Tag: Public Health

Study finds short-sleepers have lower levels of gene-regulating microRNA In recent years, numerous studies have shown that people who don't ...

New method can get anti-viral vaccines safely and cheaply to previously inaccessible populationsCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, May 21, ...

Almost half of households affected Food insecurity, meaning inadequate or insecure access to food because of a lack of money, ...

Poor nutritional choices, including a high intake of ultra-processed foods and trans-fats, are putting millions of Europeans at an increased ...

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH California Study Warns Obscure Q Fever a ...

First comprehensive study in Mexicali, MX looks at disease spreadCredit: Janet Foley/UC Davis In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of ...

Common business practices, including enticing rebates, improves adoption of new cookstoves in rural IndiaCredit: Duke Global Health DURHAM, N.C. - ...

Research by UMass Amherst epidemiologist pinpoints factors of health care quality, accessibility and comfortCredit: UMass Amherst Many women military veterans ...

Analysis in eight countries suggests trends advancing more quickly than previously thought, with married women the biggest users A new ...

Stakeholder group will channel collective action for national vector-borne disease strategyCredit: (Tick) Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; (Mosquito) ...

Researchers: Car seats are essential for safety but must be used as directedCredit: UVA Health System Car safety seats are ...

Credit: Brian Cohen/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 20, 2019 - Backed by a five-year, $6.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, ...

Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat ...

Interviews with economically disadvantaged New Jerseyans in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy yield advice for future disastersCredit: Joanna ...

Hours slept per week increased by 8 percent among pediatric resident physicians who worked a rapid cycling work roster Getting ...

Study validates new, low-cost, non-invasive tool in screening newborn jaundice with high diagnostic accuracyCredit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, ...

BfR Opinion No 017/2019 of 13 May 2019 The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) deals regularly with the ...

Credit: Kanazawa University The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global ...

QUT road safety study investigates apps as practical way to stop deadly driving habit of texting & browsing Almost 70 ...

Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who travel ...