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COVID-19 first wave increased the sale of antibiotic formulations in India

The first wave of COVID-19 in 2020 in India saw a substantial increase in the sale of antibiotic formulations used in adults and adolescents, especially azithromycin, says a study.

19 Jul 2021

Novel coronavirus found in UK horseshoe bats

A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK horseshoe bats - according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia, ZSL (Zoological Society of London), and Public Health England (PHE).

19 Jul 2021

A novel method developed for producing new antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a novel method for producing new antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria.

19 Jul 2021

Grab your mask and notepad, we’re headed back to California’s state Capitol

The best part about returning to the pandemic-besieged state Capitol is that the elected officials are so unused to seeing us reporters after more than a year that some are occasionally extra chatty. The bad part is that the masks make it harder to eavesdrop on the rest of them.

19 Jul 2021

Occasional breastfeeding shown to improve cardiac and vascular health in babies, with long-lasting benefits

New research shows that 3-year-old toddlers had lower blood pressure when they were breastfed as babies in comparison to ones that weren’t.

19 Jul 2021

Government’s plan recklessly exposes millions in the UK to infection, warn experts

The UK government’s latest pandemic plan involves recklessly exposing millions of people to the acute and long-term effects of mass infection, warn experts in The BMJ today.

19 Jul 2021

Plant-based vaccines for COVID-19 and other viruses

A review published in the journal Vaccines, explored the history and current status of plant-produced vaccine candidates against enveloped viruses, focusing on virus-like particles (VLPs), which mimic authentic viral structures without containing infectious genetic material.

19 Jul 2021

Infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in community-based elderly lower than earlier estimates

A new study discusses the results obtained from various seroprevalence studies conducted in 2020.

18 Jul 2021

Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to COVID-19

Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Washoe County Health District (WCHD), and Renown Health (Renown) in Reno, Nev.

16 Jul 2021

Pandemic disrupted the utilization of women’s preventive health services

The COVID-19 pandemic knocked many women off schedule for important health appointments, a new study finds, and many didn't get back on schedule even after clinics reopened. The effect may have been greatest in areas where such care is already likely falling behind experts' recommendations.

16 Jul 2021

Psychiatric patients have higher odds of hospitalization and death following COVID-19

In the largest systematic review and meta-analysis to date on COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with psychiatric disorders, the odds of dying or being hospitalized following COVID-19 infection were determined to be twice as high in comparison to persons without mental disorders.

16 Jul 2021

India's Mission Indradhanush improves vaccination outcomes for children

Researchers at CDDEP recently published 'Improving vaccination coverage and timeliness through periodic intensification of routine immunization: evidence from Mission Indradhanush' where they evaluated the performance of India's Mission Indradhanush (MI) child vaccination campaign -- a periodic intensification of the routine immunization program.

16 Jul 2021

A comprehensive approach to encourage citizens to follow Mediterranean diet

If we are to recover the Mediterranean diet, as well as its health and environmental benefits, we have to stop treating it as an idealized model frozen in time in the 1960s.

16 Jul 2021

Study shows joint effects of perceived risk and availability on cannabis use

Combined perceptions of the risk and availability of cannabis influence the risk of cannabis use more than perceived risk and perceived availability alone, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

16 Jul 2021

Reducing the impacts of stress on working cancer caregivers

It's difficult enough when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, but employed spouses of those who receive the diagnosis also are confronted with an array of practical problems. It's now up to them to untangle issues around medical leave, health insurance, caregiving benefits, and more.

15 Jul 2021

Food insufficiency associated with lack of mental health support during COVID-19 pandemic

A new national study published in Public Health Nutrition on July 15 found that Americans experiencing food insufficiency were three times as likely to lack mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic than those not experiencing food insufficiency.

15 Jul 2021

New consortium launched to advance anti-tuberculosis science

To advance anti-tuberculosis (TB) science and enable the progression of new, safe, and affordable treatment solutions for TB patients worldwide, a new consortium of 30 partners from 13 countries has officially launched.

15 Jul 2021

Influx of medical school students could overwhelm Montana resources, program leaders warn

Opening two new medical schools in Montana would stretch and possibly overwhelm the state's physicians who provide the clinical training that students need to become doctors, according to leaders of a University of Washington medical school program that relies on those teaching physicians.

15 Jul 2021

Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve the health of American cities?

Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland. It's the fruit of a grassroots neighborhood campaign to block reconstruction of an elevated freeway leveled by the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 and reimagine the thoroughfare to replace it.

15 Jul 2021

Pandemic of antibiotic resistance is shortening the lives of children in Bangladesh

Resistance to antibiotics is common and often deadly among children with pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to a new study coauthored by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with colleagues at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (abbreviated as icddr,b).

15 Jul 2021

Public Health News and Research

COVID-19 first wave increased the sale of antibiotic formulations in India

Novel coronavirus found in UK horseshoe bats

A novel method developed for producing new antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria

Grab your mask and notepad, we’re headed back to California’s state Capitol

Occasional breastfeeding shown to improve cardiac and vascular health in babies, with long-lasting benefits

Government’s plan recklessly exposes millions in the UK to infection, warn experts

Plant-based vaccines for COVID-19 and other viruses

Infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in community-based elderly lower than earlier estimates

Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to COVID-19

Pandemic disrupted the utilization of women’s preventive health services

Psychiatric patients have higher odds of hospitalization and death following COVID-19

India's Mission Indradhanush improves vaccination outcomes for children

A comprehensive approach to encourage citizens to follow Mediterranean diet

Study shows joint effects of perceived risk and availability on cannabis use

Reducing the impacts of stress on working cancer caregivers

Food insufficiency associated with lack of mental health support during COVID-19 pandemic

New consortium launched to advance anti-tuberculosis science

Influx of medical school students could overwhelm Montana resources, program leaders warn

Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve the health of American cities?

Pandemic of antibiotic resistance is shortening the lives of children in Bangladesh

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