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Reusing old vaccines to boost innate immunity against COVID-19

The COVID-19 vaccine is currently the best form of protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants. But a new perspective article published in the journal PNAS suggests it’s not the panacea to stopping SARS-CoV-2.

31 May 2021

BAT publishes new review of vaping products and their potential health effects

To mark World Vape Day, BAT has today published a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence for vaping products (e-cigarettes), their potential health effects and their role in Tobacco Harm Reduction.

29 May 2021

FIRS calls on governments and policymakers to support and promote tobacco cessation services

On World No Tobacco Day (31 May, 2021) the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) is a founding member, calls on governments and policymakers to make greater political and financial commitments to support and promote tobacco cessation services.

29 May 2021

New book provides insight into the pathophysiology of leprosy

Leprosy remains one of the biggest public health problems in many countries. It is a complex disease in several aspects, including clinical, histopathological, and molecular.

29 May 2021

FDA seeks $6.5 billion for investments in core food safety, critical public health infrastructure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting a total budget of $6.5 billion as part of the President's fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget - a nearly 8% ($477 million) increase over the agency's FY 2021 funding level for investments in critical public health infrastructure, core food safety and medical product safety programs and other vital public health programs.

29 May 2021

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

A new resolution urges Member States to raise the priority given to the prevention, diagnosis and control of diabetes as well as prevention and management of risk factors such as obesity.

29 May 2021

Counties with more socially vulnerable populations face a greater risk of water and air pollution

An analysis led by North Carolina State University researchers found counties with more socially vulnerable populations had a higher density of natural gas pipelines overall.

29 May 2021

Healthcare Automation and Digitalization Congress to focus on telehealth, wearable devices, home-based care

Accessible and affordable healthcare is one of the topics of Healthcare Automation and Digitalization Congress.

29 May 2021

Ban on flavored vaping could have increased smoking habits in youth

When San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in 2018, public health advocates celebrated. After all, tobacco use poses a significant threat to public health and health equity, and flavors are particularly attractive to youth.

29 May 2021

Cancer risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, confirms study

Today, in advance of World No Tobacco Day, The Daffodil Centre released an Australian first study, with findings showing tobacco smoking significantly increased the risk of 12 types of cancer and that 1-in-7 current smokers will get lung cancer in their lifetime.

29 May 2021

Study supports single-dose COVID-19 vaccine strategy for previously infected individuals

Researchers in the Netherlands have provided evidence that a single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is sufficient to protect against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among people who have already been infected with the virus.

28 May 2021

Achieving Equality for Women's Health and Beyond

In recognition of the International Day of Action for Women's Health, we spoke to Dame Claire Bertschinger about what changes need to made to achieve gender equality.

28 May 2021

Opioids like ‘lean’ permeate hip-hop culture, but dangers are downplayed

Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from Gibsland, Louisiana, who goes by the name Young Nyke, took oxycodone pills for the first time when he was 16 and has continued patterns of misuse of those pills, as well as Lortabs, Xanax and codeine cough syrups, until recently. To him, it's part of the business.

28 May 2021

In California, nursing home owners can operate after they’re denied a license

The pandemic has highlighted poor care in America’s nursing homes, where nearly 175,000 people have died of covid-19 — a third of all deaths from the disease nationwide.

28 May 2021

New study advances knowledge about the link between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer

A review study led by Maria D. Sanchez-Pino, PhD, an assistant research professor in the departments of Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans' School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, advances knowledge about the connection between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer.

28 May 2021

Public Health News and Research

Reusing old vaccines to boost innate immunity against COVID-19

BAT publishes new review of vaping products and their potential health effects

FIRS calls on governments and policymakers to support and promote tobacco cessation services

New book provides insight into the pathophysiology of leprosy

FDA seeks $6.5 billion for investments in core food safety, critical public health infrastructure

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

Counties with more socially vulnerable populations face a greater risk of water and air pollution

Healthcare Automation and Digitalization Congress to focus on telehealth, wearable devices, home-based care

Ban on flavored vaping could have increased smoking habits in youth

Cancer risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, confirms study

Study supports single-dose COVID-19 vaccine strategy for previously infected individuals

Achieving Equality for Women's Health and Beyond

Opioids like ‘lean’ permeate hip-hop culture, but dangers are downplayed

In California, nursing home owners can operate after they’re denied a license

New study advances knowledge about the link between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer

WHO releases new guidance for deployment of genetically modified mosquitoes

COVID-19 increases heart attack rates in people with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Study exposes cognitive vulnerabilities to soft drink advertisements

KHN’s ‘what the health?’: The return of the public option

Noble False Widow Spiders have public health implications, shows study

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