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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

$The benefits of using fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines$

The benefits of using fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines

A new study published in PNAS assessed the benefits of using fractional doses for curbing the current COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Mar 2022

Higher education and advanced language skills may protect against dementia

New research has found that people with mild cognitive impairment may not inevitably develop dementia and, in fact, having higher education and advanced language skills more than doubles their chances of returning to normal.

3 Mar 2022

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

An analysis of data from a large, nationally representative survey of the US population shows that e-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prediabetes.

3 Mar 2022

Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist

Days typically start early for patients undergoing opioid addiction treatment at Denver Recovery Group's six methadone clinics in Colorado.

3 Mar 2022

HIV preventive care is supposed to be free in the US. so, why are some patients still paying?

Anthony Cantu, 31, counsels patients at a San Antonio health clinic about a daily pill shown to prevent HIV infection.

3 Mar 2022

Vaccination gap in trauma patients widened even as vaccines became more widely available

Trauma patients treated and hospitalized in a Tennessee medical center had a 33% lower rate of COVID-19 vaccination than non-trauma patients who were hospitalized following treatment in the emergency department (ED).

2 Mar 2022

Exposure to more green space during the pandemic linked to less depression and anxiety

People exposed to more green space during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reported significantly less depression and anxiety, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research published March 2 in the journal PLOS One.

2 Mar 2022

Covid expert joins exodus into business, where science parlays into profits

Millions of free covid-19 rapid tests arriving in Americans' mailboxes are long-awaited vindication for Dr. Michael Mina, who, as a Harvard assistant professor, had been advocating for two years that the best way to limit covid is to identify it quickly, cheaply, and widely with rapid antigen tests so infected people know to isolate themselves.

2 Mar 2022

To be one in a million: ‘Who thinks it’s going to be you?’

Monica Melkonian wanted the Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine. It was only one shot and then she would be protected against the virus. So she was thrilled when the vaccination clinic at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center on April 7 had her first choice.

2 Mar 2022

Durability of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among initially unvaccinated individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

An new study published presents evidence that a prior history of infection with SARS-CoV-2 provides immunity that prevents reinfection for at least a year.

2 Mar 2022

Public Health News and Research

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

Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist

HIV preventive care is supposed to be free in the US. so, why are some patients still paying?

Vaccination gap in trauma patients widened even as vaccines became more widely available

Exposure to more green space during the pandemic linked to less depression and anxiety

Covid expert joins exodus into business, where science parlays into profits

To be one in a million: ‘Who thinks it’s going to be you?’

Durability of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among initially unvaccinated individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

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