Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, ...
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Research finds new approach to treating certain neurological diseases
Research produces dramatic results in laboratory studies involving fatal myelin disease that strikes childrenCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A team ...
Traffic data show drastic changes in Floridians’ behavior at onset of the pandemic
Study uses statewide traffic data from the Florida department of transportationCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's not just health, social and ...
R&D of mRNA vaccine production technology against COVID-19 and further new coronavirus
TMIMS and iCONM started joint researchCredit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine June 4, 2020 - Kawasaki / Japan: The Innovation ...
COVID-19: Study shows virus can infect heart cells in lab dish
Research, led by Cedars-Sinai, uses stem cell technology to learn how coronavirus may directly attack heart muscleCredit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES ...
RDA publishes final version of COVID-19 recommendations and guidelines on data sharing
Credit: Research Data Alliance Under public health emergencies, and particularly the COVID19 pandemic, it is fundamental that data is shared ...
Study gauges how Kansans get information on COVID-19, which sources they trust
Survey finds social media least trusted source, health officials mostCredit: Mugur Geana LAWRENCE -- New information emerges about the novel ...
Face mask construction, materials matter for containing coughing, sneezing droplets
Simulated coughs and sneezes from mannequins show higher efficacy in multilayered, well-fitted cloth masks.Credit: CREDIT: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar R. Dhanak ...
Whole-town study reveals more than 40% of COVID-19 infections had no symptoms
Credit: Andrea Crisanti A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was ...
Brazilian startup seeks to develop a wholly indigenous COVID-19 diagnostic test
The project is supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business Program. The firm plans to produce ELISA kits that ...
FCC grant to expand UVA Health’s COVID-19 telehealth care
More than $750,000 to support remote patient monitoring, virtual urgent careCredit: UVA Health The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health ...
Common food additive causes adverse health effects in mice
UMass Amherst researchers find TiO2 nanoparticles produce inflammation in colonCredit: UMass Amherst A common food additive, recently banned in France ...
Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa
Credit: Penelope Hancock In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers have mapped the patterns ...
New study looks at post-COVID-19 emerging disease in children
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. (June 24, 2020) - In recent weeks, a multisystem hyperinflammatory condition ...
Race, rurality play prominently in Georgia areas hardest hit by COVID-19
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University While counties in populous metropolitan Atlanta had the highest number of COVID-19 cases ...
You’re using disinfectants wrong. Here’s what you actually need to do (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 -- Sure, you've got a product that says "kills germs" under ...
Integrating health and climate agendas
Recommendations for a post-pandemic worldCredit: Nicole de Paula Climate change not only causes problems ranging from heat stress to increased ...
Air pollution, smoking and built environment are associated with an increase risk of childhood obesity
173 exposures analysed in first major study to assess risk of obesity in childhood using an exposome-wide approachCredit: ISGlobal How ...
UTEP professor collaborates on LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Texas study
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications Oralia Loza, Ph.D., public health sciences associate professor at The University of Texas ...
Pioneering research reveals certain human genes relate to gut bacteria
Credit: Chloe Russell, as featured in her book Up Your A-Z An Encyclopedia On Gut Bacteria The role genetics and ...