Date: March 31, 2021 Source 1: University of East Anglia Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal disease and cancer lead to an increased risk of death from COVID-19, according to new research. Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal disease and cancer lead to an increased risk of […]
Date: December 1, 2020 Source 1: University of California – San Diego Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Nanoengineers have developed new and improved probes, known as positive controls, that could make it easier to validate rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests for COVID-19 across the globe. The advance could help expand testing to low-resource, underserved areas. Nanoengineers at
Date: June 24, 2020 Source 1: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A new study estimates that at least 110,000 additional deaths from tuberculosis in China, India and South Africa unless health services maintained and strengthened. The global COVID-19 pandemic could significantly increase the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) due
