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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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David Ojcius
Dec 8, 20201 min read
How the Pfizer - BioNTech Vaccine Against the Coronavirus Works
The German company #BioNTech partnered with #Pfizer to develop and test a #coronavirus vaccine known as BNT162b2. A clinical trial...
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David Ojcius
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Exploring algae and cyanobacteria as a promising natural source of antiviral drug against SARS-CoV-2
The present outburst of #coronavirus-associated (#SARSCoV2) acute respiratory disease coronavirus disease 19 (#COVID19) in December 2019...
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David Ojcius
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Microbes and Infection special issue on COVID-19 and the new coronavirus
Special issue in Microbes and Infection on #COVID19 and the new #coronavirus. All articles have free promotional access for six months....
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David Ojcius
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Reinventing Plastics (free special issue on plastics & plastic pollution)
Once perceived as a symbol of modernity, plastics have been the subject of a rapid and profound global challenge in recent years,...
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David Ojcius
Dec 6, 20201 min read
California heads for Covid lockdown as US records 200,000 cases a day
As large parts of California went back into lockdown and healthcare systems in many states began to waver under the strain, new cases of...
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David Ojcius
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Paper-Based Device Rapidly Detects Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers developed a device that can rapidly detect certain types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The device uses paper as a...
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David Ojcius
Dec 6, 20201 min read
‘Natural Immunity’ From COVID-19 Is Not Safer Than a Vaccine
Although researchers aren’t sure whether a vaccine or a coronavirus infection itself produces the stronger immune response, one thing is...
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David Ojcius
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Candida infections - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology
What are Candida infections? The fungus Candida typically lives harmlessly on the skin or mucous membranes, but when it starts to...
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David Ojcius
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Most of California to impose stay-at-home orders by Sunday as ICU capacity drops
A Stay-At-Home order, aimed at fighting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, will take effect in most of California, US, affecting >30 million...
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David Ojcius
Dec 5, 20201 min read
The Role of Medicine and Technology in Shaping the Future of Oral Health
This commentary in the California Dental Association Journal describes the changes taking place in dentistry and speculates on...
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David Ojcius
Dec 5, 20201 min read
The Swiss Cheese Model of Pandemic Defense
Multiple layers of protection, imagined as cheese slices, block the spread of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
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David Ojcius
Dec 5, 20201 min read
The Elderly vs. Essential Workers: Who Should Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?
The C.D.C. will soon decide which group to recommend next, and the debate over the trade-offs is growing heated. Ultimately, states will...
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David Ojcius
Dec 4, 20201 min read
The book reopened on infectious diseases
Emerging infectious diseases represent a major challenge to human health worldwide. The risk of evolving new infectious pathogens has...
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David Ojcius
Dec 4, 20201 min read
How future COVID-19 vaccines work.
There are now 237 coronavirus vaccine projects in the world, developed using very different techniques. Article in French describes how...
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David Ojcius
Dec 4, 20201 min read
New antiviral drug completely suppresses SARS-CoV-2 transmission within 24 hours
Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with a ribonucleoside analogue, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, suppresses coronavirus transmission...
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David Ojcius
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Study could change how doctors diagnose depression
Scientists find evidence linking gut microbiome to major depressive disorder. Findings highlight links between gut health & mental health...
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David Ojcius
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Watching What We Flush Could Help Keep a Pandemic Under Control
“If you want to really understand what’s going on in a city on a basic chemical, biological level, you should be looking at the...
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David Ojcius
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Spatial maps give new view of gut microbiome and oral plaque microbiome
Researchers developed an imaging tool to create detailed spatial maps of the locations & identities of 100s of different microbial...
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David Ojcius
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Denmark to dig up thousands of dead mink after carcasses emerge from mass graves
Denmark will dig up 1000s of dead mink culled to prevent spread of the coronavirus, after animals started to rise out of their mass...
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David Ojcius
Nov 30, 20201 min read
January 20, 2021: inauguration day for US President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
When Biden and Harris take their oaths of office in January, they will be leading a nation in the middle of its worst public health...
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