Nearly three out of four people in the United States plan to continue wearing masks in public even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, according to a survey conducted by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
What are COVID-19 vaccine cards?
Having this card can make getting your full vaccination much easier. Share Updated: 7:51 AM EST Jan 28, 2021 Zee Krstic
Having this card can make getting your full vaccination much easier. Share Updated: 7:51 AM EST Jan 28, 2021
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Show Transcript WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. SEE YOU THEN. EMILY: SOUNDS GOOD, HARVEY. SEE YOU THEN. MORE PEOPLE WILL GET ACCESS TO THE COVID VACCINES NEXT WEEK, SO WE KNOW MORE OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY WORK. HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ONES IS DR. HELEN BOUCHER, CHIEF OF GEOGRAPHIC MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER. GOOD TO SEE YOU. DR. BOUCHER: GREAT TO SEE YOU, EMILY. EMILY: FIRST THINGS FIRST ARE THESE VACCINES SAFE? DR. BOUCHER: THE GOOD NEWS IS, NOT ONLY ARE THESE VACCINES 95% EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING COVID DISEASE, BUT ALL EXPERIENCE FROM THE TRIALS AND OUR EXPE
New compound could lead to a new class of diabetes drugs
Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine identified a new compound that might serve as a basis for developing a new class of drugs for diabetes.
Study findings are published online in the journal
Nature Chemical Biology.
The adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (Ampk) is a crucial enzyme involved in sensing the body s energy stores in cells. Impaired energy metabolism is seen in obesity, which is a risk factor for diabetes. Some medications used to treat diabetes, such as metformin, work by increasing the activity of Ampk.
Updated: 4:33 PM EST January 27, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Some might say candy can make you feel better by elevating your mood in certain situations, but scientists are putting it to an even more impactful use.
Researchers at Ohio State University are proposing that using hard candy to look for the loss of taste and smell in populations who are at risk of getting exposed to COVID-19 may help find probable cases of the virus in otherwise asymptomatic people.
The OSU research team got more than $300,000 to fund their study from the National Institutes of Health to figure out easier ways to identify people who have potentially contracted COVID-19.