By County News Center San Diego, CA–While influenza activity in the region is currently lower compared to other recent seasons, cases for this season are higher than last, and County health officials continue to urge San Diegans to get vaccinated to prevent getting sick with the flu. The County Health and Human Services Agency is reporting 139 […]

By Newswise  A novel analysis of medical records for a racially diverse group of more than 6,000 women has added to evidence that some combination of biological, social, and cultural factors — and not race alone — is likely responsible for higher rates of preeclampsia among Black women born in the United States compared with […]

By Newswise  Everyone aims to have a happier new year, but drudging through another year of a global pandemic is daunting, especially if you’re having trouble sleeping at night.  According to a survey commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, more than half of Americans (56%) say they have experienced “COVID-somnia,” an increase in […]

By Newswise Infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 can trigger an immune response that lasts well beyond the initial infection and recovery—even among people who had mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, according to Cedars-Sinai investigators. The findings are published in the Journal of Translational Medicine. When people are infected with a virus […]

By Newswise Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new tool that monitors the electrical activity inside heart cells, using tiny “pop-up” sensors that poke into cells without damaging them. The device directly measures the movement and speed of electrical signals traveling within a single heart cell—a first—as well as […]

By Newswise Caroline Davis of Nashville became the first patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on December 22 to receive injections of a new antibody combination to protect her from COVID-19. Davis, who is being treated for cancer at VUMC, said she could not produce antibodies against the COVID-19 virus on her own, despite receiving […]

By Newswise The virus that causes COVID-19 has adopted some stealth moves to stay alive and kicking, and one secret to its success is hiding from the immune system by spreading through cell-to-cell transmission, a new study has found. Cell culture experiments showed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, limits the release of viral particles that […]

By Newswise Nearly one in three older adults plans to pack their bags for a long trip far from home in the next year, and many look forward to holiday travel in the next two months, a new poll finds.  But among those ready to hit the road or take to the skies for an extended […]

By Corey Levitan A novel study is assessing whether medicinal mushrooms and Chinese herbs provide therapeutic benefits in treating acute COVID-19 infection.  MACH-19 (Mushrooms and Chinese Herbs for COVID-19) — a multi-center study led by the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UCLA — is among the first to evaluate these specific […]