Tag: Public Health

COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M AgriLife has become the fifth and newest member of the NutriRECS international consortium. The goal ...

PCV10 pneumococcal vaccine has big impact in kenya, even among unvaccinated individuals

Long-term study of a large Kenyan community shows that childhood pneumococcal vaccination can be highly effective in a tropical African ...

Study finds natural variation in sex ratios at birth and sex ratio inflation in 12 countries

UMass Amherst biostatistician designed study that describes national sex ratio imbalancesCredit: UMass Amherst An international team of researchers, led by ...

New NIH Center of Excellence at UW tackles equine encephalitis viruses

Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Viruses without a preventative vaccine or treatment option pose a looming threat. But for viruses ...

Mass drug administrations can grant population protection against malaria

New study suggests administering antimalarial drugs to entire populations could help reduce infection so even untreated individuals are protected, but ...

Every third housing estate resident feels trapped

Involuntary staying, a type of housing trap, is a common experience among people living on housing estates, since around 1 ...

Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations

Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agenciesCredit: Florida Atlantic University More than 1.2 million children in ...

DNDi and Atomwise collaborate to advance drug development using AI for neglected diseases

Efforts to discover novel compounds against Chagas disease see early successes -- part of Atomwise's Artificial Intelligence Molecular Screen (AIMS) ...

Continuing PC vaccine in Kenya at full price cost-effective and could save thousands of lives

Stopping the vaccine could lead to rates of pneumonia and pneumococcal disease returning to pre-vaccine levels in 10 years Co-led ...

Indicators of despair rising among Gen X-ers entering middle age

Indicators of despair--depression, suicidal ideation, drug use and alcohol abuse--are rising among Americans in their late 30s and early 40s ...

Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn

Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate ...

Fentanyl deaths up 122 percent in West Virginia, say WVU researchers

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a miniscule cup of espresso can hype you ...

New study finds simple way to inoculate teens against junk food marketing

Chicago Booth researchers find diets improve when tapping adolescents' desire to rebel; teenage boys cut back junk food purchases by ...

Prove it: National telehealth research network greenlighted

First-of-its-kind research network seeks to inform standards, policy and reimbursement strategies as telehealth adoption increases throughout the U.S. AURORA, Colo. ...

Statins safe for preventing cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Results from a large clinical trial indicate that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are likely to experience the same level of ...

US and Japanese researchers identify how liver cells protect against viral attacks

Results have implications for cellular responses to hepatitis, dengue and ZikaCredit: Daisuke Yamane, D.V.M., Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ...

China, India economic development key to achieving MDG for safe drinking water

Tokyo - The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) attempted from 2000 to 2015 produced mixed and debatable results. But ...

‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits

Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation 'fingerprints' that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental ...

90 percent of teens killed by an intimate partner are girls

Study in JAMA Pediatrics looks at intimate partner violence among teens Intimate partner homicide among teens does occur and 90 ...

FDA added sugar label could be a cost-effective way to improve health, generate savings