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NEJM article distills available data into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19

A clinical practice article in the New England Journal of Medicine distills available data and clinical experience into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

7 Jan 2022

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

The vocal sounds of humans - laughing, crying, and the babbling of babies - have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish.

7 Jan 2022

Exploring neurodevelopmental effects on infants from in-utero exposure to COVID-19

A new study aimed to determine the associations between fetal exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, in-utero, and child neurodevelopmental status.

7 Jan 2022

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children rare after COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents

The current study was based on merged results using the CDD’s surveillance database coupled with the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), along with reports from health departments or physicians to the CDC.

7 Jan 2022

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

These findings bear out earlier reports that COVID-19 is less frequent and severe in children than adults.

7 Jan 2022

California ballot will be heavy on health care

When Californians go to the polls later this year, they will confront contentious health care choices.

7 Jan 2022

Characteristics of initial hospitalization and readmissions among pediatric patients with COVID-19 in the US

Researchers from various institutions describe the characteristics, costs, and healthcare resource use associated with pediatric COVID-19 patients.

7 Jan 2022

New research may help better understand the causes of human diseases

New University of Gloucestershire research aims to increase our understanding of the causes of human diseases, potentially leading to the design of better treatments in the future.

7 Jan 2022

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

The UCSF researchers, led by first co-authors Alexis Combes, PhD, and Bushra Samad, MS, and senior author, Max Krummel, PhD, obtained tumor specimens from 78 UCSF clinicians, and surveyed 364 tumors biopsies from patients and categorized them into groups based on their immune microenvironment.

7 Jan 2022

Antibody binding response significantly reduced for Omicron compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers analyzed ACE2-binding inhibition and antibody binding for the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants in individuals with varying levels of immunity.

6 Jan 2022

New approach with mRNA preparation reprograms T cells to attack heart fibroblasts

An experimental immunotherapy can temporarily reprogram patients' immune cells to attack a specific target via only a single injection of messenger RNA (mRNA), similar to the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

6 Jan 2022

Maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict children's behavioral problems

Thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict preschool boys' emotional and behavioral problems, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

6 Jan 2022

Study reinforces the link between microglia and some cases of brain disease

Certain subtle differences in DNA sequences are known to raise the chances a person may develop Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.

6 Jan 2022

Study finds a small, temporary menstrual change in women associated with COVID-19 vaccination

Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

6 Jan 2022

Research may pave the way for designing new therapies to combat schistosomiasis

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of about 20 conditions that affect more than a billion people worldwide.

6 Jan 2022

New study strengthens the link between sleep-disordered breathing and gestational diabetes

Sleep-disordered breathing in early pregnancy is associated with insulin resistance or difficulty clearing glucose from the blood, suggests a small study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

6 Jan 2022

New drug targeting LF and onchocerciasis begins its first in human trial in Liverpool

A new drug developed by an LSTM led partnership, which targets the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis has begun its first in human trial.

6 Jan 2022

The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a girl named Mary tagged along when her mother went to visit their laundress, Mrs. Belter, who had breast cancer.

6 Jan 2022

South Dakota voters to decide Medicaid expansion

South Dakota voters will decide in November whether the state should become the 39th to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would provide coverage to 42,000 low-income residents.

6 Jan 2022

Neural connections of newborns with brain injuries impact childhood functional outcomes

A new UCSF study that mapped the neural connections of newborns with two different kinds of brain injuries found the maps looked very different - and were linked to significantly different developmental outcomes years later.

6 Jan 2022

Children News and Research

NEJM article distills available data into a compendium about rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

Exploring neurodevelopmental effects on infants from in-utero exposure to COVID-19

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children rare after COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

California ballot will be heavy on health care

Characteristics of initial hospitalization and readmissions among pediatric patients with COVID-19 in the US

New research may help better understand the causes of human diseases

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

Antibody binding response significantly reduced for Omicron compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants

New approach with mRNA preparation reprograms T cells to attack heart fibroblasts

Maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict children's behavioral problems

Study reinforces the link between microglia and some cases of brain disease

Study finds a small, temporary menstrual change in women associated with COVID-19 vaccination

Research may pave the way for designing new therapies to combat schistosomiasis

New study strengthens the link between sleep-disordered breathing and gestational diabetes

New drug targeting LF and onchocerciasis begins its first in human trial in Liverpool

The war on cancer at 50: The origin story begins with a socialite citizen-lobbyist

South Dakota voters to decide Medicaid expansion

Neural connections of newborns with brain injuries impact childhood functional outcomes

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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