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KU Leuven researchers develop an ultrapotent inhibitor of dengue virus

Researchers at the KU Leuven Rega Institute and CD3 have developed an ultrapotent inhibitor of the dengue virus, which causes the tropical disease known as dengue.

6 Oct 2021

University of Washington partners with USAID to better identify and prevent future pandemics

Randy CarnellLaboratory medicine scientists look through the window of equipment used in analyzing virus samples.

6 Oct 2021

Color-coded labels may encourage the purchase of more healthful products

A new analysis has integrated findings from 134 studies of the impact of color-coded nutrition labels and warnings found on the front of some food packaging, indicating that these labels do indeed appear to encourage more healthful purchases. Jing Song of Queen Mary University of London, UK, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

6 Oct 2021

Rutgers and NYU secure $11.6 million to establish new Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity

Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, in close collaboration with New York University, has received $11.6 million in funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop the Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity.

5 Oct 2021

How accurate is COVID-19 modeling?

Researchers from the Burnet Institute in Melbourne have been using this to investigate how accurate COVID-19 modelling has been.

5 Oct 2021

Novel scoring tools developed for predicting risk of colon cancer and precancerous polyps

Researchers have created novel scoring tools for predicting actual risk of colon cancer and advanced precancerous polyps for patients at average for the disease.

5 Oct 2021

Health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients with long-COVID: Study

Researchers conducted a survey-based study and assessed the impact of long COVID on the health-related quality of life in Japanese COVID-19 patients.

4 Oct 2021

Republican-led states eased pandemic restrictions two weeks earlier than others

States eased those policies based on politics as much as COVID-19 death rates or case counts, according to new research from the University of Washington. The researchers also found that states with large Black communities, despite those communities being hit hardest by the pandemic, also lifted restrictions earlier.

3 Oct 2021

WHO's new List of Essential Medicines prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments

WHO today published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to assist people who want to stop smoking, and new antimicrobials to treat serious bacterial and fungal infections.

1 Oct 2021

The extent to which COVID-19 vaccination reduces transmission varies with vaccine type and SARS-CoV-2 strain

Researchers from the University of Oxford have been examining the impact of vaccination on the spread of the Alpha and Delta variants through the population.

1 Oct 2021

New report evaluates the impact of climate change on health

Tomorrow, Wednesday 29th September, the Action for Global Health network will release a new report on “Health Inequalities and Climate Change”, calling for ambitious action to tackle climate change for the health of people and the planet.

1 Oct 2021

University of Oxford and Oracle's Global Pathogen Analysis System helping researchers to combat COVID-19

The fast spread of the highly infectious Delta variant underscores the need for faster identification of COVID-19 mutations. Uniting governments and medical communities in this challenge, the University of Oxford and Oracle's Global Pathogen Analysis System (GPAS) is now being used by organizations on nearly every continent.

30 Sep 2021

Study investigates long-COVID symptoms in people recovering from COVID-19 infection

This new study from the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) investigated long-COVID in over 270,000 people recovering from COVID-19 infection, using data from the US-based TriNetX electronic health record network.

30 Sep 2021

Legal consumption of alcohol and tobacco may increase the use of illicit drugs

The use of legal drugs (tobacco and alcohol) may lead to the use of cannabis, a new study led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Addiction has found. The study also found evidence that cannabis use may lead to smoking initiation, and opioid dependence could lead to increased alcohol consumption.

30 Sep 2021

Columbia University and partners launch and operate New York City's first Pandemic Response Institute

Through a groundbreaking new award from New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Columbia University – through its Mailman School of Public Health – and a consortium of academic, community, government, and corporate partners will launch and operate New York City's first Pandemic Response Institute (PRI).

29 Sep 2021

Study finds even individuals with mild COVID-19 suffer from long-COVID

Researchers explored the possible risk factors for the development and persistence of longer post-COVID-19 sequelae.

29 Sep 2021

Impact of dairy fats on cardiovascular disease

In our latest interview, we spoke to Dr. Kathy Trieu about the impact of dairy fats on cardiovascular disease.

29 Sep 2021

Heart healthy adults have lower lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes

Heart healthy middle-aged adults are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes during their lifetime, according to a study published on World Heart Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

29 Sep 2021

Studies outline different aspects of child and adolescent health

The latest special issue of PLOS Medicine outlines different aspects of child and adolescent health and development, and the social determinants of health.

29 Sep 2021

Air pollution linked to almost 6 million premature births worldwide

Air pollution likely contributed to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies in 2019, according to a UC San Francisco and University of Washington global burden of disease study and meta-analysis that quantifies the effects of indoor and outdoor pollution around the world.

28 Sep 2021

Global Health News and Research

KU Leuven researchers develop an ultrapotent inhibitor of dengue virus

University of Washington partners with USAID to better identify and prevent future pandemics

Color-coded labels may encourage the purchase of more healthful products

Rutgers and NYU secure $11.6 million to establish new Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity

How accurate is COVID-19 modeling?

Novel scoring tools developed for predicting risk of colon cancer and precancerous polyps

Health-related quality of life of COVID-19 patients with long-COVID: Study

Republican-led states eased pandemic restrictions two weeks earlier than others

WHO's new List of Essential Medicines prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments

The extent to which COVID-19 vaccination reduces transmission varies with vaccine type and SARS-CoV-2 strain

New report evaluates the impact of climate change on health

University of Oxford and Oracle's Global Pathogen Analysis System helping researchers to combat COVID-19

Study investigates long-COVID symptoms in people recovering from COVID-19 infection

Legal consumption of alcohol and tobacco may increase the use of illicit drugs

Columbia University and partners launch and operate New York City's first Pandemic Response Institute

Study finds even individuals with mild COVID-19 suffer from long-COVID

Impact of dairy fats on cardiovascular disease

Heart healthy adults have lower lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes

Studies outline different aspects of child and adolescent health

Air pollution linked to almost 6 million premature births worldwide

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

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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