‘Mop up’ malaria vaccine advances to trials in people
When mosquitos ingest the blood of a person who has malaria but who has received the vaccine, they can no ...
Tag: Public Health
Everyone poops: Monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater
University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate ...
COVID-19 pandemic has led to more advanced-stage cancer diagnoses, physician survey finds
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., March 30, 2021 -- Doctors who oversee cancer clinics say that ...
UMass Amherst food scientist honored with top awards
Credit: UMass Amherst Eric Decker, professor of food science, has recently received the two top awards in his field - ...
Lung Cancer: UVA health expert helps develop new national screening guidelines
Revisions expand screening to more patients at high riskCredit: UVA Health Through his role on the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...
New COVID-19 research: How to make people follow restrictions without appealing to fear
"Many countries are hit by a third wave of infections and authorities may be tempted to induce fear to make ...
Childhood adversity shapes adolescent delinquency, fatherhood
About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts' formal term for a traumatic childhood ...
Getting on top of rural Asia’s blood pressure
Low-cost hypertension management intervention shown to be cost-effective, scalable in rural South AsiaCredit: ICDDR, Bangladesh (Mr Nantu Chakma and Dr ...
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
New study looks at gun access among adolescents in ColoradoCredit: CU Anschutz Medical Camppus Twenty percent of high school students ...
Insights on operationalizing COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2021 - As evidence mounts supporting the use of monoclonal antibody treatment to reduce hospitalizations ...
UTEP helps optimize COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the U.S.
Credit: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas - Sreenath Chalil Madathil, Ph.D., assistant professor in industrial manufacturing and ...
How much peanut does it take to trigger an allergic reaction?
University of Cincinnati toxicologist says finding an 'eliciting dose' may help those who suffer mild or moderate allergic reactions to ...
Mapping COVID risk in urban areas: a way to keep the economy open
Researchers in India use GIS mapping to identify city neighborhoods at highest risk of a COVID outbreak--helping officials place targeted ...
Risk prediction to reduce minority disparities in USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines
Updated USPSTF LCS guidelines based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years perpetuate eligibility disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, although ...
Study reveals bias among doctors who classify X-rays for coal miner’s black lung claims
UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interestCredit: UIC University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the ...
No evidence that people alter daily travel after having symptoms that could be COVID-19
New George Mason University College of Health and Human Services study is one of first individual-level studies to track movements ...
Will COVID-19 vaccines need to be adapted regularly?
Credit: Image: Jó/Charité Influenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. ...
Nearly half of poison control calls for supersized alcopops involve underage drinkers
A new George Mason University study found that calls to US poison control centers for supersized alcopops disproportionately involved underage ...
Starting smoking cessation in hospitalized patients would reduce many premature deaths
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Smoking cigarettes causes 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States, due mainly ...
MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of ...
