Antiparasitic Drug Ivermectin Kills Coronavirus in 48 Hours
Editor’s Note: We published this article to our website and through our email list at the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in April of 2020 — well before the highly publicized debate…
Development of New System for Combatting COVID-19 That Can Be Used for Other Viruses
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston via EurekAlert – A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston working to combat the COVID-19 virus has a…
A New Antiviral Drug Heading into Clinical Trials Offers Hope for COVID-19 Treatment
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill via EurekAlert – Scientists are hopeful that a new drug — called EIDD-2801 — could change the way doctors treat COVID-19. The drug…
UCLA Clinical Trial Tests Anti-Viral Drug Remdesivir and Other Therapies Against COVID-19
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences via Newswise – UCLA Health is one of 75 sites around the globe participating in a clinical trial sponsored by the National…
New Study Identifies Characteristics of Patients With Fatal COVID-19
American Thoracic Society (ATS) via Newswise – In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages…
Chemist Aims at COVID-19 Following Success With Related Virus
Case Western Reserve University via Newswise – International group led by Ohio researcher Blanton seeks expanded NIH support to ‘target virus at molecular level.’ Newswise — CLEVELAND—A team of scientists,…
A Plant-Based Diet Helps to Prevent and Manage Asthma, According to New Review
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine via EurekAlert – A plant-based diet can help prevent and manage asthma, while dairy products and high-fat foods raise the risk, according to a new…
Why Life Can Get Better as We Age
Flinders University via EurekAlert – People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as…
Is the Coronavirus Outbreak of Unnatural Origins?
Society for Risk Analysis via EurekAlert – Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with…
Screen Time Impairs Children’s Language Skills
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News-Medical Net – A new study looks at the time spent by kids looking at a screen and the development of their language skills. The…
Wuhan Study Shows Lying Face Down Improves Breathing in Severe COVID-19
American Thoracic Society via EurekAlert – In a new study of patients with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) hospitalized on ventilators, researchers found that lying face down was better for the lungs.…
How the Brain Controls the Voice
Goethe University Frankfurt via EurekAlert – A particular neuronal circuit in the brains of bats controls their vocalizations. Bats are famous for their sonar-based navigation. They use their extremely sensitive…
The Effect of Antibiotics on Bone Mass
Chloe Bennett, B.Sc. via News-Medical Net – Novel research has found a link between the antibacterial and antifungal agent triclosan and an increased prevalence of osteoporosis in American females. Researchers…
Bacteria Form Biofilms Like Settlers form Cities
University of Pennsylvania via EurekAlert – Microbiologists have long adopted the language of human settlement to describe how bacteria live and grow: They “invade” and “colonize.” Relations dwelling in close…
Can Traumatic Memories Be Erased?
Tokyo Metropolitan University via EurekAlert – Environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic long-term memory in flies. Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that Drosophila…
