Aboriginal scars from frontier wars
Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in ...
Tag: Public Health
UMass Amherst biostatistician lends expertise to white house coronavirus task force
New research calculates median incubation period for COVID-19Credit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician who directs the UMass-based ...
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virusCredit: NIAID RML WHAT: The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable ...
Pediatrician uses her ‘trusted voice’ to help kids
Children missed in the census spend a majority of their childhood not being counted in the planning and allocation of ...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group ...
Technologies of the Human Corpse by John Troyer
New book from the MIT Press explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through historyCredit: MIT Press By ...
Innovative NICU training lauded as ‘best article’ by national journal
Credit: Children's National Hospital "Fires, tornadoes and other natural disasters are outside of our team's control. But it is within ...
Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture
Scientists studied the impact of vitamin D on post-surgery mobilityCredit: Sue Shapses/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Senior citizens who are not vitamin ...
Limited nuclear war could have big impact on world food supplies
India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A ...
Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant ...
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method ...
GCS centres to help COVID-19 researchers access HPC resources
German supercomputing centres will expedite HPC access to fight the coronavirus.Credit: Gauss Centre for Supercomputing Effective immediately, the Gauss Centre ...
New Yorkers and Coronavirus — Support for school closures, while most feel not at risk
Most people changing their behavior because of CoronavirusCredit: CUNY SPH (New York, March 16) A new CUNY Graduate School of ...
Sobering new data on drinking and driving: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit
Accidents involving drivers testing below legal blood alcohol concentration limits are more likely to cause harm to others than drivers ...
Lower-sodium turkey breast wins sensory test over full-salt option
UMass Amherst food scientists seek strategies to lower salt in processed foodCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists ...
Evidence clearly favors taxing sugary drinks — new study
Credit: University of Otago New Zealand should follow the UK and more than 30 other countries in introducing a tax ...
Facebook language changes before an emergency hospital visit
Analysis shows that language in posts becomes less formal and invokes family more oftenCredit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, ...
Wikipedia visits to disease outbreak pages show impact of news media on public attention
News coverage closely linked with public attention to Zika in the US during 2016 outbreakCredit: Gerd Altmann, pixabay During the ...
Treatment disparities drive worse outcomes for pediatric Black, Hispanic brain cancer pts
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer researchers have known for years that Black and Hispanic patients have worse outcomes ...
Misinformation on vaccines readily available online
Credit: University of Otago Parents researching childhood vaccinations online are likely to encounter significant levels of negative information, researchers at ...
