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SARS-CoV-2 infects testicular cells and uses cellular machinery to replicate and form

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research conducted on mice revealed that the COVID-19 virus uses cells responsible for testosterone production to replicate, thereby interfering with lipid metabolism. This helps explain the drop in testosterone and possibly cholesterol in patients with s

Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Walkable communities lowered mental health stressors during COVID-19 pandemic

University of New Hampshire
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research out of the University of New Hampshire shows that communities that were easier for people to lace up and get out for a walk during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped lower the impact of mental health issues, like stress and anxiety.

Journal: Health Economics

Access to green space was a mental health lifeline during COVID-19 pandemic

University of Toronto
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new national study led by researchers from Carleton University and the University of Toronto reveals that older adults living in greener neighborhoods were less likely to experience depression during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal: PLOS One

Exploring the therapeutic potential of pyridazinone derivatives: A comprehensive review

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent review published in Current Pharmaceutical Analysis provides an in-depth look at the design, synthesis, and therapeutic potential of pyridazinone-based compounds. These derivatives have shown broad biological activities, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. The study highlights recent advances and future directions in this promising field.

Journal: Current Pharmaceutical Analysis

The quest for an HIV vaccine

Weill Cornell Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

When SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, began spreading worldwide in 2020, many research teams immediately set to work developing a vaccine against it. Building on decades of previous work on mRNA technology and on other viral vaccines, including HIV, they achieved their goal within the year. The most widely used mRNA vaccine design contains the genetic instructions for the body to make the spike protein that the virus uses to enter cells. The resulting immune response protects against infection and, more importantly, disease and death. However, developing a vaccine for HIV has proven much more difficult.

Patients with Long COVID forced to become their own doctors

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An inability to get the support they need from medical professionals is forcing Long COVID sufferers to navigate and self-manage their illness using digital self-tracking tools and online support groups, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Journal: Sociology

Vaccines trigger rapid lymph node responses

University of Turku
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Vaccines trigger a notably rapid response in the stromal cells of draining lymph nodes within the first hours after administration. Researchers at the University of Turku and the InFLAMES Flagship in Finland also discovered that the stromal alterations prime the lymph node landscape for the subsequent steps of vaccine-induced immune responses.

Journal: Science Immunology

Covid infection ages blood vessels, especially in women

European Society of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Covid infection, particularly in women, may lead to blood vessels aging around five years, according to research published in the European Heart Journal [1]. Blood vessels gradually become stiffer with age, but the new study suggests that Covid could accelerate this process. Researchers say this is important since people with stiffer blood vessels face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke and heart attack.

Journal: European Heart Journal

New monoclonal antibody targets deadly sepsis

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The antibody also has potential to treat a broad array of other conditions, including autoimmune disorders, cancer and diabetes, research indicates.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

COVID-19 linked to increased asthma risk – vaccine offers protection

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing certain inflammatory diseases of the airways, such as asthma, hay fever and chronic sinusitis. However, vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus appears to reduce the risk, according to a comprehensive epidemiological study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet.

Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Broad COVID-19 vaccination makes economic sense, especially for older adults, study finds

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the nation gears up for the rollout of an updated COVID-19 vaccine, a new study shows the economic benefits of continued broad vaccination in adults. In fact, the country would ultimately save more money that it would spend on vaccinating every person over age 65 with a single dose of an updated mRNA vaccine against coronavirus, the study concludes.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Parents may have been more likely to cheat than non-parents during the COVID-19 pandemic

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a survey study of more than 1,000 U.S. adults who were in committed, heterosexual relationships during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents were more likely than non-parents to report an increased desire for infidelity since before the pandemic, and were also more likely to report having actually cheated on their partner during the pandemic. Dr. Jessica T. Campbell of Indiana University Bloomington, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on August 13, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Can officials say what they need to say about a health emergency in 280 characters?

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Public health officials had an unprecedented tool for near-instant, widespread communication during the COVID-19 pandemic and mpox epidemic: social media.

Now, one of the first studies of its kind, led by a health policy expert with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, has found that X (Twitter at the time of the events) brought advantages — as well as disadvantages — in getting the word out.

Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mount Sinai creates first manual for treating infection-associated chronic illness for clinicians

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

Free resource aims to improve diagnosis and care for patients living with long COVID and other complex chronic illnesses

Insilico employs AI-driven tools to uncover the link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and accelerated aging

InSilico Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Key Findings:

AI-powered Aging Clock: The new proteomic clock predicts biological age with high accuracy (R²=0.84, MAE=2.68 years) and captures accelerated aging signatures in severe lung disease cases—patients with severe COVID-19 (and likely fibrosis) exhibited biological ages nearly three years older than healthy controls.

Distinct Molecular Signatures: Analysis with the ipf-P3GPT generative model revealed both shared and unique gene expression patterns between aging lungs and fibrotic disease, highlighting that IPF is not just accelerated aging but entails unique pathological processes.

Pathway-Level Insights: The study identified four key pathways (TGF-ß signaling, oxidative stress, inflammation, ECM remodeling) as central to both IPF and aging, but involved differently at the gene level.

Journal: Aging-US

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