Cart is empty An estimated 95,000–167,000 inpatients at English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals caught SARS-CoV-2 while in hospital during England’s “second wave” of COVID-19, between June 2020 and March 2021, reports a paper, “The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England,” published in Nature.
Reprogramming of energy metabolism restores cardiac function after infarction in mice
After birth, the human heart loses its regenerative capacity almost completely. Damage to the heart muscle—for example, due to a heart attack—therefore usually leads to a permanent loss of function in adults. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research have now shown for the first time in mice that a change in the energy metabolism of heart muscle cells enables heart regeneration.
New tool may flag signs of pandemic-related anxiety and depression in health care workers
An artificial intelligence tool effectively detected distress in hospital workers’ conversations with their therapists early in the pandemic, a new study shows, suggesting a potential new technology that screens for depression and anxiety.
ZAMMSA directs hospitals to request for Chlorine
By NATION REPORTER
IN an effort to curb a looming cholera outbreak, the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has implored health facilities in cholera-prone areas to urgently make orders for chlorine and intravenous fluids.
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Child care centers unlikely source for COVID-19 transmission, study finds
Children in child care centers are not spreading COVID-19 at significant rates to caregivers or other children at the center, nor to their households, according to a study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh pediatrician-scientists and published in JAMA Network Open.
Major study gives new insights into lasting impacts of COVID-19 on UK population
Tens of thousands of people in England may have lasting symptoms from COVID-19 more than a year after infection, new analysis reveals.
Collective intelligence can help reduce medical misdiagnoses
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC), and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology developed a collective intelligence approach to increase the accuracy of medical diagnoses. Their work was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
New insight into the immune response forges a path toward improved medical implants
Introducing medical devices—commonly made of materials such as titanium, silicone, or collagen—into our bodies can elicit a host of different immune responses. While some responses can harm our bodies, others can help heal them. Researchers have not fully grasped the rhyme or reason behind the body’s reactions, but a new study fills in a critical piece of the puzzle.
Researchers show how cancer cells resist chemotherapy
A study in human cell lines reveals cancer cells can activate a force-generating mechanism to survive a cancer therapy.
Using ions and an electric field to prevent airborne infection without impeding communication
A novel device developed by researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Chiba University in a new study utilizes ions and an electric field to effectively capture infectious droplets and aerosols, while letting light and sound pass through to allow communication. The innovation is significant in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, since it shows promise in preventing airborne infection while facilitating communication.