Health
In preparing for COVID-19 cases, plan early, communicate often
Credit: ATS April 27, 2020 - Hospitals facing a growing population of COVID-19 cases need a coordinated approach with a...
Survey: Most Americans want government commitment to reduce inequality
New national survey shows a majority of Americans want the federal government to reduce inequality amid the Covid-19 economic crisis....
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help.
Report provides eight urgent recommendations for reducing the impact of COVID-19 on people living in povertyCredit: Photo by Jason Corburn...
Duke awarded NSF rapid grant to develop fast diagnostic test for COVID-19
Biomedical engineers adapt simple, low-cost platform to diagnose the new coronavirusCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers...
Research on the International Space Station shows key changes in cultured heart cells
Spaceflight changes much about the human body, including how the heart functions and how cells that create heart tissue behave....
Beta cells from stem cells
Potential for cell replacement therapyCredit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München The loss of insulin-secreting beta cells by autoimmune destruction leads to type...
Open access hardware & 3D printing can help tackle demand for health supplies
Local communities could use open access hardware to help alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems, according to...
European countries face a costly 23% increase in fragility fractures by 2030
A new IOF-led study examining the burden and management of fragility fractures in six European countries reveals an alarming treatment...
WVU business experts partner with the National Guard to forecast PPE needs
Credit: West Virginia University When COVID-19 started depleting stockpiles of medical gear in hotspots like New York and New Jersey,...
For ME/CFS patients, viral immunities come at a devastating, lifelong cost
New research shows a connection between a common human herpes virus-6 exposure that leaves a DNA copy of the virus...
Proteasome phase separation for destruction
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science The proteasome is a major proteolytic machine that regulates cellular proteostasis through selective...
Eye pupil an indicator of effective decision making, study finds
Credit: US Army image ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 27, 2020) - A team of Army and academic researchers are...
Grant funds research on community-level intervention to address opioid overdoses
Credit: Clayton Metz for Virginia Tech Keep people alive. Refer them to those who save lives. Finally, connect them to...
Development of a new ventilator prototype for the ICU against COVID-19
Collaboration between UC3M and Hospital Gregorio MarañónCredit: UC3M Researchers and technicians from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and...
COVID-19 could spell the end of an egalitarian National Health Service
A return to the principles of equality and universality of care that informed the NHS 70 years ago could be...
University of the Witwatersrand publishes first clinical data on COVID-19 in South Africa
This special issue of the Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine covers a range of aspects of the pandemic, from the...
Researchers identify key mechanisms involved in pulmonary fibrosis development
New therapeutic opportunities in targeted treatmentsCredit: Photo: Leitz/Charité Working alongside research groups from Heidelberg, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin...
New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists
Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like...
Unique Namibian trial finds smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75%
University of the Witwatersrand scientists along with Namibian, UK and US partners have shown how the smart application of existing...
SU2C-funded research to be presented during the AACR Virtual Meeting — April 27-28, 2020
Research involves immunotherapy, cancer interception, lung and pediatric cancersCredit: Stand Up To Cancer (New York) April 27, 2020 - Stand...
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