Tag: Public Health

March 3, 2021

Candidate outperforms commercial vaccine, bolsters promise of universal vaccine for humansCredit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ask Eric Weaver about ...

The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States

March 3, 2021

Credit: J Streatfeild et al., International Journal of Eating Disorders (2021) The impact of eating disorders in the United States ...

Indoors, outdoors, 6 feet apart? Transmission risk of airborne viruses can be quantified

March 2, 2021

The dynamics of how aerosols travel from one person to another, under different circumstancesCredit: Mj Riches In the 1995 movie ...

Indoor air quality study shows aircraft in flight may have lowest particulate levels

March 2, 2021

Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, ...

Rapid administration of methoxyflurane versus standard care for pain management in the ED

March 2, 2021

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. Des Plaines, IL - Initial management with inhaled ...

School-based dental program reduces cavities by more than 50%

Study of nearly 7,000 elementary school students demonstrates success of school-based model and its potential to reduce health disparities and ...

Post-COVID solutions to improve health in the US subject of new book by CUNY professor

Public virtual event hosted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy brings Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg into ...

Balanced T cell response key to avoiding COVID-19 symptoms, study suggests

Paper addresses research needed to understand smoking and COVID-19

Credit: ATS March 1, 2021 - A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses ...

Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer

Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University A painful tradeoff between a ...

Sensing robot healthcare helpers being developed at SFU

The current pandemic highlights how remote healthcare robots currently being developed at SFU could be beneficial in the futureCredit: Simon ...

Unburdening China of cancer: Trend analysis to assist prevention measures

By collating trends on incidence, mortality, and risk factors for cancer, researchers hope to inform policies, create awareness, and stop ...

Fujitsu and University of Toronto develop technology to optimize radiation treatment plans

The technology dramatically streamlines the creation of radiation treatment plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain tumors and other diseasesCredit: ...

Lethal house lures reduce incidence of malaria in children