In a recent study published in Viruses, researchers performed genomic comparisons between alphacoronaviruses (αCoVs) and betacoronaviruses (βCoVs) originating from South Korean Bats. Study: Genomic Comparisons of Alphacoronaviruses and Betacoronaviruses from Korean Bats. Image Credit: Photoongraphy/Shutterstock Background CoVs are a diverse family of viruses with a wide spectrum of hosts. Ever since the severe acute respiratory […]
Pain management is one of the biggest challenges of the modern healthcare system. Almost 60% of US adults report having experienced pain in the past three months and pain is one of the main reasons adults seek medical care. Adequate pain management is critical for patient health and wellbeing. A new study published today in […]
The House passed the Senate’s bipartisan gun bill on Friday and sent it to President Joe Biden to sign into law, marking the most wide-ranging gun violence legislation in nearly 30 years, according to The Associated Press. With a 234-193 vote, the approval fell mostly along party lines with support from every Democrat and 14 […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccines this fall are likely to be based on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rather than the original strain, although some experts suggest they may only offer significant benefits for older and immunocompromised people. Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax have been testing vaccines based on the first Omicron variant that […]
Up to 30 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, defined as pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of pregnancy. As many as half of miscarriages are unexplained, and there are few known risk factors for these pregnancy losses, which can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. Now, a new study led by Boston University […]
Testing for HIV suffered a sharp setback during the first year of the pandemic, new government data shows. The number of HIV tests funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered in health care settings dropped 43% between 2019 and 2020, the study showed. Tests administered in non-health care settings dropped […]
Hospitals and policymakers alike have banded together to improve recognition and treatment of sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection, which by some estimates, accounts for 30–50% of all deaths in hospitalized patients. Lessening sepsis’ deadly effects means clinicians need to move quickly to recognize the signs and symptoms, and initiate treatment with antibiotics. However, a […]
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have jointly issued a comprehensive set of data standards to help clarify definitions of the cardiovascular (CV) and non-CV complications of COVID-19. It’s the work of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Data Standards and has been endorsed by the Heart Failure Society […]
Canada’s response to the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic compares favorably to those of other Group of 10 (G10) countries, a new analysis shows. For example, as of February 2022, 79.9% of Canadians were fully vaccinated, meaning that they had received all doses in the original protocol (usually two). Canada thus had the […]
The increased use of contraception in many countries is not because more women at any moment want to delay pregnancy or have no further children. Instead, it is because contraception is helping more women achieve their childbearing goals. This is the overwhelming conclusion from a study of national survey data from 59 low- and middle-income […]
