Tag: Public Health

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 ...

Brushing away oral health disparities in America’s rural children

Children living in rural America are less likely to receive preventive dental care than their urban counterparts, according to a ...

21st century medical needles for high-tech cancer diagnostics

Modern medicine needs better quality samples than traditional biopsy needles can provide, ultrasonically oscillating needles can improve treatment and reduce ...

Age at the menopause can be assessed using predictive modeling

Sex hormone levels, irregular menstrual cycles, menopausal symptoms, and life habits can be used for predicting the age at menopauseCredit: ...

Blood pressure and hemorrhagic complication risk after renal transplant biopsy

2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found no statistically significant threshold for increased renal transplant biopsy risk based ...

Diagnostic yield of non-contrast pituitary MRI for pediatric pathologies

2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found non-contrast pituitary MRI for central precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency, short ...

E-cigarette users in rural Appalachia develop more severe lung injuries

Credit: Zane Lacko/WVU Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can ...

Preventing evictions remains critical to controlling COVID-19, study finds

Penn researchers simulated the epidemic's trajectory, finding that even a modest increase in evictions could lead to thousands of excess ...

All-in-one test for COVID-19 surveillance

Federal policy to reduce deaths from sepsis was mostly ineffective

April 19, 2021

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2021 - The first large-scale, multi-hospital evaluation of an "all or none" federal policy intended ...

American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 ARRS Gold Medal to entire membership

April 19, 2021

For valiant service selflessly rendered on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) symbolically ...

Simulations reveal how dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain binds to host, succumbs to antibodies

April 16, 2021

Dominant G-form Spike protein 'puts its head up' more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more ...

Virginia Tech and UVA virologists develop broadly protective coronavirus vaccines

April 16, 2021

Credit: Virginia Tech A candidate vaccine that could provide protection against the COVID-19 virus and other coronaviruses has shown promising ...

Thirdhand smoke exposure linked to fabric type, heat, and humidity