Tag: Public Health

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally tailored approaches to encourage this neglected population to seek behavioral health treatmentCredit: UCR School ...

Veterans battle homelessness long after discharge from the military

New study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine documents the 'sleeper effec't among veterans who become homeless years after ...

‘Loss of pleasure’ in teen sleep study

...but easy interventions can improve mental healthCredit: Flinders University Sleep patterns around the world have been disrupted as screen time ...

Gates grant funds U of I, U of Rochester team testing human milk for novel coronavirus

Credit: University of Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho -- May 5, 2020 -- University of Idaho researchers will help lead a national ...

CUNY SPH Weekly COVID-19 Survey update week 8

New Yorkers feel we've turned a corner against COVID-19 but believe full 'normalcy' requires a vaccineCredit: CUNY SPH New York, ...

Researchers seek to find out if people outside more during pandemic

URI professor part of team trying to find out if there is greater exposure to ticks, tick-borne diseaseCredit: URI photo ...

TACC COVID-19 twitter dataset enables social science research about pandemic

Leading supercomputing center partners with scholars to collect, distribute, and analyze social media communicationsCredit: Dhiraj Murthy, UT Austin Of the ...

Researchers model efforts to control coronavirus pandemic with new NSF RAPID award

Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A team of investigators at the University of Kansas and KU Biodiversity Institute and ...

MU researcher identifies four possible treatments for COVID-19

Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that four antiviral drugs, ...

Russia creates its own humanized mice to test COVID-19 vaccines and drugs

Credit: Vladislav Maslov Following the recent Coronavirus outbreak, almost three million people have been infected worldwide, whereas the death toll ...

NAU scientists develop interactive disease models to predict regional spread of COVID-19

Credit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Joe Mihaljevic, mathematical epidemiologist and assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's School of ...

A $10 million grant enables BCG vaccine trial to expand internationally, enroll 10,000 healthcare workers

An $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI) clinical ...

Characterizing two sisters, examples of exceptional longevity

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2020--A new study provides a detailed characterization of two ...

SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators

Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help ...

Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections

Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...

UCLA leads CDC-funded project to reduce COVID-19 infection among emergency room workers

Credit: UCLA Health The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is leading a project in collaboration with the University ...

EPFL researchers put proximity tracing app to the test

Whole strawberries studied for their anti-inflammatory benefits

April 30, 2020

UMass Amherst food scientist receives grant for research into fruit's effects in the gutCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

UCF-trained engineers, Oregon medical team design 3D-printed ventilator that requires no electricity

April 30, 2020

New product awaiting FDA approval for emergency use could save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, thanks to a ...

Alternate light 5 times more effective in detecting bruises on victims of color