Tag: Public Health

There is broad support for building health care systems that are patient centered, seen as a means of improving health ...

Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread

An international team gauges the coming threat of mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: Moritz Kraemer for Nature Microbiology; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. Outbreaks of mosquito-borne ...

Study: Landlord disclosure of bedbugs cuts infestations, creates long-term savings

Credit: Photo by Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service. AMES, Iowa - Policies requiring landlords to disclose a rental unit's ...

Study aims to reduce sexually transmitted infections in men

Researchers at the University of Southampton are set to launch a new study to help improve condom use and tackle ...

Global maps enabling targeted interventions to reduce burden of mosquito-borne disease

Now, with an unprecedented level of accuracy, an international team of researchers, led by Dr Moritz Kramer at the University ...

GARDP and Penta partner to tackle drug-resistant infections in children

Geneva /Padova, Monday 4 March 2019 - The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and Penta, the paediatric infectious ...

Researchers find potential new source of rare earth elements

Study could benefit the US clean energy and electronics industriesCredit: USDA ARS Researchers have found a possible new source of ...

Chemical pollutants in the home degrade fertility in both men and dogs, study finds

New research by scientists at the University of Nottingham suggests that environmental contaminants found in the home and diet have ...

Reevaluating pneumococcal vaccine guidance: An analysis

PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2019 - If mitigating racial disparities in those who contract pneumococcal diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia, ...

New study highlights the influence social media has on children’s food intake

New University of Liverpool research, published in Pediatrics, highlights the negative influence that social media has on children's food intake. ...

Steroid use during cardiac bypass surgery did not reduce risk of severe kidney injury

Randomized controlled trial conducted in 18 countries Using steroids during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery did not reduce the risk of acute ...

Caregivers in Canada need more support

It's time to strengthen support for the 28% of people who provide care for an ageing family member, friend or ...

India’s stubble burning air pollution causes USD 30 billion economic losses, health risks

Three-fold risk increase of respiratory diseases from crop residue burning; Economic loss estimated to be nearly USD 30 billion annually ...

Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer

March 1, 2019

Research highlights differences in breast cancer risk among Asian American women who immigrated versus their U.S.-born counterpartsCredit: University of California, ...

EMA qualification opinion on cellular therapy module of the EBMT Registry

March 1, 2019

EBMT receives a regulatory qualification from the European Medicine Agency on the use of its patient registry to support novel ...

New study links electronic cigarettes and wheezing in adults

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Electronic cigarette use ("vaping") is associated with wheezing in adults, according to a new ...

Tracking food leads to losing pounds

Those who tracked food and weight lost pounds in new Duke studyCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Without following a ...

Study shows economic burden of dengue fever

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: Lee, et al (2019) Dengue fever is a major public health concern in ...

Pan-filovirus T-cell vaccine protects mice from Ebola and Marburg

Credit: Rahim et al. (2019) Vaccines that induce protective T-cell responses could protect against members across the filovirus family, according ...

Junk food purchases increase after recreational marijuana legalization