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 ...
Tag: Public Health
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 ...
New nano strategy fights superbugs
Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Rising global temperatures are increasing exposure to extreme heat and humidityCredit: NASA Earth Observatory Heat stress from extreme heat and ...
On World Delirium Day, AGS launches AGS CoCare: HELP™ to turn tide for serious condition
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society With the launch of https://HELP.AGSCoCare.org, the online home for AGS CoCare: HELP™--a seminal program ...
African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell ...
Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
Credit: Children's National Hospital Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking ...
Demographics linked to choice not to vaccinate children in Texas, study finds
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes ...
Project aimed at improving Latino population’s access to healthy local foods receives funding
UC Riverside School of Medicine to lead engagement project in eastern Coachella ValleyCredit: Ann Cheney, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
NCCN releases recommendations for standardizing quality measurement in oncology
NCCN Quality and Outcomes Committee's endorsements of impactful and feasible quality and outcomes measures offer opportunities to advance the quality ...
FAIR Health launches shared decision-making tools for palliative care
Groundbreaking decision tools pair clinical and cost information for patients with serious and chronic illnessCredit: fairhealthconsumer.com NEW YORK, NY--March 10, ...
Firearm violence solutions from a public health perspective
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2020) - While firearm violence is a major public health challenge in the United ...
Homeless Health Research Network releases evidence-based clinical guideline
Substantial changes in the Canadian homeless population require new synergies for intervention and treatmentCredit: Homeless Health Research Network A collaborative ...
