Immunology

COVID-19 May Be Bad But If You Get That And Flu, It's Really Bad

Prior to the latest coronavirus pandemic, many were indifferent about getting the flu vaccine. They shouldn't be. Co-infections are not common but a new study finds that adults in hospital who have COVID-19 and the flu at the same time are at much gre ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2022 - 6:03pm

Monkeypox: Most Infected Won't Need Them But We Already Have Vaccines And Drugs For It

Medicines are not normally needed to treat monkeypox. The illness is usually mild and most people infected will recover within a few weeks without needing treatment. But there are vaccines that can be used to control monkeypox outbreaks, which some countr ...

Article - The Conversation - May 27 2022 - 2:53pm

COVID Variants And Transmission- 'Reff' May Be More Important Than R0

During the pandemic we have all become familiar with a lot of epidemiological concepts. One that was introduced to us early in 2020 is the “basic reproductive number”, or R0. This tells us about the intrinsic contagiousness of a virus, or its inherent cap ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 27 2022 - 8:09am

How Mitochondrial Dysfunction Leads To Premature Aging And Disease

Mitochondria provide the lion’s share of energy that cells need to function normally, so genetic defects in mitochondria can cause severe diseases that can be devastating if not caught and treated early. Mitochondria remain important throughout our lives. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2022 - 2:46pm

COVID-19 Vaccination Reduced Odds Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection, As Did Staying In A Separate Room From Infected People

Data from 513 households and 2,053 people participating in the Coronavirus Household Evaluation and Respiratory Testing (C-HEaRT) study from August 2020 to August 2021 in Utah and from September 2020 to August 2021 in New York City, plus data from the SARS ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2022 - 9:18am

Marin County, An Anti-Vax Nexus Of California, Has Flipped To Team Science

In " Science Left Behind ", Dr. Alex Berezow and I recounted the numerous ways that science denial and acceptance solidly came down along political lines. With minor exceptions, if you found someone who denied climate change, you were going to fi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 3 2022 - 3:23pm

COVID-19 Vs The Vaccine Risk For Myocarditis

Patients with myocarditis can experience chest pains, shortness of breath or an irregular heartbeat. In severe cases, the inflammation can lead to heart failure and death. In some instances, primarily with teenage boys, myocarditis is one of the complicati ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2022 - 3:50pm

Lifestyle Ticking Time Bombs Were Sped Up By COVID-19

In 2022, the United States surpassed one million COVID-19 related deaths. Many of them had co-morbidities that are risk factors for many diseases, like old age, cancer, or respiratory issues. Added into those risk factors were lifestyle diseases like obesi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2022 - 6:32am

How Did Russia Really Do During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

Calculating how many lives have been lost in the COVID-19 pandemic will be valuable for future epidemiological and policy decisions- in many cases telling the public what we should not do. A murder victim who had a positive test within 30 days of being sho ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2022 - 7:31am

Sex Differences In COVID-19 Coagulopathy

A recent study revealed how the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S)-protein interacts with human Estrogen Receptor Alpha (ERα) in lung tissue, which may increase the pro-coagulation activity of endothelial cells, enhancing the risk of thrombosis and shedding new light o ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2022 - 3:11pm