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 ...
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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
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2020 - People with one of the most common heart disorders who are exposed to ...
Lessons from coronavirus surveillance testing in Seattle-area homeless shelters
Results suggest a need to routinely test homeless populations, including those who are asymptomatic, in non-clinic settings.Credit: Taylor Johnson A ...
Potent drug supply drop, not domestic drug policies, likely behind 2018 OD death downturn
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2020 - The slight decline in drug overdose ...
UTEP partnership receives federal grant to combat opioid abuse in West Texas counties
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre, UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso's Minority AIDS Research ...
Vaping, marijuana use in 2019 rose in college-age adults
Increases are among the largest in history of national studyCredit: National Institute on Drug Abuse Vaping marijuana and vaping nicotine ...
Ocean algae get ‘coup de grace’ from viruses
Viruses don't immediately kill algae but live in harmony with themCredit: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle ...
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Credit: Penn Nursing The United States has seen a 200% increase in the rate of deaths by opioid overdose in ...
Cool eyes on fever screening: Optimizing infrared thermography
Full-face readings can optimize fever screening with infrared thermographsCredit: Image credit Q. Wang Thermography has been a hot topic this ...
Using artificial intelligence to predict genuine outcomes in COVID-19 patients
Credit: West Virginia University Artificial intelligence can do more than recommend a song or suggest what to write in an ...
“COVID-19 is here to stay for the foreseeable future” — Field work in a pandemic
In a recent paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, a group of multidisciplinary authors discuss the future of field-based ...
