Tag: Public Health

Credit: West Virginia University Widespread COVID-19 testing may be an obvious way to control an outbreak in a long-term care ...

Henry Ford study demonstrates UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19 on N95s

Henry Ford, U-M team up for first-of-its kind research for facemask decontaminationCredit: Henry Ford Health System / University of Michigan ...

Revisions to drinking water standard tighten lead leaching allowance for plumbing products

Joint committee governing NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 lowers maximum allowable limits of leached lead from plumbing endpoint devicesCredit: NSF International ANN ARBOR, ...

Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19

Credit: CDC Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks ...

CRISPR-based malaria testing on-the-fly

A Plasmodium species-specific, ultrasensitive, nucleic acid detection assay to enable fast and inexpensive testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers in ...

Long-term COVID-19 containment will be shaped by strength, duration of immunity

Credit: Tumisu from Pixabay New research suggests that the impact of natural and vaccine-induced immunity will be key factors in ...

Older people have become younger

Physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 yearsCredit: Mostphotos, Doug Olson The functional ability of older people is ...

European survey shows alarmingly low awareness of erectile dysfunction

Majority does not know what it isCredit: EAU Arnhem (The Netherlands), 21 September 2020. Awareness of erectile dysfunction (ED) is ...

UM receives largest single research award in its history

Montana university and its partners seek opioid vaccinesCredit: University of Montana/Tommy Martino MISSOULA - The National Institutes of Health has ...

More than a billion school meals not served during pandemic: Study

Major efforts by states and school districts make up some of the gaps, but shortfalls remainCredit: Maryland State Department of ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks out on space, politics, and science outreach

Credit: Patrick McElhenney/FOX The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. In the latest ...

Confidence in the authorities’ handling of COVID-19 provides good mental health

Credit: Jonatan Ottesen/UiT In March 2020, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic, and governments around the world imposed restrictions to ...

Introducing COVID19questions.org

Clinicians, researchers, patients and the general public are invited to submit questions that could be answered by COVID-19 patient medical ...

International study will compare different countries’ responses to COVID-19

Project led by researchers from Brazilian and American institutions will collect primary data during the pandemic to create a repository ...

Biomarker predicts who will have severe COVID-19

- Airway cell analyses showing an activated immune axis could pinpoint the COVID-19 patients who will most benefit from targeted ...

New live biotherapeutic products will require regulatory and scientific innovation

Following years of collaboration, research and discussions with leading Microbiome drug developers and health authorities, European regulatory expertise centre lays ...

UMass Amherst researchers receive $6.3 million to ensure sustainable energy transition

Program also will promote socioeconomic equity of communitiesCredit: UMass Amherst A new program at UMass Amherst has been awarded two ...

Accurate labels like ‘aerosol’ or ‘chemicals’ increase perceived risks of e-cigarette use

George Mason study reveals that labeling e-cigarette emissions as 'chemicals' or 'aerosols' rather than 'vapor' increases the perceived risk of ...

Henry Ford COO Bob Riney receives Nonprofit Leadership Award

Award named after community foundation for southeast Michigan's first and current presidentCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - The Community ...

Pollution exposure linked to stroke risk in people with common heart rhythm disorder