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New framework establishes safe thresholds for antimicrobials

Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds.

11 Jun 2021

Researchers find brain alterations in obese children

Obesity is generally linked to poor eating habits and the availability of tasty, high-calorie foods. However, a new study led by researchers from the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Unit in the Department of Radiology at Hospital del Mar and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, a center supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, has found that more elements are involved.

9 Jun 2021

Vaccination after prior infection elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

A new medrxiv* preprint reports on the current landscape of vaccine-induced antibodies in the United Kingdom.

8 Jun 2021

With roots in civil rights, Community health centers push for equity in the pandemic

In the 1960s, health care across the Mississippi Delta was sparse and much of it was segregated. Some hospitals were dedicated to Black patients, but they often struggled to stay afloat.

8 Jun 2021

Nanozymes to the rescue - potential role in fighting COVID-19

Over the last few decades, researchers have developed artificial enzymes for many applications. Recently, they deployed nanomaterial-based enzyme mimetics or nanozymes in diagnosis and therapeutics. Nanozymes find applications in various biomedical applications, including antiviral agents and cancer therapy.

8 Jun 2021

Study finds high levels of lead in indigenous people in Peruvian Amazonia

Lead is a toxic metal, and its widespread use has led to significant environmental pollution and public health problems in many parts of the world.

7 Jun 2021

A lack of oversight for unproven stem cell interventions is a global public health problem

Authors are urging the WHO to establish an Exert Advisory Committee on Regenerative Medicine to provide harmony to the national regulations on the SCI industry.

4 Jun 2021

World Health Organization simplifies names of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has assigned simple and easy-to-say labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2 using letters of the Greek alphabet. The health agency selected these labels after a thorough review of many potential naming systems.

4 Jun 2021

Coronavirus strain associated with dogs found in humans

Coronavirus strain associated with dogs found in swabs taken from pneumonia patients in Malaysia.

2 Jun 2021

Study reveals infections by Histoplasma fungus as major cause of death in people with HIV

A series of autopsies performed in an infectious disease hospital in the Brazilian Amazon reveals that infections by the Histoplasma fungus are a major cause of death in people with HIV.

1 Jun 2021

Ethnic diversity in genetic study identifies more genomic regions linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits

By ensuring ethnic diversity in a largescale genetic study, an international team of researchers, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits.

1 Jun 2021

Ethnic diversity in genetic study of glycemic traits yields better results

By including multi-ethnic participants, a largescale genetic study has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europeans alone.

31 May 2021

COVID-19 had claimed more than 3 million lives worldwide in 2020

By the end of 2020, COVID-19 had claimed the lives of more than three million people worldwide, representing 1.2 million more deaths than officially reported earlier, says a newly released report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

31 May 2021

Expanding genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better results

Today The Lundquist Institute announced that its investigators contributed data from several studies, including data on Hispanics, African-Americans and East Asians, to the international MAGIC collaboration, composed of more than 400 global academics, who conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter.

31 May 2021

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

A new resolution urges Member States to raise the priority given to the prevention, diagnosis and control of diabetes as well as prevention and management of risk factors such as obesity.

29 May 2021

Increased funding will help reduce cancer incidence caused by tobacco use

Marking World No Tobacco Day on 31st May, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) urges governments around the world to reduce tobacco-related cancer deaths and other diseases by increasing investment in tobacco control.

29 May 2021

Achieving Equality for Women's Health and Beyond

In recognition of the International Day of Action for Women's Health, we spoke to Dame Claire Bertschinger about what changes need to made to achieve gender equality.

28 May 2021

Can acetaminophen use during pregnancy increase the risk of ADHD and autism symptoms in children?

In a new study, researchers confirmed that the use of paracetamol during pregnancy led to an increased risk of children displaying symptoms of ADHD and autism.

28 May 2021

Researchers use genomic sequencing technique to detect presence of various microbes

About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015 to 2017 had never before been identified, according to a study by the International MetaSUB Consortium, a global effort at tracking microbes that is led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

27 May 2021

International Day of Action for Women’s Health: An Interview with UN Women

In commemoration of the International Day of Action for Women's Health, we interviewed Nazneen Damji, from UN Women, about women's health in 2021.

26 May 2021

Global Health News and Research

New framework establishes safe thresholds for antimicrobials

Researchers find brain alterations in obese children

Vaccination after prior infection elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2

With roots in civil rights, Community health centers push for equity in the pandemic

Nanozymes to the rescue - potential role in fighting COVID-19

Study finds high levels of lead in indigenous people in Peruvian Amazonia

A lack of oversight for unproven stem cell interventions is a global public health problem

World Health Organization simplifies names of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Coronavirus strain associated with dogs found in humans

Study reveals infections by Histoplasma fungus as major cause of death in people with HIV

Ethnic diversity in genetic study identifies more genomic regions linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits

Ethnic diversity in genetic study of glycemic traits yields better results

COVID-19 had claimed more than 3 million lives worldwide in 2020

Expanding genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better results

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

Increased funding will help reduce cancer incidence caused by tobacco use

Achieving Equality for Women's Health and Beyond

Can acetaminophen use during pregnancy increase the risk of ADHD and autism symptoms in children?

Researchers use genomic sequencing technique to detect presence of various microbes

International Day of Action for Women’s Health: An Interview with UN Women

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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