Tag: Public Health

April 8, 2020

First mobile app for caregivers of children with FASD reaches trial stage

April 8, 2020

Credit: Researchers/University of Rochester In the summer of 2017, Christie Petrenko, an assistant professor and research associate at the University ...

54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy

In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the ...

Babies retain even detailed events during a nap

During sleep, toddlers' brains consolidate details without generalizing themCredit: MPI CBS The brain is permanently exposed to new impressions. Even ...

Successful online management of COVID-19 infection

Credit: May Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 6, 2020--A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed ...

Plazi and Pensoft join forces to let biodiversity knowledge of coronaviruses hosts out

Pensoft's flagship journal ZooKeys invites free-to-publish research on key biological traits of SARS-like viruses potential hosts and vectors; Plazi harvests ...

CUNY New York City COVID-19 survey week 4

New Yorkers seem resigned to a long siege as COVID-19 infection, job loss, food access challenges, depression, anxiety, and hopelessness ...

Repetitive irradiation with 222nm UVC shown to be non-carcinogenic and safe for sterilizing human skin

Wide ranging antibacterial and antiviral applications in medical fields and daily lifeCredit: Kobe University Joint research between Kobe University and ...

Annual Review of Public Health uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access

Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...

MCG’s GEM Lab offering coronavirus testing statewide

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department ...

Development of new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas ...

Leaving its mark: How frailty impacts the blood

Credit: OIST Globally, human society is aging. A side-effect of this is that age-related disorders, such as frailty, are becoming ...

Tested and testing: UC San Diego Health expands COVID-19 diagnostics

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 ...

Lancaster academic sees positives in first published clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment

Credit: Lancaster University A Lancaster University statistician who worked on the first published large randomised clinical trial for a potential ...

Curbing the rising toll of adults with complex care needs

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2020) - Data show that the number of people with clinically complex health and ...

Surgical masks good for most COVID-19 treatment: McMaster

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2020) - The N95 respirator masks should be preserved for health-care workers involved ...

New algorithm aims to protect surgical team members against infection with COVID-19 virus

Journal of American College of Surgeons releases new best practice guideline based on potential viral spread patterns, risks facing health ...

Penn launches trial to evaluate hydroxychloroquine to treat, prevent COVID-19

Study will evaluate therapy for current patients, prophylaxis in health care workersCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new trial led ...

Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags

Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...

Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial