Researchers test using environmental DNA to monitor grass pollen levels
Credit: Carsten A. Skjøth Grass pollen is a major outdoor allergen, responsible for widespread and costly respiratory conditions including allergic ...
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Unhealthy weight gains, increased drinking reported by Americans coping with pandemic stress
Stress in America™ poll reveals secondary pandemic health crisis; parents, essential workers, communities of color more likely to report mental, ...
MUSC is first in nation to enroll kids in trial of novel MIS-C therapy
Using an investigational cell therapy, Medical University of South Carolina pediatricians successfully treated two patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in ...
Helpful behavior during pandemic tied to recognizing common humanity
Credit: Barragan et al., 2021, PLOS One During the COVID-19 pandemic, people who recognize the connections they share with others ...
TGen seeks help from Arizona dog and cat owners for COVID-19 study
Project builds on 'One Health' testing and disease surveillance collaborations in ArizonaCredit: Photo: Courtesy of TGen. PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March ...
Study of mosquito protein could lead to treatments against life-threatening viruses
Credit: Geoffrey Mueller, Ph.D. The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West ...
UVA Health’s Dr. Cynthia Yoshida honored for increasing colorectal cancer screenings
Credit: UVA Health UVA Health's Cynthia M. Yoshida, MD, is one of six winners of a national award recognizing healthcare ...
Face masks are a ticking plastic bomb
Credit: Elvis Genbo Xu/SDU Recent studies estimate that we use an astounding 129 billion face masks globally every month - ...
How the South African COVID-19 variant was found
UC Riverside biomedical scientists were part of an international team that identified the coronavirus strainCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Unconscious biases can drive foodborne illness outbreaks, MU researchers find
Study concludes outbreak prevention policies should account for inadvertent behaviors.Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the midst of ...
Study finds increased risk of death among breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened soda
Women who reported drinking non-diet soda five times or more per week were 85% more likely to die from breast ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes to people’s wellbeing around the world
A decrease in physical activity during the pandemic was associated with poorer perceived physical and mental healthCredit: University of Jyväskylä ...
‘Big’ step towards improved healthcare: new strategy makes big data analytics easier
Researchers propose a novel, standardized architecture for the implementation of big data analytics in healthcareCredit: IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica ...
Water temperature key to schistosomiasis risk and prevention strategies
Climate change will increase schistosomiasis risk in regions where surface water moves closer to 21.7 degrees centigradeCredit: Rachel Hartman About ...
Hospital-based violence intervention program engages vulnerable populations
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. DES PLAINES, IL - A Boston violence intervention ...
Helping people understand glaucoma with a mobile app
Free mobile app demystifies glaucoma - helping to explain symptoms, impact and treatment to patients and their familiesCredit: Allergan Researchers ...
New Lancet series shows mixed progress on maternal and child undernutrition in last decade
Series authors issue a call to action for fast-tracked funding to improve program coverage and quality service delivery which have ...
nTIDE February 2021 Jobs Report: Modest job gains provide hope for economic recovery
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) - issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New HampshireCredit: Kessler Foundation ...
Species are our livelihoods
Biodiversity doesn't feature enough in large-scale assessments of ecosystem servicesCredit: Theresa Hickfang Functioning ecosystems provide the basis for security, basic ...
Int’l Women’s Day: Fathima Wakeel to present at Women in Data Science Conference
Wakeel, from Lehigh University's College of Health, will discuss how to frame population health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic using ...
