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Clarity on covid count: Pandemic’s toll on seniors extended well beyond nursing homes

As covid-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic's toll on older adults — the age group hit hardest by the pandemic.

6 Aug 2021

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Researchers remain perplexed as to why some patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, remain asymptomatic while other patients develop severe disease symptoms.

5 Aug 2021

Digital technology may become a standard tool for neuropsychological evaluations after COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the delivery of health care including neuropsychological evaluations.

5 Aug 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta blues

The U.S. is experiencing another surge of covid-19, particularly in Southern states where vaccination rates are generally lower than in other regions. But partisan fights rage on over what role government should play in trying to tamp down the highly contagious delta variant.

5 Aug 2021

E-cigarette use during pregnancy poses health risk for offspring all the way into adulthood

The use of e-cigarettes (vaping) during pregnancy poses a significant health risk for the offspring, impairing blood vessel function even into adulthood, according to a new study by researchers at West Virginia University's School of Medicine.

5 Aug 2021

Research reveals undertreatment of headaches in racial and socioeconomic groups

Significant disparities exist in diagnosing and treating headaches by race, socioeconomic level, and insurance status, despite the fact that headaches afflict nearly all racial and ethnic groups at the same rate, according to research led by UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty.

5 Aug 2021

2+2=? Senate uses murky math as it shelves drug pricing rule to fund infrastructure

The Senate’s release of its bipartisan infrastructure plan signals that lawmakers are poised to throw former President Donald Trump’s belated bid to lower Medicare drug prices under the bus — not to mention trains, bridges, tunnels and broadband connections.

5 Aug 2021

Feds to nix work requirements in Montana Medicaid expansion program

Federal health officials will likely reject Montana's request to include work requirements for beneficiaries of its Medicaid expansion program, which insures 100,000 low-income Montana adults, state officials said.

5 Aug 2021

Men have better resources than women to cope with challenges of aging

Gender differences in societal ageing favor men over women, which suggests that men have better resources to help them cope with the challenges of ageing.

5 Aug 2021

FDA announces participation in new collaborative communities to tackle medical device challenges

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced participation in several new collaborative communities aimed at addressing challenges in patient health care.

4 Aug 2021

Research seeks to find out how older LGBTQ+ adults feel in long-term care facilities

As the United States continues to recognize, include and protect the LGBTQ+ community, one part of that community may not come to mind immediately: older adults.

4 Aug 2021

Flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19, study shows

In a newly published study, physician-scientists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19.

4 Aug 2021

Study finds only 15% of rural health care workers have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Antibody testing of health care workers in three rural counties in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota showed only 15% of the study participants had antibodies to the novel coronavirus.

4 Aug 2021

Economic mobility associated with racial mortality gaps in the United States

A new study suggests structural racism measured by the racial economic mobility gap between Black and White persons with a similar parental income (as an indicator of similar childhood socioeconomic status) is strongly associated with Black-White disparities in mortality in the United States, both in a recent birth cohort and in all ages combined.

4 Aug 2021

‘Wisdom and fear’ lead 90% of U.S. seniors to covid vaccines

Amid the latest surge in covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, the United States on Tuesday hit a milestone that some thought was unattainable: 90% of people 65 and older are at least partly vaccinated against the disease.

4 Aug 2021

New user-friendly tool to record worldwide cancer staging data launched

CanStaging⁺, a user-friendly tool aimed at facilitating the recording of comparable cancer staging data worldwide, has been launched.

4 Aug 2021

Research reveals the economic burden of colorectal cancer across Europe

New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found that colorectal cancer costs Europe a staggering €19.1 billion (£16.3 billion) per year. This figure includes direct expenditure as well as indirect costs including premature death and sick leave.

4 Aug 2021

Study sheds light on oral vaccine failure in mouse model of chronic gut disorder

A chronic gut disorder that occurs in regions with poor sanitation disrupts intestinal immune responses and impairs oral vaccine effectiveness in a mouse model of the disease, according to research led by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists.

3 Aug 2021

EMA methodology alongside an intervention could be effective in supporting men who have sex with men

While much of the health research around men who have sex with men (MSM) involves HIV, these communities are at increased risk for other health problems including certain types of cancer, substance use and mental health issues.

3 Aug 2021

Poll: Reduced activity during the pandemic may have increased older adults' fall risk

The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased older adults' risk of falling and injuring themselves, due to changes in physical activity, conditioning and mobility, a new national poll suggests.

3 Aug 2021

Health Care News and Research

Clarity on covid count: Pandemic’s toll on seniors extended well beyond nursing homes

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Digital technology may become a standard tool for neuropsychological evaluations after COVID-19

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta blues

E-cigarette use during pregnancy poses health risk for offspring all the way into adulthood

Research reveals undertreatment of headaches in racial and socioeconomic groups

2+2=? Senate uses murky math as it shelves drug pricing rule to fund infrastructure

Feds to nix work requirements in Montana Medicaid expansion program

Men have better resources than women to cope with challenges of aging

FDA announces participation in new collaborative communities to tackle medical device challenges

Research seeks to find out how older LGBTQ+ adults feel in long-term care facilities

Flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19, study shows

Study finds only 15% of rural health care workers have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Economic mobility associated with racial mortality gaps in the United States

‘Wisdom and fear’ lead 90% of U.S. seniors to covid vaccines

New user-friendly tool to record worldwide cancer staging data launched

Research reveals the economic burden of colorectal cancer across Europe

Study sheds light on oral vaccine failure in mouse model of chronic gut disorder

EMA methodology alongside an intervention could be effective in supporting men who have sex with men

Poll: Reduced activity during the pandemic may have increased older adults' fall risk

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