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Manganese in underground drinking water can be harmful to human health

Underground drinking water sources in parts of the U.S. and three Asian countries may not be as safe as previously thought due to high levels of manganese, especially at shallow depths, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside.

24 Aug 2017

Indus Valley ground water in Pakistan shows alarmingly high levels of arsenic

Analysis of water supplies in Pakistan has shown abnormally high levels of Arsenic putting 60 million residents at risk of Arsenic poisoning. The study evaluated and analyzed around 1,200 groundwater quality samples from various parts of the country. Over the Indus plain the results show levels of Arsenic that are way above the World Health Organization (WHO) safety guidelines’ recommendations. The study was published in the journal, Science Advances.

23 Aug 2017

Plant virus-based system can be used to deliver anti-cancer drugs

An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 242, Issue 14, August 2017) reports that a plant virus-based system can be used to deliver anti-cancer drugs.

21 Aug 2017

Study finds link between elemental sulfur use and respiratory problems in farmworkers' children

Elemental sulfur, the most heavily-used pesticide in California, may harm the respiratory health of children living near farms that use the pesticide, according to new research led by UC Berkeley.

17 Aug 2017

Pesticide bans can be effective way to reduce suicides than secure storage

Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides – commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia – should focus on national bans, rather than safe storage, according to two studies in The Lancet and The Lancet Global Health journals.

16 Aug 2017

Secure storage has no impact on incidence of pesticide self-poisoning, study finds

The first study, by lead author Professor David Gunnell at the University of Bristol, is a randomized trial in 180 villages in Sri Lanka which found that secure storage had no impact on rates of self-poisoning or suicide, and the second is a review of global policies on highly hazardous pesticides which conclude that bans are the most effective way of reducing suicides.

11 Aug 2017

Hungarian wine model to be developed by Bruker and Diagnosticum using NMR FoodScreener technology

The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture has selected Bruker’s collaboration partner Diagnosticum to implement a new program to authenticate and identify Hungarian wines.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 9 Aug 2017

Accidental discovery opens up new way to find unknown viruses

A chance discovery has opened up a new method of finding unknown viruses. In research published in the journal Virus Evolution, scientists from Oxford University's Department of Zoology have revealed that Next-Generation Sequencing and its associated online DNA databases could be used in the field of viral discovery.

4 Aug 2017

High percentage of food insecurity found in Pennsylvania's wealthiest county

Chester County is the wealthiest county among all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. The median household yearly income is more than $85,000.

1 Aug 2017

Scientists join together to tackle increasing resistance to antibiotic treatments

A team of scientists are to pool their expertise to tackle one of the biggest health challenges facing society - the ability of common infections to resist drug treatment.

26 Jul 2017

Researchers discover new virus in migratory bird species

Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil have discovered a new virus in a migratory bird species.

25 Jul 2017

California Valley Fever cases highest on record

The number of Valley Fever cases in California rose to a record level in 2016, with 5,372 reported — a jump of 71 percent from the previous year. Historically, about three-quarters of cases have been in the state's heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley.

24 Jul 2017

West Virginia University research: Telenutrition can help aging adults in rural areas achieve weight loss

In many rural areas, treating chronic diseases related to diet and weight is challenging because of limited access to food and nutrition experts.

21 Jul 2017

LSTM researchers receive £6.4 million to develop evidence-based solutions for vector control

Researchers at LSTM have been awarded £6.4 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) to strengthen the global capacity to control vector borne diseases.

21 Jul 2017

Wastewater may become key ally in the fight against antibiotic-resistant microorganisms

Municipal wastewater may become a key ally in the fight against antibiotic-resistant disease-causing bacteria and fungi, a new study at Stellenbosch University found.

20 Jul 2017

Study finds high levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in chickens raised on farms in India

A new study from India raises questions about the dangers to human health of farming chicken with growth-promoting antibiotics--including some of the same drugs used in raising millions of chickens in the United States and worldwide.

20 Jul 2017

IVCC announces major step forward in battle against mosquito insecticide resistance

The Innovative Vector Control Consortium is delighted to announce that, in collaboration with BASF and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a new type of long-lasting insecticide treated bednet has received a recommendation for use by the World Health Organisation.

13 Jul 2017

Care farming helps improve veterans' mental and social well-being, study shows

Care farming—using working farms and agricultural landscapes to promote mental and physical health—helped improve veterans' well-being in a recent study.

10 Jul 2017

New study in Baltimore finds larger mosquito populations in lower-income neighborhoods

A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels of residential abandonment are hotspots for tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus).

30 Jun 2017

Which animal is most likely to spread the latest plague?

There are a large number of infections that are borne and carried by animals and spread to humans. These are called zoonotic diseases wherein the microbe or pathogen jumps from one species of the animals to another. Now a new study has ranked mammals based on the risk they pose to humans in terms of spreading infectious diseases to humans.

22 Jun 2017