Is it time to resume COVID restrictions in some safe states?
There may be new trouble ahead for states that had gotten COVID-19 under control after the March and April surges
Read more
Pregnant women more likely to be catch COVID-19 than general pop
Pregnant women are FOUR TIMES more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the general population, Philadelphia study suggests Researchers
Read more
Mental fatigue of multiple sclerosis linked to inefficient recruitment of neural resources
Researchers at Kessler Foundation conducted a pilot study comparing the effects of mental fatigue on brain activation patterns in people
Read more
What’s the best way to estimate and track COVID-19 mortality?
When used correctly, the symptomatic case fatality ratio (sCFR) and the infection fatality ratio (IFR) are better measures by which
Read more
Adjusting FRAX estimates to account for site of recent fracture
A prior fracture is a well-documented risk factor for future fracture, with the risk highest in the two years following
Read more
Rates of diabetes in pregnancy continue to rise in the Northern Territory
The burden of diabetes in pregnancy has grown substantially in the Northern Territory (NT) over three decades and is contributing
Read more
Discovery of a rare human gene mutation that causes MAIT cells to disappear
A collaboration between Monash Health, the Australian Genomics Health Alliance (AGHA) and researchers at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute has
Read more
Chronic conditions tied to severe COVID-19 more common in southeast, rural areas
(HealthDay)—Obesity. Diabetes. Heart disease. COPD. Kidney disease. These chronic medical conditions all raise the risk of suffering a severe case
Read more
Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection
When drugs to kill microbes are ineffective, host-directed therapy uses the body’s own immune system to deal with the infection.
Read more
WHO says no return to ‘normal’ as Latin America deaths pass US
Too many nations are mismanaging their coronavirus response, placing a return to normality a long way off, the World Health
Read more