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The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UCLA and Princeton University.
The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.
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Clinical Advisor
Despite the higher effectiveness of the quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine against the added B virus lineage, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine provided comparable protection against influenza B and each B lineage, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Phase 2 and 3 randomized, controlled clinical trials of Takeda's tetravalent (four-strain) dengue vaccine candidate show that it is safe, produces immunity in children, and protects against the disease — regardless of previous exposure to different strains of the virus, according to studies published in The Lancet.
In the phase 3 double-blind trial, 20,099 children 4 to 16 years old at 26 centers in endemic areas of Asia and Latin America were randomly assigned to receive two doses of the live TAK-003 vaccine or two doses of placebo three months apart from September 2016 to August 2017.
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In the United States, headlines scream about the lack of testing for the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). News reporters ask daily why it is taking so long for the U.S. healthcare system to begin testing large numbers of patients for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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University of Georgia via ScienceDaily
Researchers have found that "natural killer" white blood cells could guard against the cascade of cellular changes that lead to Parkinson's disease and help stop its progression.
Natural killer cells are white blood cells that can kill tumors without being "told" from the body to do so.
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Science Advances
Photos from the areas hardest hit by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 tell a story of disinfection: Trucks spraying streets and a phalanx of sanitation workers wearing backpack tanks fogging sidewalks, parks and plazas in China, South Korea, Italy and elsewhere. Countless recommendations admonish us to wash our hands and disinfect often-touched surfaces in our homes.
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University of Birmingham via Medical Xpress
A new study from the University of Birmingham has shown that fecal microbiota transplants are highly successful in treating patients with Clostridioides difficile infection.
Published in EClinical Medicine, results from the first licensed English stool bank, which supplies FMT treatment to patients in the NHS, have shown that in 78% of cases the patient's diarrhea had stopped and had not returned in the 90 days after treatment.
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Medical News Today
After scanning the brains of people with three distinct types of frontotemporal dementia, researchers have concluded that inflammation in the brain plays a key role in all of these neurodegenerative conditions. This information could help experts think of new therapeutic strategies going forward.
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University of Liverpool via Phys.Org
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have gained new insight into how antibiotic resistance evolves and spreads in one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of three top priority pathogens that the World Health Organization deems as "critical" for new antibiotics to target.
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Anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus therapy in addition to standard pneumonia therapy does not improve mortality, according to results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In the United States, the leading cause of death from infection is pneumonia.
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SeraSub® is a synthetic serum for use as a component in preparing standards and controls for in-vitro diagnostic tests.
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ContagionLive
With community-acquired pneumonia, the numbers tell the story. More than 5 million Americans are hospitalized with the infection annually. Some 50,000 die from the disease every year.
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