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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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400,000 COVID-19 deaths confirmed as the US surpasses another awful milestone.
The US death toll from #COVID19 has now surpassed 400,000 even as officials warn of a continued rise in #coronavirus cases and deaths...
David Ojcius
Jan 19, 20211 min read


A Troubling New Pattern Among the Coronavirus Variants.
Recently, three distinct versions of the #coronavirus seem to have independently converged on some of the same mutations, despite being...
David Ojcius
Jan 18, 20211 min read


Inside the B.1.1.7 Coronavirus Variant
Article summarizes notable mutations in the #B117 lineage of the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus, the highly contagious variant 1st identified in...
David Ojcius
Jan 18, 20211 min read


400,000: The invisible deaths of covid-19
US #coronavirus death toll approaches 400,000, nearly a year after the 1st case. It took just over a month for the US #COVID19 death toll...
David Ojcius
Jan 17, 20211 min read


CDC warns highly transmissible coronavirus variant to become dominant in US
The highly contagious #coronavirus variant could become dominant in the US by March, according to the CDC. The rapid spread of the...
David Ojcius
Jan 15, 20211 min read


Saliva could hold clues to how sick you will get from COVID-19
Researchers compared #coronavirus loads in saliva & nasopharyngeal swabs. They found that patients who developed severe #COVID19, were...
David Ojcius
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Gut Microbiome May Influence COVID-19 Severity and Immune Response
The gut #microbiome may influence the severity of #COVID19 as well as the magnitude of the immune system response to the infection,...
David Ojcius
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Artificial intelligence approach fighting COVID-19 with repurposing drugs
Background The ongoing #COVID19 pandemic has caused more than 193,825 deaths during the past few months. A quick-to-be-identified cure...
David Ojcius
Jan 10, 20212 min read


76% of COVID-19 patients who get hospitalized still have at least one symptom 6 months later
3/4 of hospitalized #COVID19 patients in Wuhan, China had at least 1 lingering symptom 6 months after getting sick, a new study found....
David Ojcius
Jan 9, 20211 min read


Killer fungus Candida auris spread rampantly at hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Florida, US
Dozens of people being treated for #COVID19 at a Florida, US, hospital last summer also became infected with #Candida auris. The...
David Ojcius
Jan 9, 20211 min read


The 6 things doctors wish patients knew about masks
If there is anything we've learned over the last 10 months, it's that masks work. Be sure to #MaskUp into 2021 to help mitigate the...
David Ojcius
Jan 4, 20211 min read


How the coronavirus pandemic has intensified our connection to the outdoors.
"A walk in the park, or even just looking out a window at some trees, decreases blood pressure, stress hormones & symptoms of anxiety &...
David Ojcius
Jan 2, 20211 min read


Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
Reports of possible allergic reactions to #COVID19 vaccines have raised public concern. But allergists note that allergic reactions to...
David Ojcius
Jan 2, 20211 min read


How the Novavax COVID19 Vaccine Works
#Novavax has developed a protein-based #coronavirus vaccine called NVX-CoV2373. The vaccine produced high levels of antibodies in early...
David Ojcius
Dec 31, 20201 min read


The coronavirus pandemic might not be the "big one" that experts have long feared, WHO warns
The #COVID19 #pandemic might not be the “big one” that experts have long feared, WHO warns. Since the 1st reports of the #coronavirus...
David Ojcius
Dec 30, 20201 min read


Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
Many experts cautiously optimistic that the U.S. is headed for a better summer. But they emphasized that such a world, though plausible,...
David Ojcius
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Despite strict measures, England's coronavirus cases are soaring.
Hospitals are treating more #COVID19 patients than at any time of the pandemic as the nation faces a more contagious variant of the...
David Ojcius
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms
A small number of #COVID19 patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after...
David Ojcius
Dec 28, 20201 min read


San Francisco Bay Area's stay-at-home order likely to be extended, state officials say
#StayAtHome orders currently in effect in the San Francisco Bay Area likely will remain in place past the minimum 3-week duration, state...
David Ojcius
Dec 26, 20201 min read


Machine learning techniques for sequence-based prediction of viral–host interactions betwee
In this article, various machine learning models are built to predict the protein-protein interactions between the virus and human...
David Ojcius
Dec 26, 20201 min read
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