Tag Archives: COVID-19
Booster Vaccine Effectiveness
Researchers from Maccabi KSM Research and Innovation Center, in collaboration with researchers from the Technion, found that the effect of the COVID-19 booster shot on lowering the viral load is waning, similar to the second dose of the vaccine A new study by Maccabi KSM Research and Innovation Center (Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi), headed by Dr. Tal Patalon,… Read More
Not Just COVID: Viruses Spread by Aerosols
SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today’s global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges, and a comprehensive new assessment of respiratory viruses finds that many others probably do as well. SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, influenza, measles, and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold can all spread via aerosols that… Read More
A future with no privately owned cars?
While the damages of private transportation are no secret, a new article published in Scientific Reports presents a more disturbing picture, yet suggests sustainable solutions. The articles was authored by Professor Emeritus Avishai (Avi) Ceder of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion, an international transportation expert, who served as the Chief… Read More
Lifesaving Biomed
From detecting cardiovascular disease, to fighting coronavirus, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering students recently presented an array of innovative projects that integrated everything they had learned. During project development, the students had to go through all the stages needed to bring an idea to fruition. Starting with a medical problem which they had to tackle, they… Read More
Why are the elderly at risk?
The elderly population appears to be more vulnerable to COVID-19, and vaccines are less effective in protecting them. Why? In her doctoral thesis under the guidance of Professor Doron Melamed, Reem Dowery discovers the answer, explores the aging process of the immunes system, and presents means of rejuvenating it. The findings were recently published in… Read More
Protecting the Unvaccinated
Joint research by the Technion and KSM, Maccabi Health Services’ Research and Innovation Center, has demonstrated that the rapid and extensive vaccination of Israel’s adult population against COVID-19 provided highly substantial protection for the adolescent public – 16 year-olds and younger – who were not eligible to receive the shots until recently. The study, based… Read More
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Among the 241 new MDs who received their Technion diplomas this past June, visually impaired Dr. Keren Amiel stands out for overcoming unusual challenges. “I've always wanted to be a doctor, ever since I was a child,” Dr. Amiel says. “I knew it was going to be a challenge, so initially I was apprehensive, but… Read More
Do We All Understand Coronavirus News?
Being afraid of math prevents people from engaging with it when they need it – even if they learned it at school, a new study claims. Since COVID-19 emerged as a global crisis, the news has been dominated by graphs and terms like “R numbers" and "exponential growth," referring to the rate of spread of… Read More
Machine Learning for Antiviral Drugs
Why are there no drugs that can cure COVID-19, SARS, or the flu? Why is it that if you have strep throat, you get prescribed an antibiotic, but with a virus, you are told to sit it out? In short, why are there no antivirals in similar quantity, variety, and effectiveness as antibiotics? Unlike antibiotics,… Read More
Remote Monitoring to Improve Human Health
With billions of mobile devices worldwide and the relatively low cost of connected medical sensors, recording and transmitting medical data has become easier and faster than ever. Continuous and long-term dynamic physiological data can now be easily obtained. However, this 'wealth' of physiological data has seen very limited successes in being harnessed to provide actionable… Read More