Improving access to mental health services in low-income communities
UH researcher: Communication, coordination, collaboration are keyCredit: University of Houston When it comes to improving access to mental health services ...
Tag: Public Health
Take your best shot: Which SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should I get, if any?
University of Cincinnati physician-researcher uses computerized decision model to provide evidence that being vaccinated is better than notCredit: Colleen Kelley/University ...
WVU-led team, through NIH grant, ramps up COVID-19 testing in rural West Virginia
For the past seven months, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has helped add to COVID-19 testing throughout ...
Of lives and life years: 1918 influenza vs COVID-19
Next time, vaccination may be too little, too lateCredit: CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006 From the onset of the ...
RedHill Biopharma announces last patient out for phase 2/3 COVID-19 study of oral Opaganib
Top-line results expected in the coming weeksCredit: RedHill Biopharma TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, July 19, 2021, RedHill Biopharma ...
Deconstructing the infectious machinery of SARS-CoV-2
Scientists collaborate to model the complex protein responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication, revealing its potential weak spots for drug developmentCredit: Greg ...
COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection
Credit: Andrea Crisanti Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether ...
Discrimination and safety concerns barriers to accessing healthy food for food-insecure young adults
New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including ...
Study finds vaccine hesitancy lower in poorer countries
New study examines vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in 10 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, and South AmericaCredit: Fadil ...
Revolutionary mosquito researchers receive $2.7 million grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Mosquitoes may be small, but they are a formidable foe. Not only can they smell over 400 ...
Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased risk of contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nev.Credit: ...
UTA named inaugural winner of national racial justice, equity award
Coalition of Urban Serving Universities honors UTA's Latino health literacy campaignCredit: Erika Suarez/UTA Aiming to address racial injustice and inequity ...
Routine screening for BI-RADS lesions on automated whole-breast ultrasound
Return to routine screening for BI-RADS 3 lesions on supplemental automated whole-breast ultrasound substantially reduces the recall rate, while being ...
On the front lines: Correctional nurses and the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 14, 2021-Firsthand reports from nurses in correctional facilities detail the ...
Tracking COVID-19 across Europe
Credit: A. Naqvi (2021) According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but ...
How does exhaled heated tobacco aerosol behave in the air?
Considerable research informs the dynamics of exhaled e-cigarette aerosols, but how much do we know about the same processes for ...
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
One in four new breast cancers and one in five colon cancers in Canada attributed to alcoholCredit: World Health Organization's ...
Allocating COVID vaccines based on health and socioeconomic factors could cut mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY ...
Allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on health and socioeconomics could reduce mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine COVID-19 ...
US citizen migrant children in Mexico lacking adequate health insurance
Researchers call for transborder policies to address place-based inequity in health coverageCredit: University of Houston While attending a conference at ...
