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An inexpensive and readily available saline solution can be used to safely store and transport coronavirus samples and help resolve a nationwide shortage of the solution needed to complete COVID-19 testing, according to Rutgers researchers.
A team of scientists from Boston University’s College of Engineering is taking the fight against MRSA into a new frontier
The effectiveness of two inhibitor drugs in the treatment of COVID-19 will be tested by a team of researchers in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Renaissance School of Medicine.
Since April 1, 16 members of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Outreach and Engagement team have logged nearly 60,000 miles delivering almost 11,000 COVID-19 test kits to community hospitals and post-acute care facilities across Ohio.
The University of Oregon and Oregon Health & Science University have launched a study to learn how the new coronavirus is dispersed in the air and onto surfaces in the hospital setting, information vital to all hospitals, health care workers and the public.