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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

As part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Week 2022, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Tomislav Meštrović about his new research discussing the burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region, as well as about how we can prevent antimicrobial resistance together.

24 Nov 2022

Exploring clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers described the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Netherlands.

24 Nov 2022

Strength of genetic drift in SARS-CoV-2 across time and spatial scales in England

Researchers developed and validated an approach for the joint inference of measurement noise and genetic drift by analyzing time-series data of lineage frequencies

24 Nov 2022

Study can provide deeper insight into the link between common oral bacteria and other diseases

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the bacteria most commonly found in severe oral infections. Few such studies have been done before, and the team now hopes that the study can provide deeper insight into the association between oral bacteria and other diseases. The study is published in Microbiology Spectrum.

24 Nov 2022

The stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants in aerosols and on high density polyethylene

Researchers showed that some SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern exhibit greater surface and aerosol stability than the ancestral strain.

23 Nov 2022

Eating more foods with higher Food Compass scores lunked to better long-term health outcomes

The idea that what we eat directly affects our health is ancient; Hippocrates recognized this as far back as 400 B.C. But, identifying healthier foods in the supermarket aisle and on restaurant menus is increasingly challenging.

22 Nov 2022

Shingles linked with higher long-term risk of major cardiovascular event

A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, demonstrated that shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is associated with an almost 30% higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event such a stroke or heart attack.

22 Nov 2022

Study shows sylvatic origin of chikungunya virus transmission among nonhuman primates of Myanmar

Researchers investigated the potential exposure of peri-urban non-human primates (NHPs) residing near Yangon to arboviruses that have raised health concerns.

22 Nov 2022

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of monkeypox virus infection in cis and trans women and non-binary individuals

A recent study described the clinical and epidemiologic features of infection with monkeypox virus (MPXV) in cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) females and non-binary individuals.

22 Nov 2022

MUSC researcher identifies dramatic rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in early 30s

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Ashish Deshmukh, Ph.D., identified a dramatic recent rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in their early 30s. This work was published Nov. 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

21 Nov 2022

Repetitive stress induces features of accelerated aging in the eye

New research from the University of California, Irvine, suggests aging is an important component of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma, and that novel pathways can be targeted when designing new treatments for glaucoma patients.

21 Nov 2022

Study challenges "good" cholesterol's predictive role for heart disease

A National Institutes of Health-supported study found that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, often called the "good cholesterol," may not be as effective as scientists once believed in uniformly predicting cardiovascular disease risk among adults of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

21 Nov 2022

New consortium aims to address the impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health

A new consortium involving the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has launched to address key knowledge gaps around the quantification and monitoring of the direct and indirect impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health.

21 Nov 2022

Evaluating cell-free DNA-based blood tests for early detection of multiple cancers

Researchers assessed several approaches for a circulating cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA)-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test. Defining the clinical limit of detection (LOD) based on circulating tumor allele fraction (cTAF) enables the comparison of different approaches.

21 Nov 2022

Increase in Candida auris infections among EU/EEA nations between 2020 and 2021

Researchers evaluated the trends in Candida auris infections among European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EUA) nations between 2020 and 2021.

21 Nov 2022

Scientists explore bat sarbecovirus isolation in Japan

Researchers performed bat sarbecovirus isolation experiments using Rhinolophus cornutus bats from several regions in Japan that were phylogenetically situated in the same cluster of viruses related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

18 Nov 2022

Epidemiology News and Research

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

Exploring clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Strength of genetic drift in SARS-CoV-2 across time and spatial scales in England

Study can provide deeper insight into the link between common oral bacteria and other diseases

The stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants in aerosols and on high density polyethylene

Eating more foods with higher Food Compass scores lunked to better long-term health outcomes

Shingles linked with higher long-term risk of major cardiovascular event

Study shows sylvatic origin of chikungunya virus transmission among nonhuman primates of Myanmar

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of monkeypox virus infection in cis and trans women and non-binary individuals

MUSC researcher identifies dramatic rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in early 30s

Repetitive stress induces features of accelerated aging in the eye

Study challenges "good" cholesterol's predictive role for heart disease

New consortium aims to address the impacts of heat exposure on maternal, newborn and child health

Evaluating cell-free DNA-based blood tests for early detection of multiple cancers

Increase in Candida auris infections among EU/EEA nations between 2020 and 2021

Scientists explore bat sarbecovirus isolation in Japan

Bombali ebolavirus has been detected among bats in Mozambique

Exploring the effect of herd immunity on monkeypox outbreak sizes

Evaluating differences in viral and symptom rebounds between Paxlovid-treated and untreated COVID-19 patients

What is the prevalence of contraindications to Paxlovid among hospitalized COVID-19 patients?

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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