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Racial, ethnic disparities found in flu vaccination coverage and hospitalization rates

Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

20 Oct 2022

Blind to problems: How VA’s electronic record system shuts out visually impaired patients

Sarah Sheffield, a nurse practitioner at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Eugene, Oregon, had a problem. Her patients — mostly in their 70s and beyond — couldn't read computer screens.

20 Oct 2022

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Montana voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a ballot initiative declaring that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care if it survives an abortion or delivery.

20 Oct 2022

Study reveals racial disparities in access to advanced therapies for heart failure

Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National Institutes of Health-supported study has found.

19 Oct 2022

CDC expands the use of updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years

Today, CDC's Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo expanding the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years.

18 Oct 2022

Women using chemical hair straightening products at higher risk for uterine cancer

Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

17 Oct 2022

Study finds highlight the potential for lowering rehabilitation utilization for colorectal patients

The first months of the COVID pandemic had a profound effect on hospital discharge practices and use patterns for patients with colorectal disease, according to findings presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022.

17 Oct 2022

Clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug for monkeypox begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A clinical trial to evaluate the antiviral drug tecovirimat, also known as TPOXX, in adults and children with monkeypox has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

12 Oct 2022

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

A personal mission inspires Mary Dioise Ramos every day, and now she'll have a chance to bring positive change to people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

12 Oct 2022

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) e-cigarette use in 2022, which includes 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students.

12 Oct 2022

New method allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes

Scientists have developed a research method that allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes involved in some neurological and mental disorders.

12 Oct 2022

Cat allergen immunotherapy works better and more quickly when combined with monoclonal antibody

An experimental approach to enhancing a standard cat allergy treatment made it more effective and faster acting, and the benefits persisted for a year after treatment ended, a study supported by the National Institutes of Health has found.

11 Oct 2022

NEI researchers create a high-resolution map of retinal cell chromatin contract points

National Eye Institute researchers mapped the organization of human retinal cell chromatin, the fibers that package 3 billion nucleotide-long DNA molecules into compact structures that fit into chromosomes within each cell's nucleus.

7 Oct 2022

LSU Health New Orleans receives $3 million to improve health equity and care in rural, medically underserved communities

LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $3 million to create a program to improve health equity and care in rural and medically underserved communities in Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.) It is one of only ten such awards granted by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

7 Oct 2022

Impaired immune responses not responsible for COVID-19 rebound, findings suggest

Findings from a small study of eight patients published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggest that COVID-19 rebound is likely not caused by impaired immune responses.

6 Oct 2022

CDC data highlights the urgent need to address widespread national disparities in obesity

Nineteen states and two territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity – more than doubling the number of states with a high obesity prevalence since 2018 – according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Oct 2022

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

Results from the National Institutes of Health's Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) study show that sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis) may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia.

4 Oct 2022

NIH awards 103 new grants to support meritorious behavioral and biomedical research projects

The High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, supported by the Common Fund at the National Institutes of Health has awarded 103 new research grants to support highly innovative scientists who propose visionary and broadly impactful meritorious behavioral and biomedical research projects.

4 Oct 2022

Early-stage clinical trial evaluating bacteriophage therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis begins

Enrollment has begun in an early-stage clinical trial evaluating bacteriophage therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) who carry Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in their lungs.

4 Oct 2022

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.

4 Oct 2022

Health and Human Services News and Research

Racial, ethnic disparities found in flu vaccination coverage and hospitalization rates

Blind to problems: How VA’s electronic record system shuts out visually impaired patients

5 things to know about Montana’s ‘born alive’ ballot initiative

Study reveals racial disparities in access to advanced therapies for heart failure

CDC expands the use of updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years

Women using chemical hair straightening products at higher risk for uterine cancer

Study finds highlight the potential for lowering rehabilitation utilization for colorectal patients

Clinical trial to evaluate antiviral drug for monkeypox begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Grants to shed light on caregiving for Alzheimer's patients in Filipino communities

U.S. youth continue to be enticed and hooked by expanding variety of e-cigarettes, study shows

New method allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes

Cat allergen immunotherapy works better and more quickly when combined with monoclonal antibody

NEI researchers create a high-resolution map of retinal cell chromatin contract points

LSU Health New Orleans receives $3 million to improve health equity and care in rural, medically underserved communities

Impaired immune responses not responsible for COVID-19 rebound, findings suggest

CDC data highlights the urgent need to address widespread national disparities in obesity

Viagra and Cialis may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, NIH DREAM study shows

NIH awards 103 new grants to support meritorious behavioral and biomedical research projects

Early-stage clinical trial evaluating bacteriophage therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis begins

Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

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