Infectious Disease
Study indicates that some vitamins, steroids, and antivirals could bind to the spike protein, and may inhibit virus infectivity, whereas high cholesterol may enable the virus
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Study of 240 women shows COVID-19 mortality rates were 13 times higher in pregnant mothers than in similarly aged individuals
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Modern decision theory can assist policymakers in critical times such as the COVID-19 crisis, epidemiologists, economists, and professors argue
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Experts say that school reopening policies currently lack a rigorous evidence base—leading to wide variation in policies around the world
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New statistical model suggests an infected student returning home for Christmas would, on average, have infected just less than one other household member
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Researchers find that the best predictor of people's compliance to COVID-19-related rules was how much their close circle complied with the rules
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Emerging technique holds promise to create more robust machine learning models that extend beyond a single health system without compromising patient privacy
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The ability to track SARS-CoV-2 mutations in wastewater could be particularly useful for tracking new variants, like the B.1.17 strain that is now widespread in the UK
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In 17 of the campuses monitored, a new computer model shows outbreaks translated directly into peaks of infection within their home counties
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Subsidized technology available as global bodies call for sequencing to confirm COVID-19 mutations
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