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Mount Sinai Researchers Use Apple Watch to Predict COVID-19
Subtle changes in an individual’s heartbeat, which can be measured on an Apple Watch, are able to signal the onset of COVID-19 up to seven days before individuals are diagnosed with the infection. That preliminary observation was made by...
Esteemed Vaccinologist Weighs in on New Vaccines and the ‘Beginning of the End of the Pandemic’
“Dear world, we have a vaccine!”Florian Krammer, PhD, Professor of Vaccinology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently tweeted this in response to news of the interim results to Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial, which showed...
New England Journal of Medicine Study of Marine Recruits Provides Lessons in Controlling the Spread of COVID-19
To effectively control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, public health measures such as wearing face masks, social distancing, and handwashing must be combined with repeated and widespread testing. That is the conclusion of a new study in The...
Overwhelming Majority of People Mount a Strong Immune Response to COVID-19: A Good Sign for Future Vaccines
More than 90 percent of people who recovered at home from mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 produced a robust and possibly protective level of antibodies that remained relatively stable for at least five months, according to a new study by researchers at the Icahn...
Mount Sinai Physicians Create an Effective Road Map for Treating COVID-19
Experts at the Mount Sinai Health System have created a road map for clinicians to follow when providing care to COVID-19 patients, which characterizes four distinct stages of the COVID-19 disease cycle and outlines specific testing and...
Mount Sinai Researchers Streamline Patient Data to Find Patterns in COVID-19 Patients
With the influx of patient data resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center is collaborating with London-based software company Clinithink to uncover key findings that can enable better treatment methods for...
Mount Sinai Gets $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Open New Avenues for Diabetes Treatment
About 420 million people in the world have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, including 30 million in the United States, and all suffer from reduced numbers of beta cells, says Andrew F. Stewart, MD, Director of the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Institute and...
Mount Sinai Actively Recruits Volunteers From Hardest Hit Communities for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Participating in the Mount Sinai Health System’s clinical trial for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been deeply personal for New York City educator WillieBenjamin Loadholt. He says it has provided him with the opportunity to be proactive, to contribute to...
Mount Sinai Scientists Find Children with COVID-19-Related Illness Display a Unique Pattern of Immune Responses
MIS-C is a rare, potentially life-threatening syndrome that occurs about five weeks after children have been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Most of the children are actually asymptomatic for COVID-19, but when they develop MIS-C they are...