How to track the variants of the pandemic faster
Credit: © Oliver Hochstrasser "What scientists have achieved in a year since the discovery of a brand-new virus is truly ...
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uOttawa in studies investigating why COVID-19 devastation of long-term care residents
Government of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force funds $3.5 million University of Ottawa, Bruyère collaboration to research the immune response ...
Optimizing disinfection to prevent spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewater
Scientists map the degradation of antibiotic resistance gene mecA by common disinfectants to find ways to minimize the spread of ...
Most older adults haven’t gotten screened or tested for hearing loss, poll finds
National poll spotlights opportunity for primary care providers and hearing care specialists to work together to spot and treat hearing ...
New study gives the most detailed look yet at the neuroscience of placebo effects
Credit: Image provided by M.Zunhammer et al. A large proportion of the benefit that a person gets from taking a ...
School-based dental program reduces cavities by more than 50%
Study of nearly 7,000 elementary school students demonstrates success of school-based model and its potential to reduce health disparities and ...
Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer
Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University A painful tradeoff between a ...
Unburdening China of cancer: Trend analysis to assist prevention measures
By collating trends on incidence, mortality, and risk factors for cancer, researchers hope to inform policies, create awareness, and stop ...
Fujitsu and University of Toronto develop technology to optimize radiation treatment plans
The technology dramatically streamlines the creation of radiation treatment plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain tumors and other diseasesCredit: ...
Advanced practice nurses reduce hospitalizations from nursing home residents
MU study examines effectiveness of $35 million program designed to improve quality of care in nursing homesCredit: MU Sinclair School ...
Openly available toolkit to help lab-based coronavirus research
Credit: Image by RAEng_Publications from Pixabay, CC0 The rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 ...
New ONC, NLM funding supports data exchange and response to COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC® at Regenstrief, an international health data standard critical to health information exchange, has received ...
Health professional societies address critical care clinician burnout
Credit: ATS Feb. 25, 2021 - A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides ...
New $40-million investment to address diabetes and chronic-disease prevention
The transformative partnership reunites University of Toronto and Novo Nordisk to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin ...
UVA Health’s Dr. Christopher Kramer earns national mentorship award
Credit: UVA Health UVA Health's Christopher Kramer, MD, FACC, will be honored this spring with the American College of Cardiology's ...
West Virginia’s enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV
Credit: West Virginia University Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health ...
Material hardship taking a mental and physical toll on young adults during pandemic
Credit: Data Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Wave IV (2007-2008) N=13,313 U.S. adults ages ...
Attachable skin monitors that wick the sweat away?
Credit: Professor Young-Ho Cho, KAIST - A silicone membrane for wearable devices is more comfortable and breathable thanks to better-sized ...
Ten lessons from the virus crisis
How some rich countries failed, and why -- studyCredit: Flinders University A mixture of smaller countries led by New Zealand, ...
Combined vaccination and physical distancing enough to prevent future COVID-19 surges
Credit: WorldPop, University of Southampton A combination of robust vaccination programmes and strict physical distancing rules could avoid recurring peaks ...
