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USask researchers receive $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to COVID-19

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded three University of Saskatchewan research teams a total of $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic which had killed more than 450,000 people worldwide.

25 Jun 2020

Packed bars serve up new rounds of COVID contagion

As states ease their lockdowns, bars are emerging as fertile breeding grounds for the coronavirus. They create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults unbowed by the fear of illness and, in some instances, proprietors who don't enforce crowd limits and social distancing rules.

25 Jun 2020

New study comprehensively profiles environmental factors linked to childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is a health threat that is becoming more and more common worldwide. It increases risk later on for a variety of life-threatening challenges, including type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and even mental health problems.

25 Jun 2020

Common cancer treatments do not worsen COVID-19 infection, study finds

The characterization of COVID-19 in patients with cancer remains limited in published studies and nationwide surveillance analyses.

24 Jun 2020

'Very low' risk of adverse health effects related to RF exposure from 5G systems

Experts weigh in on recent online reports that warn of frightening health consequences from new fifth generation (5G) wireless networks.

24 Jun 2020

Study: Migrants with psychosis are more likely to be placed under compulsory care

Migrants from Africa and the Middle East and their children are more likely to be placed under compulsory care than the Swedish-born population when admitted to hospital for psychosis for the first time.

24 Jun 2020

COVID-19 pandemic could increase the global burden of tuberculosis

The global COVID-19 pandemic could significantly increase the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) due to disruptions to health services, and delays to diagnosis and treatment, according to new estimates published in the European Respiratory Journal.

24 Jun 2020

Sex in the time of COVID: Gay men begin to embrace a ‘new normal’

Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a primary care physician in Los Angeles, has treated gay men for decades. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he said, many patients have so dramatically changed their sexual behavior that they shrug off the need for routine screenings for sexually transmitted diseases.

24 Jun 2020

Study: Use of continuous combined oral contraceptives may reduce bone mass loss

Women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) become estrogen deficient at an early age, which makes them more vulnerable to the loss of bone mineral density.

24 Jun 2020

New findings provide a glimpse of daunting experiences faced by hospitals in fight against COVID-19

Healthcare epidemiologists report using unprecedented methods in response to the unique circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

24 Jun 2020

Increased physical activity associated with lower sleep apnea risk

A study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that increased physical activity is associated with a lower risk of obstructive sleep apnea, a common sleep-related breathing disorder.

23 Jun 2020

Air pollution contributes to cardiovascular disease risk in low, middle and high-income countries

From low-income countries to high-income countries, long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and death, a new Oregon State University study found.

23 Jun 2020

Nicoya receives NRC IRAP funding to develop saliva-based diagnostic test for COVID-19

Nicoya, a leading provider of advanced analytical instruments for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, will receive advisory services and up to $299,190 in research and development funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program to develop a portable COVID-19 diagnostic test called Atlas.

From Nicoya Lifesciences 23 Jun 2020

Specific changes in DNA affect the existence and amount of gut bacteria, study finds

The role genetics and gut bacteria play in human health has long been a fruitful source of scientific enquiry, but new research marks a significant step forward in unraveling this complex relationship.

22 Jun 2020

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person's diet, and produces an individual's unique urine 'fingerprint'.

22 Jun 2020

Black cancer patients better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials

Black patients are better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials testing new cancer treatments compared to trials run by pharmaceutical companies - although black patients are not fully represented in cancer clinical trials, regardless of sponsor.

22 Jun 2020

Easy to say ‘get tested.’ Harder to do. Here’s how.

Will Bondurant decided to get tested for COVID-19 after attending three racial justice demonstrations over a five-day period in San Francisco, where he lives.

22 Jun 2020

As problems grow with Abbott’s fast COVID test, FDA standards are under fire

In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Laboratories COVID-19 test that for weeks had received high praise from the White House because of its speed: Test results could be wrong.

22 Jun 2020

The underlying cause of ethnic differences in COVID-19 remains unexplained

Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) populations are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioral factors, cardiovascular disease risk, or by vitamin D status, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.

21 Jun 2020

Italy’s sewage water shows SARS-CoV-2 present prior to reported outbreak in Wuhan

Italian researchers have found traces of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in sewage wastewater that indicates that the virus may have been in circulation since December 2019. This controversial discovery shows that even before the first case was reported in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, the virus had already arrived in northern Italy.

20 Jun 2020

Epidemiology News and Research

USask researchers receive $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to COVID-19

Packed bars serve up new rounds of COVID contagion

New study comprehensively profiles environmental factors linked to childhood obesity

Common cancer treatments do not worsen COVID-19 infection, study finds

'Very low' risk of adverse health effects related to RF exposure from 5G systems

Study: Migrants with psychosis are more likely to be placed under compulsory care

COVID-19 pandemic could increase the global burden of tuberculosis

Sex in the time of COVID: Gay men begin to embrace a ‘new normal’

Study: Use of continuous combined oral contraceptives may reduce bone mass loss

New findings provide a glimpse of daunting experiences faced by hospitals in fight against COVID-19

Increased physical activity associated with lower sleep apnea risk

Air pollution contributes to cardiovascular disease risk in low, middle and high-income countries

Nicoya receives NRC IRAP funding to develop saliva-based diagnostic test for COVID-19

Specific changes in DNA affect the existence and amount of gut bacteria, study finds

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Black cancer patients better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials

Easy to say ‘get tested.’ Harder to do. Here’s how.

As problems grow with Abbott’s fast COVID test, FDA standards are under fire

The underlying cause of ethnic differences in COVID-19 remains unexplained

Italy’s sewage water shows SARS-CoV-2 present prior to reported outbreak in Wuhan

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