Epidemiology

Common asthma treatment reduces need for hospitalisation in COVID-19 patients, study suggests

Ranveer Kumar

Early treatment with a medication commonly used to treat asthma appears to significantly reduce the need for urgent care and ...

Test detects virus within 5 minutes; a world-first

Ranveer Kumar

Researchers developed what they claim is the world’s fastest diagnostic testing method for the novel coronavirus, a procedure that takes ...

Meatpacking Plants Increased COVID-19 Cases in US Counties

Ranveer Kumar

Study Finds Costs to Rural Economies Exceeded $11 Billion Quick Summary Presence of a large beef-packing facility increases per capita ...

Simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria

Ranveer Kumar

Altering a mosquito’s gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise ...

Mask adherence and rate of COVID-19 across the United States

Ranveer Kumar

Abstract: Mask wearing has been advocated by public health officials as a way to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In ...

Covid-19 Pandemic Results in 40,000 Children Losing a Parent

Ranveer Kumar

STONY BROOK, NY, April 5, 2021 – A letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, co-authored by Rachel Kidman, PhD, of the Program in Public ...

Prioritizing Who Gets Vaccinated for COVID-19 Saves Lives

Ranveer Kumar

Vaccinating Seniors, Essential Workers First Offers Greatest Public Health Benefit Waiting for your turn can be frustrating, especially when it ...

Undetected Coronavirus Variant Was in at Least 15 Countries Before its Discovery

Ranveer Kumar

AUSTIN, Texas — A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the United States by October 2020, ...