Tag: Public Health

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 ...

‘Silencing’ protein to weaken COVID-19

Researchers from ITQB NOVA have characterized a therapeutic target with great potential and built its first three-dimensional modelCredit: ITQB NOVA ...

School-based telehealth connects underserved kids to quality and sustainable health care

Implementation of school-based telehealth in communities facing health care barriers across South Carolina provides children with accessible care.Credit: Medical University ...

Family ties protect against opioid misuse among U.S. young adults

Credit: Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Syracuse, N.Y. - As opioid use disorders and overdoses ...

Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence

Credit: Eivind Meland A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their ...

Children exposed to tobacco smoke use more emergent health services

UC study: Childhood illness from tobacco smoke exposure drives up health care visits and costsCredit: University of Cincinnati Tobacco smoke-exposed ...

During the first wave of coronavirus pandemic older adults left home mainly for physical activity

Older adults drastically reduced their out-of-home activitiesCredit: Photo: University of Jyväskylä In spring 2020, when the first wave of the ...

Arsenal used by parasite to affect cellular defense and enhance leishmaniasis is revealed

March 23, 2021

Group affiliated with a FAPESP-supported research center showed that the parasite blocks the action of an enzyme using autophagyCredit: Renan ...

Nine potentially harmful stimulants found in supplements listing deterenol as ingredient

March 23, 2021

Study finds hidden pharmaceutical cocktails never tested in humans in 17 supplement products available in the United StatesCredit: NSF International ...

Physical activity helps curb low-grade inflammation in children

March 23, 2021

Low physical activity, unhealthy diet quality, and being overweight is the most unfavourable combinationCredit: Photo: University of Jyväskylä. According to ...

UMass Amherst researchers develop ultra-sensitive flow microsensors

Research could lead to more breakthroughs in neuroscience, metabolismCredit: UMass Amherst A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts ...

Data scientists propel West Virginia’s acclaimed vaccine strategy with digital inventory

Credit: Brian Persinger/West Virginia University As West Virginians receive the COVID-19 vaccine at record rates, citizens credit the power of ...

Fourth generation of e-cigarettes is not harmless

UC Riverside study identified toxic elements in pod atomizersCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, ...

Ending tuberculosis is a race against time and drug resistance

ECDC and WHO release new tuberculosis surveillance data for EuropeCredit: ECDC The tuberculosis (TB) burden in the WHO European Region ...

Study underscores need for multidisciplinary care for COVID-19 long-haulers

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Physicians across the country have analyzed the emerging scientific data about the long-term effects of COVID-19, ...

Houston refines hunt for COVID in wastewater

Rice University-led study evaluates methods to find signs of virus in municipal plantsCredit: Zachary LaTurner/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 22, ...

Estonian Biobnk launches a large study on mental health genetics