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How can we increase confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine?

In this interview, we speak to Professor Rishi Goyal and Professor Dennis Yi Tenen about their latest research that investigated COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

22 Dec 2021

Tobacco-style health campaigns are required to spell out the harms of ultra processed foods

Tobacco-style public health campaigns are needed to spell out the full extent of the harms of ultra processed foods, argue public health experts in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

22 Dec 2021

Importance of pneumococcal vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study discusses the necessity and role of pneumococcal immunization in strengthening the global health system amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Dec 2021

Crude infection fatality rate is a key indicator in understanding COVID-19 mortality

Researchers leveraged recent data sources and broadly applicable modeling strategies to calculate the COVID-19 crude infection fatality rate (cIFR) in 77 countries from 28 March 2020 to 31 March 2021

21 Dec 2021

Booster shots improve CD8+ T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

In a new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists showed in a mice model that three doses of the same synthetic peptide vaccine, eliciting an exclusive CD8+ T cell response against one SARS-CoV-2 Spike epitope, protected against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection, in the absence of neutralizing antibodies. Researchers also showed that the third dose resulted in superior generation of effector-memory T cells in the circulation and tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells.

20 Dec 2021

New €8 million multiyear contribution agreement signed to support equitable access for health products

On 16 December 2021 the Government of Belgium and WHO signed a new €8 million multiyear contribution agreement for the period 2021-2025, to support increasing global equitable access to health products and health technologies globally.

20 Dec 2021

Study finds no link between all-day RF-EMF doses and sleep disturbances in preadolescents

Overall exposure of preadolescent children to electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile communication devices during the day is not associated with sleep disturbances, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation.

20 Dec 2021

2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives unveiled

To mark the end of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are honored to unveil the 2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives.

20 Dec 2021

The vaccine rollout was a success. But events within and beyond Biden’s control stymied progress.

Eleven months ago, President Joe Biden assumed office during one of the most critical moments of the covid-19 pandemic. Case counts and death rates were shockingly high.

20 Dec 2021

Pesticide bans can be cost-effective, affordable intervention for reducing suicide deaths

National bans on highly hazardous pesticides can be a cost-effective and affordable intervention for reducing suicide deaths in countries with a high burden of suicides attributable to pesticides, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health today.

20 Dec 2021

Trial identifies a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

A proof-of-concept trial led by the Universities of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has identified a drug that may offer benefit some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia.

18 Dec 2021

Study reveals how lockdown affected sex lives of people in Britain

Lockdown affected people's sex lives in a variety of different ways with young people reporting the greatest changes, according to a new study, published today in BMJ Sexually Transmitted Infections.

18 Dec 2021

University of Birmingham launches 5 new major studies focused on management of type 1 diabetes

The University of Birmingham today announces the launch of five new major studies aimed at improving the prevention, treatment and management of type 1 diabetes – with a particular focus on children and young adults.

17 Dec 2021

Children exposed to maltreatment more likely to show personality traits related to suicidal risk

An article published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine reveals child maltreatment increases some determining risk factors in adolescents' suicidal behaviors.

16 Dec 2021

G7 health ministers issue statement on the global threat of Omicron variant

G7 health ministers today held their final meeting of the UK's G7 Presidency, focusing particularly on the very worrying developments on Omicron.

16 Dec 2021

WHO and Sanofi sign new agreement to sustain specific efforts to eliminate NTDs

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Sanofi – one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies – have signed a new agreement for donations of medicines to sustain specific efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

16 Dec 2021

Covid shots for kids are scarce — and demand is mixed — in rural Montana

When children ages 5 to 11 were approved for Pfizer's lower-dose pediatric covid-19 vaccine in November, Annie Edwards was eager to get her daughter Hannah, then 5, the shot because of underlying health conditions she has stemming from her premature birth.

16 Dec 2021

West African countries must increase COVID-19 vaccination rates to achieve population-level immunity

West African nations need to drastically ramp up their COVID-19 vaccination programmes by factor of 10 if they are to reach at least 60% coverage by 2022 and achieve the population level immunity needed to bring the pandemic under control in Africa and elsewhere, indicates an analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

15 Dec 2021

Deaths attributable to air pollution have dropped with reductions in vehicle emissions, study shows

Decreasing vehicle emissions since 2008 have reduced by thousands the number of deaths attributable to air pollution, yielding billions of dollars in benefits to society, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

14 Dec 2021

FCDO launches two papers that reaffirm the UK's commitment to improving global health

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has today (14 December) launched two papers that reaffirm the UK's commitment to improving health around the world through development, diplomacy and research.

14 Dec 2021

Global Health News and Research

How can we increase confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine?

Tobacco-style health campaigns are required to spell out the harms of ultra processed foods

Importance of pneumococcal vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

Crude infection fatality rate is a key indicator in understanding COVID-19 mortality

Booster shots improve CD8+ T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

New €8 million multiyear contribution agreement signed to support equitable access for health products

Study finds no link between all-day RF-EMF doses and sleep disturbances in preadolescents

2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives unveiled

The vaccine rollout was a success. But events within and beyond Biden’s control stymied progress.

Pesticide bans can be cost-effective, affordable intervention for reducing suicide deaths

Trial identifies a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia

Study reveals how lockdown affected sex lives of people in Britain

University of Birmingham launches 5 new major studies focused on management of type 1 diabetes

Children exposed to maltreatment more likely to show personality traits related to suicidal risk

G7 health ministers issue statement on the global threat of Omicron variant

WHO and Sanofi sign new agreement to sustain specific efforts to eliminate NTDs

Covid shots for kids are scarce — and demand is mixed — in rural Montana

West African countries must increase COVID-19 vaccination rates to achieve population-level immunity

Deaths attributable to air pollution have dropped with reductions in vehicle emissions, study shows

FCDO launches two papers that reaffirm the UK's commitment to improving global health

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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