Tag: Public Health

The Neuro's director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadershipCredit: The Neuro Since 1957, ...

Less expensive, more effective pneumonia vaccines are tested in humans

Developed by researchers at the Butantan Institute (Brazil) and Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School (USA), the ...

Russian trolls on Twitter polarized vaccination during 2016 election cycle

Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, During the 2016 election ...

NJIT designers fabricate masks, shields and swabs to battle COVID-19

Credit: NJIT As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in ...

Children’s book ‘Battle Robots of the Blood’ launches

Sharing a child's view of immune disordersCredit: Dr Sonia Agüera-Gonzalez (Tenmei) Key points: A new children's book 'Battle Robots of ...

COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making

Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt ...

SCTR Institute awarded $24 million to advance translational research in South Carolina

Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, one of about ...

Mucus and the coronavirus

University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...

New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state

Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they ...

Evidence suggests that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients

Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence, ...

Alcohol consumption by fathers before conception could negatively impact child development

UC Riverside researchers' mouse studies also show how a common nutrient can help babies of alcoholic momsCredit: Huffman lab, UC ...

Resarchers find way to improve cancer outcomes by examining patients’ genes