Who made more accurate predictions about the course of the COVID-19 pandemic – experts or the public? A study from the University of Cambridge has found that experts such as epidemiologists and statisticians made far more accurate predictions than the public, but both groups substantially underestimated the true extent of […]
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Since the coronavirus pandemic began more than a year ago, only one antiviral drug, remdesivir, has been approved in the United States for treatment of COVID-19, but it barely works and is toxic to the liver. After conducting a one-of-a-kind screen of drugs already approved or in the approval process […]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a type of neural network that learns on the job, not just during its training phase. These flexible algorithms, dubbed “liquid” networks, change their underlying equations to continuously adapt to new data inputs. The advance could aid decision making based on data […]
On Sunday January 17, 2021, the Government of the Slovak Republic adopted a resolution in which it conditioned several activities, including the way to and from work, by passing the Covid 19 test and proving its negative result with a certificate. In order to meet this condition, the management of […]
Challenges like the COVID-19 crisis demand innovative responses. Quick and creative solutions can help mitigate the harmful effects of the crisis because the pandemic situation affects the health sector and entails economic and social problems. “The actions taken to control the pandemic present individuals, organizations, and nations with a host […]
Individual variations in how the immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2 appear to impact the severity of disease. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now been able to show that patients with severe COVID-19 have significantly elevated levels of a certain type of immune cells in their blood, called myeloid-derived suppressor cells. […]
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has signed agreements to deliver as many as one million COVID-19 test kits to DTU, the Technical University of Denmark, and APS LABS, an Indian biotech company. “It is very positive that this technology can now also be useful internationally,” says Bent […]
As the Thai government races to secure more COVID-19 vaccines from various sources, a group of medical scientists is preparing for the first clinical trial of a home-grown cure they are developing to fight the pandemic. In April, they expect to inject 72 volunteers aged between 18 and 75 with […]
We live in a rapidly changing society and environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused large-scale changes. Regardless of what tomorrow might bring, we know what steps have to be taken to mitigate risks. It is very important to lead a healthy lifestyle, make healthy choices and live in a healthy […]
Almost four in ten users of the HSE’s COVID Tracker App are unsure of its benefit in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, researchers have revealed. Researchers at University of Limerick and NUI Galway said the results of the survey should be considered when planning communications around the value of […]
