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Eight-week campaign to promote research and increase awareness about heart disease

It is campaign season for one doctor at University of Utah Health. She is using her nomination for the American Heart Association’s Utah Woman of Impact award to promote a platform which stresses advanced research and increased awareness about the dangers of heart disease.

4 Mar 2022

Research highlights the impact of HIE-based event notifications on care coordination

Provider alerts triggered by health information exchange (HIE) data are becoming much more common, and soon the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will require them.

4 Mar 2022

Study identifies unique features of MIS-C and how the syndrome gets started in children

A new study by physicians at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has identified unique features of MIS-C, a rare but potentially deadly complication of COVID in children, that suggest how the syndrome gets started.

4 Mar 2022

New policy brief outlines recommendations for testing methods to detect endocrine disruptors

A new policy brief outlines recommendations for tests to identify endocrine disruptors (EDs). The brief has been published by EURION, a cluster of projects working on emerging ED research.

4 Mar 2022

When teens blow off parents’ pleas to get vaccinated, the consequences can be deadly

Kennedy Stonum, a high school junior, deflected repeated entreaties from her father to please just get vaccinated against covid-19.

4 Mar 2022

RT-LAMP assay shows promise as point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 detection assay across multiple settings

Researchers evaluate the feasibility and robustness of an optimized RT-LAMP SARS-CoV-2 detection assay across multiple resource-restricted settings.

4 Mar 2022

Climate adaptation plans find meaningful actions to promote public health in 22 large cities

A review of 22 large cities' climate adaptation plans finds that while most include meaningful actions to promote public health, fewer cities have involved their public health agencies in these plans.

4 Mar 2022

Over a third vaccinated-but-unboosted adults have reservations about vaccinating children

While the vast majority of U.S. adults who are fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 would be likely to recommend vaccinating a 5- to 11-year-old, over a third of fully vaccinated adults who have not had a booster shot have reservations about Covid-19 vaccination for a child that age, according to survey data analysis by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

3 Mar 2022

Blood groups play a key role in whether people develop severe COVID-19, study suggests

A new study has analyzed over 3000 proteins to identify which are causally linked to the development of severe COVID-19.

3 Mar 2022

Long-acting monoclonal antibody shows potential to offer RSV protection for all infants

Nirsevimab showed 74.5 percent efficacy against medically attended lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in healthy infants, according to an international, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial.

3 Mar 2022

Women's diet may play a role in the development of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Diet may play a role in the development of dangerous high blood pressure in late pregnancy among some Hispanic/Latina women, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022.

3 Mar 2022

Proactive machine learning models could speed data collection and analysis in healthcare

Shifting machine learning workflows to a proactive model could speed data collection and analysis in healthcare, according to a viewpoint article published in JAMA.

3 Mar 2022

People with high assets less likely to experience sustained depression during the pandemic

A new study found that individuals with physical, social, and financial assets, particularly higher incomes and fewer savings, were less likely to experience sustained depression during the first year of the pandemic.

3 Mar 2022

HPV-related cancers increase in U.S. counties with low-income, high smoking prevalence

A new paper in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, finds increases in both men and women for several HPV-related cancers in low-income counties or those with high smoking rates. Increases were slower in the highest-income US counties or those with low smoking rates.

3 Mar 2022

Study shows the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on dengue cases in 2020

Nearly three quarters of a million fewer global cases of dengue occurred in 2020, which could be linked to COVID-19 disruptions limiting human mobility and contact, according to a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

3 Mar 2022

Eating patterns may help explain different rates of heart disease, stroke among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos

Dietary patterns may help explain different rates of heart disease and stroke among various Hispanic/Latino populations in the U.S., according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022.

3 Mar 2022

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Public Health News and Research

Eight-week campaign to promote research and increase awareness about heart disease

Research highlights the impact of HIE-based event notifications on care coordination

Study identifies unique features of MIS-C and how the syndrome gets started in children

New policy brief outlines recommendations for testing methods to detect endocrine disruptors

When teens blow off parents’ pleas to get vaccinated, the consequences can be deadly

RT-LAMP assay shows promise as point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 detection assay across multiple settings

Climate adaptation plans find meaningful actions to promote public health in 22 large cities

Over a third vaccinated-but-unboosted adults have reservations about vaccinating children

Blood groups play a key role in whether people develop severe COVID-19, study suggests

Long-acting monoclonal antibody shows potential to offer RSV protection for all infants

Women's diet may play a role in the development of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Proactive machine learning models could speed data collection and analysis in healthcare

People with high assets less likely to experience sustained depression during the pandemic

HPV-related cancers increase in U.S. counties with low-income, high smoking prevalence

Study shows the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on dengue cases in 2020

Eating patterns may help explain different rates of heart disease, stroke among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos

The benefits of using fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Higher education and advanced language skills may protect against dementia

Study illustrates the link between e-cigarette use and increased odds of prediabetes

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