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R21/Matrix-M booster maintains high efficacy against first and multiple episodes of clinical malaria

The phase 1/2b clinical trial on R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine has recently reported the safety and efficacy of booster vaccination at 12 months.

15 Sep 2022

Vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 detected in environmental samples in the UK and USA

Over the last few months, poliovirus 2 derived from the strain used in the Sabin vaccine (oral polio vaccine) has been repeatedly detected in environmental samples in the USA as well as in the UK. What does this signify?

15 Sep 2022

Montana health department seeks to ax board that hears public assistance appeals

Montana health officials are asking state lawmakers to eliminate a board that hears appeals from people who believe they were wrongly denied public assistance benefits.

15 Sep 2022

Court ruling may spur competitive health plans to bring back copays for preventive services

Tom and Mary Jo York are a health-conscious couple, going in for annual physicals and periodic colorectal cancer screening tests. Mary Jo, whose mother and aunts had breast cancer, also gets regular mammography tests.

15 Sep 2022

Children more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke in childhood

Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child, according to a study published today (Thursday) in the European Respiratory Journal. The study also shows that children's risk of asthma is even higher if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke and went on to become a smoker.

14 Sep 2022

Lancet report highlights global failures of COVID-19 response, calls for strengthened multilateralism to eradicate pandemic

Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the COVID-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries, according to a new Lancet COVID-19 Commission report.

14 Sep 2022

Extra caution needed while screening depressed teenagers with Type 1 diabetes

The scoring results of widely used depression-screening tools should be carefully adjusted to better detect the condition in teenagers with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a new study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care.

14 Sep 2022

UTHSC team receives $1.9 million to explore brain circuitry involved in processing novel tastes and foods

The National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has awarded $1.9 million to John Boughter, PhD, professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and co-director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to study the brain circuitry involved in processing novel tastes and foods.

14 Sep 2022

Winners of the 2022 CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants announced

The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYC Health + Hospitals have announced the 2022 awardees of the CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants, an initiative to support collaborative, interdisciplinary COVID-19 research that will address both the pandemic and root causes of health disparities in New York City.

14 Sep 2022

Scientists identify two distinct subtypes of obesity

A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that may have lifelong consequences for health, disease and response to medication.

14 Sep 2022

Air pollution may trigger arrhythmias in healthy adolescents

Breathing particulate matter (i.e., tiny particles suspended in the air) air pollution may trigger irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias) in healthy teenagers, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

14 Sep 2022

What is the impact of consumption of vegetables by children at breakfast?

A new study aimed to determine effective and suitable ways to increase the everyday vegetable intake of children.

14 Sep 2022

Newborns get routine heel blood tests, but should states keep those samples

Close to 4 million babies are born in the United States every year, and within their first 48 hours nearly all are pricked in the heel so their blood can be tested for dozens of life-threatening genetic and metabolic problems.

14 Sep 2022

California and New York aim to curb diet pill sales to minors

California and New York are on the cusp of going further than the FDA in restricting the sale of non-prescription diet pills to minors as pediatricians and public health advocates try to protect kids from extreme weight-loss gimmicks online.

14 Sep 2022

CDC Health Alert Network provides recommendations to manage the recent increase in severe respiratory illness among children

The US CDC’s HAN has provided certain recommendations to inform healthcare providers, infection control professionals, clinical laboratories, and public health departments about the recent increase in pediatric cases of severe respiratory illness in several regions of the USA.

14 Sep 2022

Novel app helps parents understand the ‘just right’ day for children

Not too sport heavy, not too sleep deprived – finding the ‘just right’ balance in a child’s busy day can be a challenge. But while parents may struggle to squeeze in homework amid extracurricular commitments and downtime, a world-first app could provide a much-needed solution.

14 Sep 2022

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022

In a recent study published in the journal Viruses, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases identified and presented all the relevant research on the monkeypox virus (MPXV) to draw inferences about the 2022 MPXV outbreak.

13 Sep 2022

COVID-19 outcomes impacted more by Hurricane Harvey-related economic and mental health stressors

A study by Rice University, the University of Notre Dame and the Environmental Defense Fund shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative. The results appear in Environmental Research.

13 Sep 2022

Treating the cerebrospinal fluid to protect the brain from chemotherapy's toxic effects

Up to three quarters of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy suffer from "chemo brain" - a long-term side effect that makes it harder to remember things, maintain attention, and learn new information. When it strikes children, whose brains are still developing, their schoolwork and self-esteem may suffer.

13 Sep 2022

Review highlights the role of retinol-binding protein-4 in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

It is a known fact that consuming a large amount of alcohol, even for a few days, triggers fat accumulation in the liver and ultimately leads to alcohol-related liver diseases.

13 Sep 2022

Children News and Research

R21/Matrix-M booster maintains high efficacy against first and multiple episodes of clinical malaria

Vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 detected in environmental samples in the UK and USA

Montana health department seeks to ax board that hears public assistance appeals

Court ruling may spur competitive health plans to bring back copays for preventive services

Children more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke in childhood

Lancet report highlights global failures of COVID-19 response, calls for strengthened multilateralism to eradicate pandemic

Extra caution needed while screening depressed teenagers with Type 1 diabetes

UTHSC team receives $1.9 million to explore brain circuitry involved in processing novel tastes and foods

Winners of the 2022 CURE-19 Research Pilot Grants announced

Scientists identify two distinct subtypes of obesity

Air pollution may trigger arrhythmias in healthy adolescents

What is the impact of consumption of vegetables by children at breakfast?

Newborns get routine heel blood tests, but should states keep those samples

California and New York aim to curb diet pill sales to minors

CDC Health Alert Network provides recommendations to manage the recent increase in severe respiratory illness among children

Novel app helps parents understand the ‘just right’ day for children

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022

COVID-19 outcomes impacted more by Hurricane Harvey-related economic and mental health stressors

Treating the cerebrospinal fluid to protect the brain from chemotherapy's toxic effects

Review highlights the role of retinol-binding protein-4 in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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