Tag: Public Health

April 29, 2020

The prototype originates from the research results at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in the framework of the European-funded project An.Dy. ...

NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics

April 29, 2020

Initiative aims to speed delivery of accurate, easy-to-use, scalable tests to all AmericansCredit: NIH The National Institutes of Health today ...

A diet of high-iron beans improves health of anemic women in Rwanda

April 29, 2020

An 18-week diet of high-iron beans improved the physical performance of women at a university in Rwanda. The study shows ...

Virologists show that sample pooling can massively increase coronavirus testing capacity

Credit: Rüdiger Koop, UKS The new procedure will help to meet the high demand for testing in the mass coronavirus ...

AGS COVID-19 brief offers roadmap to government action for assisted living facilities

Variation in how side effects are reported clouds drug safety

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center An important goal of early-phase clinical trials is to discover a drug's possible side ...

New study finds biases against physically dirty people take root as early as age 5

Biases against the physically unclean extend to the sick, holding implications in the COVID-19 eraCredit: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ...

Startups develop system that detects fever remotely in people near hospital front desks

AI-based technology developed by a startup supported by FAPESP is in use at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, in São Paulo, ...

Agricultural pickers in US to see unsafely hot workdays double by 2050

Credit: Tigchelaar et al./Environmental Research Letters The global pandemic has put a focus on essential workers, those we rely on ...

Making transitions from nursing home to hospital safer during COVID-19 outbreak

Advance care planning even more important during pandemicCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted nursing home ...

Study reveals pharmacy-level barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder in Appalachian Kentucky

Credit: Pete Comparoni, University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2020) - A new study ...

Ayurveda and yoga for COVID-19 prevention

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2020--Experts in Indian traditional medicine, including the chair of ...

Study indicates artificial intelligence could help stem tide of school violence

Natural language processing already used to predict mental health risksCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - By leveraging the basics of artificial ...

Mobile telehealth system in China facilitates clinical communication during COVID-19

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 27, 2020--A mobile telehealth system (MTS) has been used in ...

A great new way to paint 3D-printed objects

Efficient painting method reaches nooks and cranniesCredit: Jonathan P. Singer/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Rutgers engineers have created a highly effective way ...

New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks

The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Public Health Image Library, ...

CUNY SPH Weekly COVID-19 Survey update week 7

Coronavirus testing ramps up in the city and more New Yorkers benefit from public and private assistanceCredit: CUNY SPH Coronavirus ...

Making sense of the viral multiverse

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In November of 2019--likely, even earlier--a tiny entity measuring just a few ...

Survey: Most Americans want government commitment to reduce inequality

New national survey shows a majority of Americans want the federal government to reduce inequality amid the Covid-19 economic crisis. ...

Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help.