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Wearable sensors and machine learning predict worker fatigue to improve safety and productivity

Researchers used multimodal wearable sensors and machine learning to track real-time fatigue in manufacturing workers, revealing critical insights into individual fatigue patterns and potential ergonomic improvements.

22 Oct 2024

Floor swabbing offers new insights for COVID-19 monitoring

COVID-19 is here to stay. As restrictions and human testing have waned, new research is tackling the challenge of how we can monitor, predict, and prevent cases and outbreaks of COVID-19, especially among vulnerable groups like hospitalized patients.

22 Oct 2024

Helene and CVS land double whammy for 25,000 patients who survive on IV nutrition

The CVS representative popped into Lisa Trumble's third-floor Berkshire Medical Center hospital room in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to announce that everything was arranged for Trumble to return home, where she relies on IV nutrition because of severe intestinal problems that leave her unable to eat.

18 Oct 2024

California continues progressive policies, with restraint, in divisive election year

This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California "a proud reproductive freedom state" and criticizing Republicans across the country for trying to take away families' rights.

18 Oct 2024

Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care

When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker.

17 Oct 2024

More mobile clinics are bringing long-acting birth control to rural areas

Twice a month, a 40-foot-long truck transformed into a mobile clinic travels the Rio Grande Valley to provide rural Texans with women's health care, including birth control.

16 Oct 2024

Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves

Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco she visited at home for a research project were confused when she came to the door. They'd forgotten the appointment or couldn't remember speaking to her.

15 Oct 2024

Asian health center tries unconventional approach to counseling

In her first months as a community health worker, Jee Hyo Kim helped violent crime survivors access supportive services and resources.

9 Oct 2024

AI's potential to improve healthcare access could be offset by exploitation

As tools powered by artificial intelligence increasingly make their way into health care, the latest research from UC Santa Cruz Politics Department doctoral candidate Lucia Vitale takes stock of the current landscape of promises and anxieties.

9 Oct 2024

Oropouche virus spreads in South America as scientists warn of potential outbreaks in the U.S.

Researchers review the reemergence and range expansion of Oropouche virus in South America, highlighting risks of spread to the U.S. and need for improved diagnostic tests. Over 9,000 cases and two deaths were reported in 2024.

4 Oct 2024

Study highlights inequities in emergency care for unintentional ingestions in children

Unintentional injuries like falls, drownings and poisonings are the leading cause of death in patients ages 1-4, and a significant portion of these deaths are linked to unintentional ingestions - such as swallowing a drug or poison.

27 Sep 2024

Review highlights failures in global control strategies for bird flu transmission

A review of sustained mammal-to-mammal bird flu transmission in diverse species, led by The Pirbright Institute, shows global control strategies are not working.

24 Sep 2024

Nepalese women in Japan face challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health services

Despite a substantial Nepalese community in Japan many Nepalese women face significant challenges in accessing essential sexual and reproductive health services (SRHSs) due to language barriers and differences in healthcare laws and services between Nepal and Japan.

24 Sep 2024

UC study explores airborne transmission of MRSA in hospital settings

Even in a post-pandemic world, frontline health care workers face many occupational challenges, and exposure to infection is among them.

16 Sep 2024

Tossed medicine, delayed housing: How homeless sweeps are thwarting Medicaid’s goals

Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a drab gray tent overflowing along a bustling sidewalk in the gritty Tenderloin neighborhood, where homeless people lie sprawled on public sidewalks, sometimes in drug overdoses.

16 Sep 2024

In Montana, 911 calls reveal impact of heat waves on rural seniors

Missoula is one of Montana's largest cities but is surrounded by rural mountain communities where cattle ranching is king.

12 Sep 2024

Health Secretary Becerra touts extreme heat protections. Farmworkers want more.

On a sunny August morning in this agricultural town, before temperatures soared to 103 degrees, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stood outside the small public library.

9 Sep 2024

Healthcare workers unprepared for mpox outbreak due to knowledge gaps and vaccine inequity

Research highlights significant gaps in healthcare workers' knowledge of mpox during the 2022-2023 outbreaks, emphasizing the need for better global preparedness and equitable vaccine access.

27 Aug 2024

With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu

In early August, farmworkers gathered under a pavilion at a park here for a picnic to celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day. One sign that this year was different from the others was the menu: Beef fajitas, tortillas, pico de gallo, chips, beans — but no chicken.