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After grilling an NIH scientist over covid emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci

Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he'll have something new to answer for: a trove of incendiary emails written by one of his closest advisers.

31 May 2024

Unflagged stories drive vaccine hesitancy more than debunked misinformation

What threatens public health more, a deliberately false Facebook post about tracking microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine that is flagged as misinformation, or an unflagged, factual article about the rare case of a young, healthy person who died after receiving the vaccine?

30 May 2024

Study reveals key to closing Black-White COVID-19 vaccination gap

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Americans were more hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine than were White Americans. As the pandemic went on, however, the disparity in vaccination rates between Black and White adults declined.

30 May 2024

New recommendations designed to reframe the evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests

Recommendations designed to reframe the evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests have been published today by the Royal Statistical Society in its Series A journal.

30 May 2024

Three-year study shows lingering effects of COVID-19

New findings on long COVID -; long-term effects on health experienced by many who have had COVID-19 -; present a good-news, bad-news situation, according to a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system.

30 May 2024

Inexpensive “duckbill” N95 becomes the champion in COVID-19 mask effectiveness

In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive "duckbill" N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from escaping into the air.

30 May 2024

Study: Better sleep health associated with lower levels of loneliness

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found that better sleep health was associated with lower levels of loneliness, and this association was stronger among younger adults.

30 May 2024

Study finds distinct link between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation in teens

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found a distinct relationship between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation across brain regions that are key for executive control and reward processing.

30 May 2024

Pregnant women less likely to suffer long COVID, study finds

A new study in EClinicalMedicine found that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is linked to a lower risk of developing post-acute sequelae (PASC) compared to infection outside of pregnancy.

29 May 2024

COVID-19 boosters targeting omicron subvariants remain effective, but wane over time

Boosters that target the omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 are still providing reasonably durable protection against infection, hospitalization and death from COVID-19, according to new data from a study led by researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

29 May 2024

New antibody shows promise as universal weapon against COVID-19 variants

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, continues to evolve and evade current vaccine and therapeutic interventions.

29 May 2024

Foam-based delivery system could revolutionize gene therapies

Foam mixed with medications is already used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, wounds on the skin and even hair loss.

29 May 2024

Cities with climate-related health issues lead the way in pandemic-era climate action

City officials were more likely to maintain climate action during the pandemic in places with more climate-related health issues affecting residents.

29 May 2024

Tennessee gives this hospital monopoly an A grade — even when it reports failure

A Tennessee agency that is supposed to hold accountable and grade the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly awards full credit on dozens of quality-of-care measurements as long as it reports any value — regardless of how its hospitals actually perform.

29 May 2024