Tag: Public Health

The study showed that interdisciplinary action facilitates weight loss, improves quality of life and eating behavior, and reduces symptoms of ...

Modeling can predict mutation “hotspots” and antibody escapers in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Study identifies structural basis of spike protein mutations with stronger binding and antibody resistance, which may explain transmissibility of new ...

Study led by NTU Singapore finds that microbes work as a network in causing lung infection

Credit: NTU Singapore Traditionally, an infection is thought to happen when microbes - bacteria, fungi, or viruses - enter and ...

‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’

Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant ...

WVU researchers find disparities for COVID-19 testing and positivity rates

Issues were identified in Black communities and in areas with food insecurity in West VirginiaCredit: WVU Photo In studying COVID-19 ...

Nanofiber filter captures almost 100% of coronavirus aerosols

The filter could help curb airborne spread of COVID-19 virusCredit: Yun Shen A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three ...

People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19

This is the main finding of a study.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon ...

New wound care best practice consensus document for pharmacy teams

Credit: University of Huddersfield and Wounds UK DURING the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists have increasingly played a key role as being ...

New testing platform for COVID-19 is an efficient and accurate alternative to gold-standard RT-qPCR tests

A microchip technology test kit may facilitate point-of-care testing in remote locations, clinics, and airports while providing similar accuracy to ...

COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies reduce risk of hospitalization and death

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2021 - Monoclonal antibodies, a COVID-19 treatment given early after coronavirus infection, cut the risk ...

Alcohol problems severely undertreated

Heavy drinkers see doctors regularly, but few receive treatment for disorderCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Some 16 million Americans ...

Planting seeds and growing hope

Sandia Labs gives more than half million dollars to nonprofits this springCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- National ...

More kids seeing doctors virtually but some parents still hesitant

1 in 5 parents in new national poll say their child had a virtual health visit over the past year, ...

The Lancet: Experts call for urgent action to reduce global burden of cardiovascular disease in women by 2030

May 16, 2021

Credit: The Lancet The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission outlines 10 ambitious recommendations to improve health outcomes for millions ...

Scientists rewrite the genesis of mosquito-borne viruses

May 14, 2021

Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika now possibleCredit: Associate Professor Fasseli Coulibaly Better designed vaccines for ...

To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water

Credit: Martin Visser, Unsplash Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe ...

Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s

Credit: Jude Palmer/Royal Academy of Engineering A group of the world's leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens is ...

Researchers identify a missing piece of the Lyme disease puzzle

Credit: Virginia Tech Epidemic. Pandemic. These terms have become second nature to us, popping up in everyday conversation, and for ...

Treating the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ as an epidemic

Study: Drivers with shift work sleep disorder 3x more likely to be in crash