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STRIVE study to assess safety, efficacy of rVSV-ZEBOV candidate Ebola vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, is now enrolling and vaccinating volunteers for the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE).

15 Apr 2015

Orange announces D4D Challenge Senegal winners

This year’s D4D Challenge Senegal was launched under the patronage of the Senegalese Ministry of Higher Education and Research and ran from 2014 to April 2015. In conjunction with Sonatel and Orange, anonymised data samples were extracted from Sonatel’s mobile network, under the recommendations of the Commission des Données Personnelles of Senegal (Privacy Protection Commission), and made available to over 250 international research laboratories.

15 Apr 2015

Report: Combined sewer systems can increase risk for gastrointestinal illness

Consumers whose drinking water can be contaminated by the release of untreated wastewater after heavy rains face increased risk for gastrointestinal illness, according to a report in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

13 Apr 2015

Vaccinating adolescent boys against HPV could prevent oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer

A new study indicates that vaccinating 12-year-old boys against the humanpapilloma virus (HPV) may be a cost-effective strategy for preventing oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer, a cancer that starts at the back of the throat and mouth, and involves the tonsils and base of the tongue.

13 Apr 2015

Dependent coverage provision of ACA does not address racial disparities in trauma care

The Affordable Care Act allowed millions of young adults to retain health care coverage through their parents' insurance plans, but new research finds that many young African-American and Hispanic adults who need coverage for trauma care may not get it.

13 Apr 2015

Broader use of psychological testing may improve process for social security disability determination

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability determinations, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

13 Apr 2015

Being underweight in middle age associated with increased dementia risk

Middle-aged people who are underweight (with a Body Mass Index [BMI] less than 20 kg/m2) are a third more likely to develop dementia than people of similar age with a healthy BMI, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

10 Apr 2015

Making small changes to protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods is associated with weight loss

Making small, consistent changes to the types of protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods we eat may have a big impact on long-term weight gain, according to a new study led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University.

10 Apr 2015

Study explores the impact of costly hepatitis C drugs on Rhode Island's prison system

A new study finds that effective new hepatitis C drugs are so expensive the state of Rhode Island would have to spend almost twice its entire prison health budget to treat all its chronically infected inmates.

10 Apr 2015

Dependent care provision of ACA does not address racial gap in trauma care

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed millions of young adults to retain health care coverage through their parents' insurance plans, but new research finds that many young African-American and Hispanic adults who need coverage for trauma care may not get it.

10 Apr 2015

Gratitude in heart attack patients improves cardiac health

Recognizing and giving thanks for the positive aspects of life can result in improved mental, and ultimately physical, health in patients with asymptomatic heart failure, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

10 Apr 2015

Computer model provides policy prescription to optimize early HIV treatment

When a whole country's public health is at stake, making the wrong policy choices can cost lives and money. That's why researchers have worked to develop computer simulations of epidemics that can model individual behaviors and interactions to predict the spread of disease and the efficacy of interventions.

10 Apr 2015

Pediatric melanoma incidence rates decrease from 2004-2010

Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer that has been increasing in incidence in adults over the past 40 years. Although pediatric melanoma is rare (5-6 children per million), most studies indicate that incidence has been increasing. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found that the incidence of pediatric melanoma in the United States actually has decreased from 2004-2010.

9 Apr 2015

UGR-led scientists defend the role of PE teachers as point of entry to public health system

An international team of scientists led by the University of Granada has defended the role of physical education (PE) teachers in secondary schools as the point of entry to the public health system.

9 Apr 2015

Every third teenager reports one mental disorder, one chronic physical disease

Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations: More often than average, depression occurs together with diseases of the digestive system, eating disorders with seizures and anxiety disorders together with arthritis, heart disease as well as diseases of the digestives system.

9 Apr 2015

Children who eat certain types of food more likely to contract Epstein-Barr virus

A new study by UNC Charlotte scholars is shedding light on the connection between diet and a common childhood disease.

9 Apr 2015

Vanderbilt researchers join multi-center effort to accelerate development of potential Ebola therapy

Vanderbilt University researchers have joined a multi-center effort led by Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. to accelerate development of potential antibody therapies against the often-lethal Ebola virus.

9 Apr 2015

TABS study: Older people can improve their health by reducing sitting time

"I feel lethargic when I sit all day," said Gerald Alexander, an 82-year-old retired social service worker among the 25 Group Health patients who participated in the Take Active Breaks from Sitting (TABS) pilot study. "I feel much peppier when I stand and take walks."

9 Apr 2015

Public Health Agency of Canada issues statement on measles

The Public Health Agency of Canada is again reminding Canadians of the importance of ensuring their immunizations are up to date, following the confirmation of additional cases of measles in the Vancouver region.

8 Apr 2015

New simeprevir clinical data to be presented at EASL's International Liver Congress 2015

Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, today announced that clinical data for simeprevir, its NS3/4A protease inhibitor for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, will be presented at The International Liver Congress 2015 of the European Association for the Study of the Liver taking place in Vienna from April 22-26.

8 Apr 2015

Public Health News and Research

STRIVE study to assess safety, efficacy of rVSV-ZEBOV candidate Ebola vaccine

Orange announces D4D Challenge Senegal winners

Report: Combined sewer systems can increase risk for gastrointestinal illness

Vaccinating adolescent boys against HPV could prevent oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer

Dependent coverage provision of ACA does not address racial disparities in trauma care

Broader use of psychological testing may improve process for social security disability determination

Being underweight in middle age associated with increased dementia risk

Making small changes to protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods is associated with weight loss

Study explores the impact of costly hepatitis C drugs on Rhode Island's prison system

Dependent care provision of ACA does not address racial gap in trauma care

Gratitude in heart attack patients improves cardiac health

Computer model provides policy prescription to optimize early HIV treatment

Pediatric melanoma incidence rates decrease from 2004-2010

UGR-led scientists defend the role of PE teachers as point of entry to public health system

Every third teenager reports one mental disorder, one chronic physical disease

Children who eat certain types of food more likely to contract Epstein-Barr virus

Vanderbilt researchers join multi-center effort to accelerate development of potential Ebola therapy

TABS study: Older people can improve their health by reducing sitting time

Public Health Agency of Canada issues statement on measles

New simeprevir clinical data to be presented at EASL's International Liver Congress 2015

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