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Study reveals the experience of support health care workers from underserved communities during COVID-19

A Rutgers study gives new insight into the experiences and perspectives of Black and Latinx people working in supportive health care roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Jan 2022

UW and Stanford researchers complete study on the link between food environment and dietary health

An estimated 19 million people in the U.S. live in so-called food deserts, which have lower access to healthy and nutritious food.

18 Jan 2022

Improved SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing with self-collected saliva

The findings from a recent study conducted in the United States suggest that combining saliva with a practical pooling protocol may open the door for easier surveillance testing for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), particularly in resource-limited settings.

18 Jan 2022

Feeling threatened and being informed predicted more social distancing, study shows

If the COVID-19 virus mutates beyond Omicron, getting people to practice social distancing will require more than threats about long-term health issues or death.

18 Jan 2022

In-jail buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder may reduce rearrest and reconviction

A study conducted in two rural Massachusetts jails found that people with opioid use disorder who were incarcerated and received a medication approved to treat opioid use disorder, known as buprenorphine, were less likely to face rearrest and reconviction after release than those who did not receive the medication.

18 Jan 2022

New findings support the routine use of remdesivir in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Remdesivir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, increased the likelihood of clinical improvement in COVID-19 patients on low-flow oxygen or no oxygen, according to a new study authored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, HCA Healthcare, and Genospace.

18 Jan 2022

Wastewater-based epidemiology to predict emerging new SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a new study, researchers established a strong approach for deducing public health-relevant epidemiological metrics like relative variant abundance and variant-specific reproduction numbers from wastewater (WW)-derived deep sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

18 Jan 2022

Analyzing disease severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant using RNA dependent RNA polymerase target delay

In a new study, a team of researchers compared the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant to the Delta variant using the PCR proxy marker of RNA dependent RNA polymerase target delay.

18 Jan 2022

Exploring the waning effect of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in the elderly

In a new study, researchers determined the vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 in older individuals.

18 Jan 2022

Study shows several low- and middle-income countries at over 50% risk of undetected Omicron transmission

In a new study, researchers estimated the probability of undetected emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in 25 low and middle-income countries by early December 2021.

18 Jan 2022

Officials struggle to regulate pop-up covid testing sites — and warn patients to beware

In recent months, mobile covid-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as demand has skyrocketed in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant.

18 Jan 2022

Comparison of antibody responses and vaccine effectiveness in healthcare workers post-primary COVID-19 vaccination

The authors highlight that they have shown that boosted individuals are significantly more protected against SARS-CoV-2 infection than any other group

18 Jan 2022

Study predicts incidence rates of adverse outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination

In a new study, a team of researchers estimated the pre-pandemic incidence rates of adverse events of special interest now observed in association with COVID-19 vaccines in Canada.

18 Jan 2022

Can meal times affect your risk of glucose intolerance?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Frank Scheer and Dr. Sarah Chellappa about their latest research that investigated the effect meal times has on glucose intolerance.

18 Jan 2022

Antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in a cohort of healthcare workers

Researchers have been investigating the vaccine response of healthcare workers from specific vaccines to different variants.

18 Jan 2022

Researchers report isolation of potently neutralizing antibodies against highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants

A recent preprint discusses using a combinatorial phage-display library approach to COVIID-19 antibodies.

18 Jan 2022

Smoking can lead to social isolation and loneliness

A recent study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health (Europe) shows how smoking can be linked with increased social isolation and loneliness in older individuals, implying it can have detrimental effects on several different aspects of their psychosocial health.

17 Jan 2022

Public Health News and Research

Study reveals the experience of support health care workers from underserved communities during COVID-19

UW and Stanford researchers complete study on the link between food environment and dietary health

Improved SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing with self-collected saliva

Feeling threatened and being informed predicted more social distancing, study shows

In-jail buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder may reduce rearrest and reconviction

New findings support the routine use of remdesivir in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Wastewater-based epidemiology to predict emerging new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Analyzing disease severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant using RNA dependent RNA polymerase target delay

Exploring the waning effect of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in the elderly

Study shows several low- and middle-income countries at over 50% risk of undetected Omicron transmission

Officials struggle to regulate pop-up covid testing sites — and warn patients to beware

Comparison of antibody responses and vaccine effectiveness in healthcare workers post-primary COVID-19 vaccination

Study predicts incidence rates of adverse outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination

Can meal times affect your risk of glucose intolerance?

Antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in a cohort of healthcare workers

Researchers report isolation of potently neutralizing antibodies against highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants

Smoking can lead to social isolation and loneliness

Study shows how sex disparities in COVID-19 mortality varied over time in New York

Mental health of intensive care unit staff adversely impacted during COVID-19 pandemic

Framework for understanding cross-country spread of COVID-19 in the context of the globally interconnected economy

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