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Long Covid
Long Covid is when individuals experience a broad range of symptoms that can last greater than four weeks of even months post-infection, and sometimes result in disability. While these symptoms don't affect everyone in the same manner, the symptoms can either go away or come back again, and can occur over different periods of times.
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FEB 03, 2021Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
It will likely come as no surprise that 2020 held another record that we wish it didn’t: hottest year on record. W ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 15, 2021Microbiology
Most adenoviruses infect the respiratory system. But there are variants of these viruses that infect the gastrointestina ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2021Immunology
Vitamin D is sometimes referred to as the “sunshine vitamin” because it’s synthesized in the skin afte ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 01, 2021Cardiology
Scientists have been trying to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects brain cells directly, or if the virus severely ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2020Immunology
Once the coronavirus enters the body, the immune system springs into action, producing antibodies that bind to and neutr ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 27, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting that nasty rash tested isn’t always a straightforward process. Dermatologists have notoriously long waitli ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 25, 2020Immunology
Everyone worldwide is sitting with anticipation, waiting for the right vaccine candidate for the coronavirus outbreak, h ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research published today in Physics of Fluids explores the drying times of COVID-19 on different think liquid film s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Microbiology
Recent work has backed up research from earlier this year that suggested that aspirin might help prevent the worst cases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2020Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A patient checks into the hospital with difficulty breathing. Is inflammation to blame? How can physicians visualize are ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 24, 2020Health & Medicine
By this point in the year, you’ve either heard or uttered the phrase “quarantine brain.” While the act ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 24, 2020Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 22, 2020Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
As California faces its worst wildfire season yet, with 28 major fires burning throughout the state as of September 14, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2020Microbiology
Several schools and even buildings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified Legionella ba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2020Cannabis Sciences
In recent months, interest has been growing in the potential for cannabinoids- the compounds found in cannabis- to treat ...Written By: Annie Lennon
FEB 03, 2021
Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
It will likely come as no surprise that 2020 held another record that we wish it didn’t: hottest year on record. W
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 15, 2021
Microbiology
Most adenoviruses infect the respiratory system. But there are variants of these viruses that infect the gastrointestina
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2021
Immunology
Vitamin D is sometimes referred to as the “sunshine vitamin” because it’s synthesized in the skin afte
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 01, 2021
Cardiology
Scientists have been trying to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects brain cells directly, or if the virus severely
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2020
Immunology
Once the coronavirus enters the body, the immune system springs into action, producing antibodies that bind to and neutr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 27, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting that nasty rash tested isn’t always a straightforward process. Dermatologists have notoriously long waitli
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 25, 2020
Immunology
Everyone worldwide is sitting with anticipation, waiting for the right vaccine candidate for the coronavirus outbreak, h
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research published today in Physics of Fluids explores the drying times of COVID-19 on different think liquid film s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Microbiology
Recent work has backed up research from earlier this year that suggested that aspirin might help prevent the worst cases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2020
Health & Medicine
COVID-19, the illness caused by the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2, is known to cause blood clots all over the body in some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health reports that pandemic-enforced lockdowns in China and Europe h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A patient checks into the hospital with difficulty breathing. Is inflammation to blame? How can physicians visualize are
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 24, 2020
Health & Medicine
By this point in the year, you’ve either heard or uttered the phrase “quarantine brain.” While the act
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 22, 2020
Cardiology
Mosquitoes are major disease vectors; they are considered the world's deadliest animal because they kill so many people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
As California faces its worst wildfire season yet, with 28 major fires burning throughout the state as of September 14,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2020
Microbiology
Several schools and even buildings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified Legionella ba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
In recent months, interest has been growing in the potential for cannabinoids- the compounds found in cannabis- to treat
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon