A team led by Dr. Rachel Ruderman from Northwestern University in Chicago wrote that using ultrasound as well as adjusting for preexisting risk factors made understanding the associations between COV… [+3029 chars]
Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that the human body cannot digest. Despite the fact that most carbohydrates are broken down into sugar (glucose), fibre cannot be broken down in the same manner by hum… [+4261 chars]
Most of the time your risk of serious side-effects does not increase with extra doses of a vaccine. Extra doses of oral vaccines, such as those for rotavirus any typhoid, are not known to cause probl… [+926 chars]
04 Apr 2022 --- Lowering sodium intake in chronic heart failure patients improved swelling, tiredness, coughing, and overall quality of life. However, it did not result in fewer emergency visits, hos… [+3867 chars]
London, Apr 4 (IANS): A team of scientists at the Imperial College London deliberately infected more than three-dozen healthy adults with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to see how the in… [+3421 chars]
An electrocardiogram (ECG) records the electrical activity as it travels through the heart. The QT interval refers to the electrical signal from the moment the ventricles of the heart contract until … [+3676 chars]
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted selective phenotyping of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-relevant host proteins to facilitate target identification… [+5689 chars]
Part of Pandemic-Proof, Future Perfects series on the upgrades we can make to prepare for the next pandemic. Imagine if the world had a head start responding to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Cov… [+18481 chars]
Bacteria-eating viruses: Researchers at the Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages in Tbilisi. Photo: Vano SHLAMOV / AFPSource: AFP PAY ATTENTION: Follow Briefly News on Twitter and never miss the hott… [+4772 chars]
Introduction Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pn) is a Gram-negative bacteria and a major pathogen type that causes nosocomial infection, such as pyogenic liver abscess, urinary tract infection, bacteremia,… [+20266 chars]
U.S. officials greenlit second booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines last week in an effort to bolster waning immunity ahead of a potential surge of cases driven by the infe… [+5954 chars]
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has circulated worldwide since December 2019, causing millions of deaths. Newer variants have emerged in quick succession over the las… [+5895 chars]
