Public Health News and Research

RSS

Public Health AmeriCorps launched for the development of a new generation of public health leaders

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and national service, has launched Public Health AmeriCorps,external icon a new partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to the nation's public health needs.

8 Sep 2021

Researchers receive $12.8M renewal grant to reveal how smoking causes distinct lung diseases

Despite cigarette smoking being the single most preventable risk factor for both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), two devastating diseases that make it hard to breathe, about 44 million American adults continue to smoke.

8 Sep 2021

Study finds stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates

In a study of the 9 largest U.S. cities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across neighborhoods.

8 Sep 2021

Scientists model the process of capsid disassembly in hepatitis B virus at atomic level

With up to 2.4 million U.S. cases and over 250 million chronic cases globally, hepatitis B infection persists despite the availability of a vaccine.

8 Sep 2021

Research highlights inequalities in England's COVID vaccine coverage

Researchers led by the epidemiologist Elise Tessier, of Public Health England, have been investigating the proportion of unvaccinated individuals against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by age, sex, location, vaccine type, ethnicity and poverty level in the United Kingdom.

8 Sep 2021

COVID-19 vaccine antibodies inversely related to BMI in obese men, but not women

A new study discusses the role of obesity in COVID-19 and its role in antibody-mediated immune responses to the COVID-19 vaccine.

7 Sep 2021

Increase in social stress may be connected to global population decline

A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has developed an "overlooked hypothesis" to help explain the projected global population decline beginning in 2064: social stress.

7 Sep 2021

Healthier supermarket layout prompts customers to make healthy food purchases

New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances prompts customers to make healthier food purchases.

7 Sep 2021

Legalization of cannabis smoking lounges impacts indoor air and public health

After years of progress on protections against secondhand tobacco smoke, multiple states and local governments now allow indoor smoking of cannabis at licensed cannabis businesses.

7 Sep 2021

Four in five adults across the UK have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Four in five people aged 16 and over in the UK have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures show.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers create a QIBA profile for cartilage compositional imaging

New recommendations will help provide more reliable, reproducible results for MRI-based measurements of cartilage degeneration in the knee, helping to slow down disease and prevent progression to irreversible osteoarthritis, according to a special report published in the journal Radiology.

7 Sep 2021

Deep learning provides a better estimate of breast cancer risk

Compared with commonly used clinical risk factors, a sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) called deep learning does a better job distinguishing between the mammograms of women who will later develop breast cancer and those who will not, according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

7 Sep 2021

COP26 President: Support available for quarantine hotel stays for registered delegates coming to Glasgow

COP26 has already been postponed by one year, and we are all too aware climate change has not taken time off. The recent IPCC report underlines why COP26 must go ahead this November to allow world leaders to come together and set out decisive commitments to tackle climate change.

7 Sep 2021

HKBU scientists find significant link between PM2.5 exposure and neurological disorders

A comprehensive, systematic meta-analysis conducted by HKBU scientists found a significant association between exposure to PM2.5, i.e., fine particulates with equivalent diameters of less than 2.5 microns suspended in the air, and neurological disorders.

7 Sep 2021

Public Health News and Research

Public Health AmeriCorps launched for the development of a new generation of public health leaders

Researchers receive $12.8M renewal grant to reveal how smoking causes distinct lung diseases

Study finds stark racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates

Scientists model the process of capsid disassembly in hepatitis B virus at atomic level

Research highlights inequalities in England's COVID vaccine coverage

COVID-19 vaccine antibodies inversely related to BMI in obese men, but not women

Increase in social stress may be connected to global population decline

Healthier supermarket layout prompts customers to make healthy food purchases

Legalization of cannabis smoking lounges impacts indoor air and public health

Four in five adults across the UK have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers create a QIBA profile for cartilage compositional imaging

Deep learning provides a better estimate of breast cancer risk

COP26 President: Support available for quarantine hotel stays for registered delegates coming to Glasgow

HKBU scientists find significant link between PM2.5 exposure and neurological disorders

V-safe: How everyday people help the CDC track covid vaccine safety with their phones

The pandemic almost killed Allie. Her community’s vaccination rate is 45%.

Study finds link between recent cannabis use and myocardial infarction in young adults

Study investigates the obstacles faced by undocumented immigrants in accessing health services

Simple, non-invasive tool obviates unnecessary surgery in patients with colorectal cancer

Patients who contract SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant more likely to be hospitalized than those with Alpha

News Medical 2025: Healthcare Shifts That Mattered Most eBook

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Latest News