A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases adds evidence to what many experts already suspected: people infected with the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant are twice as likely to be hospitalized as those infected with the Alpha variant.
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School Transmission Tracked
A case study published August 27 in the US CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) shows how quickly the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant can spread within a classroom of children too young to be vaccinated. The outbreak involved an unvaccinated…
Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Shows No Benefit
COVID-19 convalescent plasma is blood plasma collected from patients who have recovered from the virus. It’s sometimes known as “survivor’s plasma.” Treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma infusions was thought to help fight the virus.
2/3 COVID Hospitalizations Due to 4 Conditions
Data has shown that individuals with common metabolic and cardiac disorders (eg, type 2 diabetes and obesity, hypertension or heart failure) face an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19. Now, researchers from Tufts University have built a statistical model that…
STRENGTH, BALANCE, STRETCHING, PLYOMETRICS, ETC. WHICH EXERCISE ELEMENT COMBINATIONS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES IN TEAM-SPORT ATHLETES?
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Medline Launches Free Online Wound Care Courses
Medline has launched a new series of chronic wound care courses designed to enhance clinical knowledge of chronic wounds. Created by Medline clinical volunteers as part of the company’s Global Health Initiative, the 4-course series is available in both English and Spanish…
Self-Powered Implantable Device Stimulates Fast Bone Healing
The latest invention by Xudong Wang, PhD, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, makes electrostimulation a more convenient option than it currently is to speed up healing of broken bones. His thin, flexible device is self-powered…
Chemical Cocktail Promotes Muscle Damage Repair
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have identified a drug cocktail that can activate and expand a population of muscle stem cells, which are either resident in the muscle, or are isolated from other tissues, such as the skin.
Advances in Flexible Electronics Manufacturing May Improve Prostheses
Engineers from the University of Glasgow Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies (BEST) group have developed a new method for manufacturing electronics, which prints high-performance silicon directly onto flexible materials.
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