How Tweets may influence substance abuse in youth
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 21,2020) - Substance use by youth remains a significant public health concern. While social media ...
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Keep children from hospital during crisis
Help for young people with chronic conditionsCredit: Royal Hobart Hospital With stressed hospital services, and concerns about the spread of ...
Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID infection during ventilation
Credit: Photo courtesy of Prof. Yochai Adir. Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help ...
Low-cost, easy-to-build ventilator performs similarly to high-quality commercial device
Ventilator could support coronavirus treatment in low-income regions or where supplies are limitedCredit: Photos courtesy of Prof. Ramon Farré. A ...
CUNY SPH Weekly COVID-19 Survey Update Week 6
New Yorkers say: Don't re-open the economy before JuneCredit: CUNY SPH Nearly half (49%) of New York City residents believe ...
Segregation and local funding gaps drive disparities in drinking water
Ongoing legacies raise risk that many US community water systems can't cope with future droughtCredit: Megan Mullin, Duke University DURHAM, ...
A method for predicting antiviral drug or vaccine targets
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 8, 2020--A novel method to predict the most promising targets ...
University of Utah Invests $1.3 million in COVID-19 research, from domestic violence
Credit: Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash (Salt Lake City) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, ...
Survey: Food insecurity in Vermont rose 33% during pandemic
Strong connection to job lossesCredit: Ingrid Cold Food insecurity in Vermont has increased by one-third during the coronavirus pandemic, from ...
AGS reiterates urgent COVID-19 call for medical supplies, telehealth
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society New York (April 17, 2020)--In a new series of letters sent yesterday to Congressional ...
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 ...