More than 25% of infants not getting common childhood vaccinations, study finds
Researchers identify troubling disparities along race, income, education linesCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications More than a quarter of American ...
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Investigating vaccine hesitancy in Houston’s underserved communities
University of Houston researcher to develop culturally responsive vaccine education programCredit: University of Houston With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available ...
Human antibiotic use threatens endangered wild chimpanzees
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria getting into watershedCredit: Thomas Gillespie It's well established that infectious disease is the greatest threat to the ...
Exposure to high heat neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in less than one second
Texas A&M research shows exposure to high temperatures can neutralize the virus, preventing it from infecting another human hostCredit: Texas ...
Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations because of suspected links to deadly blood clots could allow COVID-19 to continue to spread, cause more ...
Hepatitis C drugs boost Remdesivir’s antiviral activity against COVID-19
Credit: Illustration credit: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. Remdesivir is currently the only antiviral drug approved in the U.S. ...
The first comprehensive single-cell atlas of human teeth
Credit: ZZM/UZH During the last 30 years, medical and dental research has attracted a large number of scientists and practitioners ...
Pandemic significantly increases insomnia in health care workers
Credit: Augusta University The COVID pandemic appears to have triggered about a 44% increase in insomnia disorder among health care ...
New rapid COVID-19 test the result of university-industry partnership
Innovative platform pairs mass spectrometry with machine learningCredit: UC Davis Health A partnership between UC Davis and Maurice J. Gallagher, ...
MIT PRESS publishes new book on contact-tracing apps and public health
Susan Landau's 'People Count'Credit: The MIT PRESS, 2021. How do you stop a pandemic before a vaccine arrives? Contact tracing ...
Normally harmless cell molecule triggers neuron death
Finding could lead to better understanding, new treatments for strokeCredit: Wanli Liu A vital intermediate in normal cell metabolism is ...
Mental health promotes children’s physical activity during lockdown
Study shows interrelation of psychic well-being, physical activity, and screen time for children and adolescentsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT According to ...
New testing strategy can speed up COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers
In The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics investigators share a new methodology for testing pooled samples that maximizes the proportion of ...
Serious play: Tablet-based video games may help people with mild cognitive impairment
UMass Amherst researcher awarded NIH grant to measure effects of mobile game-playingCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical ...
COVID-19 vaccine development built on >$17 billion in NIH funding for vaccine technologies
Broad foundation of NIH-funded research for enabling technologies prior to pandemic provided a tool kit for rapid development of COVID ...
Study of ‘breakthrough’ cases suggests COVID testing may be here to stay
Credit: Matthew Septimus/The Rockefeller University In rare cases, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID and are immune to ...
Individuals in lower-income US counties or high support for former President Trump continue to be less likely to socially distance
A new nearly yearlong study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that lower-income and Republican-leaning communities are less ...
IU researchers tackled the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance
Credit: Ross Silverman The design, interpretation, and enforcement of county and municipal laws significantly affect local public health. But accessing ...
Membranes unlock potential to vastly increase cell-free vaccine production
Research sets the stage for biotech to generate 1 billion doses in less than a monthCredit: Justin Muir By cracking ...
COVID-19 peaks reflect time-dependent social activity, not herd immunity
Scientists developed a model showing that a fragile, temporary state of immunity emerged during the early epidemic but got destroyed ...
