Mosquitoes are troublesome. A mosquito bite is capable of causing pain and irritation and even causes diseases like dengue, malaria and yellow fever. But what attracts mosquitoes to human blood in the first place? A study reveals that they are not attracted to “simple flavours like sweet or salty, but only a complex combination of … Read more
A free game developed by Oxford University researchers was launched today that will allow players to understand how vaccines work on a global scale. In the game, the players have to deploy limited doses of the vaccine virtually to control a viral pandemic created by a disease modelled on influenza. ‘The Vaccination Game’ was developed … Read more
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (Kaiser News) — Reopening colleges drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the United States, according to a draft study released Tuesday. The study, done jointly by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Indiana University, the University of Washington … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Although minorities are paying a disproportionate price in the rate of COVID-19 illnesses and deaths, they are underrepresented in clinical trials, a new study finds. The researchers call upon the government, medical journals and funders of research to make sure trials include minorities … Read more
NEW DELHI: Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new low-cost, portable device that can test for Covid-19 and give results in an hour. The researchers say that based on tests with around 500 synthetic samples of the coronavirus, the new technology is as accurate as the RT-PCR test, which is considered the gold standard … Read more