Formula milk trials have a high risk of bias, authors almost always report favorable conclusions, transparency is lacking, and findings are selectively reported, finds a review of evidence from recently published trials in The BMJ today. The researchers say their findings “support the need for a substantial change in the conduct and reporting of formula […]
In a study published in mBio, researchers from Ohio State University have been investigating mutations in the rest of the spike protein, particularly the Q677H mutation. Study: Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Harboring Q677H. Image Credit: joshimerbin/ Shutterstock Background Since mass vaccination began, most worries about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in developed countries focus […]
A screening blood test originally validated in seriously ill patients without COVID-19 is still clinically useful for ruling out pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized with the coronavirus, a University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine research team reports. Principal investigator Asa Oxner, MD, and USF Health colleagues published a single-center, diagnostic […]
A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server explores environmental surveillance of elementary school settings for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater and surface samples monitoring. The researchers demonstrated that 93% of the COVID-19 cases in public elementary schools could be identified using this method. Study: Wastewater and surface monitoring to […]
Genes aren't only inherited through birth. Bacteria have the ability to pass genes to each other, or pick them up from their environment, through a process called horizonal gene transfer, which is a major culprit in the spread of antibiotic resistance. Cornell researchers used machine learning to sort organisms by their functions and use this […]
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility. In findings published Oct. 26, 2021, in Cell Reports, a team led by co-first authors Anna Heinrich, BS, Bidur Bhandary, PhD, and senior author Tony De Falco, PhD, sheds new light on how sperm production can go wrong […]
It’s the season of baking, and we’re so excited to roll up our sleeves, put on our aprons, and get into the kitchen. But our favorite part of fall baking isn’t the elaborate recipes that require tons of planning ahead. We like buying a bag of apples at the farmer’s market, and having dessert a […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Most U.S. medical professionals who treat patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) appear to have adjusted drug regimens during the pandemic’s early months to lower the risk of COVID-19 infection. But they actually didn’t need to make changes then — or now. These […]
Russia’s daily tolls of coronavirus infections and deaths surged to another record on Friday, a quickly mounting figure that has put a severe strain on the country’s health care system. The government’s coronavirus task force reported 32,196 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 999 deaths in the past 24 hours. The record for daily COVID-19 deaths […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Community clinics in California say they haven’t been paid for at least 1 million covid-19 vaccine doses given since January, creating a “massive cash flow problem” for some and complicating efforts to retain staff. Clinics in other states, including Michigan and […]
