High-throughput miniaturized diagnostic platform for viral screening
"The diagnostic platform CARMEN combines microfluidics with the CRISPR-based detection technology SHERLOCK, and could one day be used for public...
SARS-CoV2 tricks ‘our immune system’ for high infectivity
"This study is focusing on understanding what SARS-CoV-2 does in the body, why some people are more susceptible, and how...
Scientists hunt for antibodies key in fight against coronaviruses
"Virtually all of the ways to fight COVID-19 hinge on finding antibodies. These little molecules can latch onto viruses and...
Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19
"Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune...
CAS team develops quick detection system for COVID-19 cases
"The system requires only 20 μl of swab or sputum samples, making it easy and convenient to use." Source: CHINESE...
Groundbreaking development in rapid large-scale testing of COVID-19
"OU Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation file for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for...
Conservative and social media usage associated with misinformation about COVID-19
"People relying on mainstream TV and print news better informed" Source: ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA...
10 tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus
"The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak means that life is changing for all of us for a while. It may cause you...
MIT team races to fill Covid-19-related ventilator shortage
"An ad hoc team of engineers and doctors has developed a low-cost, open-source alternative, now ready for rapid production." Source:...
FDA authorizes the use of blood purification system to treat the ‘cytokine storm’ in COVID-19 patients
Source: FDA Newsroom The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a blood purification system to treat patients...
A Collection of Diagnostic Protocols For Testing Coronavirus
Pasteur Institute’s Real-Time RT-PCR protocol for detecting SARS-CoV2 using primers against two RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase targets (IP2 and IP4) ...