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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could More Effectively Treat Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could More Effectively Treat Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia

19 December, 2021
  by Carmen

A proof-of-concept study has identified a drug that may provide benefits to some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia.A proof-of-concept study led by the Universities of Birmingham and the University..

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How Effective Are COVID Vaccines Against the Omicron Variant? An Epidemiologist Explains

How Effective Are COVID Vaccines Against the Omicron Variant? An Epidemiologist Explains

18 December, 2021
  by Carmen

Understanding how much protection a vaccine provides is not as easy as it sounds.The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s life. Two particularly complicated concepts..

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Preventing Future Pandemics Starts With Recognizing the Tremendous Threats to Global Health From Zoonotic Diseases

Preventing Future Pandemics Starts With Recognizing the Tremendous Threats to Global Health From Zoonotic Diseases

18 December, 2021
  by Carmen

Disrupting the habitats of horseshoe bats, such as this one in Borneo, increases the risk of spreading viruses. Credit: Mike Prince/Flickr, CC BYThe COVID-19 pandemic has shown that zoonotic diseases – infections..

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