France said on Thursday it was launching a “large scale” coronavirus testing campaign in a bid to identify any dormant infection clusters. Some 1.3 million people in the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, will receive vouchers for a virus test, Health Minister Olivier Veran told Le Monde newspaper. Even those…
Pain researchers may know why COVID-19 spreads quickly in patients’ lungs
Around the world, scientists are racing to find ways to combat the symptoms of COVID-19 as the number of global cases surpasses 9 million. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas recently pinpointed a potential strategy for counteracting the acceleration of the illness in the lungs. Fourteen scientists from…
New Delhi plans mass screening effort as virus cases surge
Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi’s entire population of 29 million, and testing everyone with symptoms by July 6. The new plan was announced Wednesday after the sprawling capital became the worst-hit city by the pandemic in India with 70,390 cases,…
Researchers launch new website for people to test their sensitivity
Studies have shown that some people seem more sensitive than others. Now researchers have developed a free online questionnaire that allows you to test exactly how sensitive you are. The sensitivity test forms part of a new website launched today, which aims to provide reliable and evidence-based information on sensitivity….
When milk sours, here’s how to use the residue water
Learn about the many easy ways, hacks if you may, by which you can use the residue water productively. When the milk breaks, or as some people like to call it, ‘cracks’, it becomes sour, and can then be used to make paneer. This paneer is considered to be great…
UC San Diego uses AWS cloud to deploy homegrown AI algorithms for COVID-19
Dr. Albert Hsiao is an associate professor of radiology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a radiologist at UC San Diego Health. THE PROBLEM His laboratory has been developing algorithms for X-ray, CT and MRI scans for a few years, and the primary problem has been…
Covid-19 News: state report 552 new Corona cases
The Coid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 9.2 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the novel Coronavirus, 191.508 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. So far, have been tested in Germany 191.508 people positive for the Coronavirus, such as from…
17 employees of a kebab meat producer a positive effect on Coronavirus tested
The Coid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 9.2 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the novel Coronavirus, 190.956 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks. In the case of a Doner meat production in Moers, Germany, 17 people have been tested…
Ferguson receives award from blindness-prevention organization
Thomas A. Ferguson, PhD, a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has received a Research to Prevent Blindness Stein Innovation Award. Ferguson is an internationally recognized expert on the role of autophagy — the natural, regulated mechanism that helps cells remove unnecessary or malfunctioning components — in the development of…
Blocking a ‘jamming signal’ can unleash immune system to fight tumors
Yale researchers have discovered a “jamming signal” that blocks a powerful immune system stimulant called interleukin-18 (IL-18) from reaching tumors, including in cancers that are resistant to conventional immunotherapy treatments, they report June 24 in the journal Nature. The research team created a version of IL-18 that could not be…