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Vaping raises COVID-19 risk among teens and youth

A new study by Californian researchers has shown that youth and teenagers who use electronic cigarettes are five times more likely to be affected by COVID-19 disease, and those that use both electronic and traditional cigarettes are seven times more likely to get the infection.

13 Aug 2020

Study finds higher incidence of physical intimate partner violence during COVID-19

There was a higher incidence and severity of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) among patients seen at a large, academic medical center in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the prior three years, according to a new study published in Radiology.

13 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Kamala Harris on health

California Sen. Kamala Harris, the newly named running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, doesn't have a lot of background in health policy.

13 Aug 2020

Food-based approach reduces LDL cholesterol levels, offers healthcare cost savings

A new study is the first to show a food-based approach using clinically-proven diet interventions to lower cholesterol levels, such as Step One Foods®, provides significant healthcare cost savings.

13 Aug 2020

Obese pregnant women have greater risk of early and late-onset hypertensive disorders

Pregnant obese women were more at risk of experiencing early and late-onset hypertensive disorders, and that risk progressively increased in women with higher body mass indexes (BMI), according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

13 Aug 2020

Contact tracers in Massachusetts might order milk or help with rent. Here’s why.

It’s a familiar moment. The kids want their cereal and the coffee’s brewing, but you’re out of milk. No problem, you think — the corner store is just a couple of minutes away. But if you have COVID-19 or have been exposed to the coronavirus, you’re supposed to stay put.

13 Aug 2020

Back to the future: Trump’s history of promising a health plan that never comes

Ever since he was a presidential candidate, President Donald Trump has been promising the American people a "terrific," "phenomenal" and "fantastic" new health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

13 Aug 2020

Turning anger into action: Minority students analyze COVID data on racial disparities

As the coronavirus swept into Detroit this spring, Wayne State University junior Skye Taylor noticed something striking. On social media, many of her fellow Black classmates who live or grew up in the city were "posting about death, like, 'Oh, I lost this family member to COVID-19,'" said Taylor.

13 Aug 2020

Dying young: The health care workers in their 20s killed by COVID-19

Jasmine Obra believed that if it wasn't for her brother Joshua, she wouldn't exist. When 7-year-old Josh realized that his parents weren't going to live forever, he asked for a sibling so he would never be alone.

13 Aug 2020

Online platform for STI testing receives more than 5000 home kit order requests

As the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in changes to the provision of NHS services, an online platform offering home tests was introduced throughout Wales - enabling service users to access STI testing at home.

13 Aug 2020

Boston Medical Center receives $3.7 million grant to expand fellowship programs in addiction

Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand its fellowship programs in addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry.

12 Aug 2020

Mount Sinai's Arnhold Institute for Global Health and NYC Health + Hospitals launch CURE-19

The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYC Health + Hospitals have launched the COVID-19 Unit for Research at Elmhurst (CURE-19).

12 Aug 2020

Machine learning helps detect new potential drugs to treat COVID-19

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have used machine learning to identify hundreds of new potential drugs that could help treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2.

12 Aug 2020

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

The first call in early April was from the testing center, informing the nurse she was positive for COVID-19 and should quarantine for two weeks.

12 Aug 2020

Bereaved families are ‘the secondary victims of COVID-19’

Every day, the nation is reminded of COVID-19's ongoing impact as new death counts are published. What is not well documented is the toll on family members.

12 Aug 2020

Study: High blood sugar may trigger worse outcomes in COVID-19 patients

As COVID-19 continues to rage across the U.S., researchers are digging deeper into how the virus wreaks havoc on the body, especially for those with a pre-existing chronic illness.

12 Aug 2020

Study reveals new clues about SARS-CoV-2 infection

Working together, researchers at McMaster University and the University of Waterloo are searching for how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects the lungs - and they're challenging what has become an accepted truth about the virus.

12 Aug 2020

Study: Disparities in California’s infant death rates have increased in certain ethnic groups

While infant mortality rates (IMR) decreased overall from 2007 to 2015 in California, disparities in infant death rates have increased in some groups, including among obese mothers, those who smoke and African American women, according to a new study published in PLOS One.

12 Aug 2020

People of color, minority groups are underrepresented in COVID-19 clinical trials

Despite disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death among people of color, minority groups are significantly underrepresented in COVID-19 clinical trials, according to a new perspective authored by faculty from the University of Georgia and University of Colorado and pharmacists from Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.

11 Aug 2020

Stanford study reveals immunological deviations and lapses in severe COVID-19 cases

Some people get really sick from COVID-19, and others don't. Nobody knows why.

11 Aug 2020

Health Care News and Research

Vaping raises COVID-19 risk among teens and youth

Study finds higher incidence of physical intimate partner violence during COVID-19

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Kamala Harris on health

Food-based approach reduces LDL cholesterol levels, offers healthcare cost savings

Obese pregnant women have greater risk of early and late-onset hypertensive disorders

Contact tracers in Massachusetts might order milk or help with rent. Here’s why.

Back to the future: Trump’s history of promising a health plan that never comes

Turning anger into action: Minority students analyze COVID data on racial disparities

Dying young: The health care workers in their 20s killed by COVID-19

Online platform for STI testing receives more than 5000 home kit order requests

Boston Medical Center receives $3.7 million grant to expand fellowship programs in addiction

Mount Sinai's Arnhold Institute for Global Health and NYC Health + Hospitals launch CURE-19

Machine learning helps detect new potential drugs to treat COVID-19

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

Bereaved families are ‘the secondary victims of COVID-19’

Study: High blood sugar may trigger worse outcomes in COVID-19 patients

Study reveals new clues about SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study: Disparities in California’s infant death rates have increased in certain ethnic groups

People of color, minority groups are underrepresented in COVID-19 clinical trials

Stanford study reveals immunological deviations and lapses in severe COVID-19 cases

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