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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

Broad Institute

Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance By Allessandra DiCorato June 18, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance A low-cost CRISPR-based paper strip test distinguishes between influenza types and can be reprogrammed to recognize different viruses including the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

Broad Institute

He has also emerged in recent years as a skilled and relatable science communicator, renowned for his efforts at Broad and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic to unpack the fast-moving research on the new virus in an accessible way and give practical advice about masking, vaccines, and other public health measures.

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U.S. Hospitals Running Out of ICU Beds for COVID-19 Patients

The Pharma Data

9, 2020 — In a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is entering its most dire stage yet, new federal data show that more than a third of Americans now live in areas where hospitals are critically short of intensive care beds. WEDNESDAY, Dec. When you don’t have that capacity, that means people will die.”

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Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato February 8, 2024 Credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland Scanning electron image of the Lassa virus budding off a cell. Other scientists had discovered that this gene was critical for the Lassa virus to enter cells.

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COVID Hospitalizations in U.S. Hit Record High

The Pharma Data

1, 2020 — Yet another grim record for COVID-19 hospitalizations was set on Monday, as more than 96,000 patients battled severe cases of the virus in hospital wards across America. But the number of hospitalizations have risen by more than 12 percent over the past week, the newspaper noted. TUESDAY, Dec.

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Patients left 'in limbo' by NHS virus response

The Pharma Data

. ‘Compelling case’ But he said the pandemic had “massively impacted normal NHS services” And this situation could have been improved with clearer communication to patients and better infection control measures in hospitals. “And there may need to be difficult decisions made about what services to prioritise.

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

Codon

Doctors in training are told that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think horses, not zebras; rare diseases are the exception, not the rule. Consider Alice, a 49-year-old woman (and hypothetical patient) who walked into a hospital in Puerto Rico with joint pain, a headache, nausea, and a low fever.

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