Tag: Public Health

UMass Amherst team develops COVID-19 forecast hub

Ensemble modeling offers more accurate infectious-disease projectionsCredit: UMass Amherst The Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence team at the University of ...

UM study finds diverse diet as effective as sports supplements for female athletes

Credit: UM Photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - The edge. Every athlete, from the professional to the weekend warrior, strives ...

Exercise during pregnancy reduces obesity among offspring

Credit: WSU When physically fit women exercise during pregnancy they could be setting their children up for better fitness too. ...

Overuse of emergency room reducible through primary care relationship

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- David Slusky keeps hearing the same comments from other parents who are isolating ...

COVID-19 possibly striking more children than expected

Credit: mvps.org The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported -- ...

AJR review of COVID-19 studies cautions against chest CT for coronavirus diagnosis

Regarding sensitivity, specificity, and clinical practice, CT should be reserved for evaluation of complications of COVID-19 pneumonia or for assessment ...

Breastfeeding benefits during COVID-19

Credit: Eric Sucar PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2020) - While the current coronavirus pandemic continues to affect all people, families will ...

New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans

Early preclinical tests in lab models are encouragingCredit: NIAID CINCINNATI - Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential ...

Novel tool reveals which states could face shortages of COVID-19 workforce

Seventeen states at risk of not having enough respiratory therapists, new modeling tool predictsCredit: GW Milken Institute School of Public ...

Call for palliative care to be adapted for severely ill Covid-19 patients

Credit: Lancaster University Emergency-style palliative care needs to implemented to meet the needs of Covid-19 patients who wouldn't benefit from ...

Guide for COVID-19 remote consultation by primary carers designed by NTU Singapore scientist & peers

Credit: NTU Singapore Primary care health workers now have a guide for conducting remote consultation of suspected COVID-19 patients, developed ...

Indoor precautions essential to stem airborne COVID-19

Researchers are urging health authorities to immediately recognise the role of airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus droplets from an infected ...

Caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 requires vigilance

Leading geriatrician provides key updates and resources for front-line nursing home staff and cliniciansCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the coronavirus ...

Scripps Research expands international effort to rapidly repurpose drugs against COVID-19

An international research network centers around ReFRAME, the world's leading collection of drugs known to be safe in humansCredit: Calibr/Scripps ...

Temple treats 1st patient in US in trial of gimsilumab for patients with COVID-19 and ARDS

Credit: Temple University Health System Temple University Hospital has treated the first patient in the United States in the BREATHE ...

MDI Biological Laboratory-led program reveals high arsenic in well water

Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximumCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — A program to ...

The Cath Lab during COVID

Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children's Physician in the Journal of Invasive CardiologyCredit: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Interventional cardiologists should ...

Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research

Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwideCredit: Thor Swift, ...

COVID-19: Exercise may protect against deadly complication