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Novavax missed its global moonshot but is angling to win over mRNA defectors

Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 billion in U.S. funding for its covid vaccine. Its moonshot goal: delivering 2 billion shots to the world by mid-2021.

26 May 2022

California schools try to outrace covid outbreaks

A fourth-grade camping trip led to one outbreak, a high school prom to another. But even with covid cases rising as schools head into the final stretch of the academic year, most California districts have not moved toward reinstating mask mandates.

26 May 2022

The frequency, nature, determinants, and impact of long-COVID in Scotland

Researchers evaluated long-term sequelae of COVID-19 in Scotland.

26 May 2022

Researchers focus on how bacterial cells adapt and resist antibiotics

Treatment of severe infections caused by pathogenic bacteria relies on ‘last resort’ antibiotics, but rising resistance by ‘superbugs’ to most clinically approved drugs leaves patients exposed to possible fatalities.

26 May 2022

Scientists discover a gene defect that results in allergic and autoimmune disease

Inflammation of the skin and the esophagus, food allergy and asthma are just some of the symptoms of a now 12-year-old boy who was the first to have a mutation on the IL-33 gene. An international team led by a physician from the Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences, Krems, discovered this new disease entity.

26 May 2022

Using lung ultrasounds in primary care clinics for detecting pneumonia saves time and money

Researchers in Spain conducted a study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasounds (LUS) performed in the primary care setting to chest X-rays (CXR) performed by a radiologist when diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

26 May 2022

Size of air pollution particles may affect a person's risk of dying from stroke, study finds

Living in areas with higher air pollution is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death from stroke, and the risk varies depending on the size of the air pollution particles, according to a new study published in the May 25, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

25 May 2022

Robust biomarker panel could help predict gestational diabetes in early pregnancy

UCLA researchers have taken the initial step in identifying what may be an effective way to detect gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) earlier in pregnancy, potentially improving diagnosis and treatment for what is the most common disorder of pregnancy.

25 May 2022

STIs could be prevented with a dose of doxycycline after unprotected sex

A significant proportion of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - gonorrhea, chlamydia or syphilis - were prevented with a dose of doxycycline after unprotected sex, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial that closed early because it was very effective for men who have sex with men and transgender women who are living with HIV or are taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

25 May 2022

Key immunological changes that support peanut allergy remission in children discovered

Australian researchers have discovered the key immunological changes that support the remission of peanut allergy in children, paving the way for new, more targeted treatments.

25 May 2022

Common prostate cancer medications may increase risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues

Men taking either of the two most common oral medications for advanced prostate cancer who had also undergone hormone therapy to treat their disease were at higher risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues than patients who were only receiving hormone therapy, Michigan Medicine researchers found.

25 May 2022

RED-D intervention reduces unplanned hospital readmissions for individuals with depressive symptoms

Results from a new study at Boston Medical Center show how transition support and post-discharge depression treatment reduce unplanned hospital readmissions for individuals with depressive symptoms.

25 May 2022

AI model can accurately identify patients at high risk of undiagnosed structural heart disease

A team of clinicians and scientists from Tempus and Geisinger have found that a new artificial intelligence model can accurately identify patients at increased risk of undiagnosed structural heart disease.

25 May 2022

CUNY SPH awarded $125,000 grant to engage students in developing health communications strategies

The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) Foundation has been awarded a $125,000 grant to connect students with local nonprofits to develop and implement health communications strategies for the organizations.

25 May 2022

Immune response and the lymphatic system are key to cardiac repair after heart attack

Immune response and the lymphatic system are central to cardiac repair after a heart attack, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute.

25 May 2022

Lowering blood glucose levels could improve fertility in females with obesity

Reproductive hormone levels in females with obesity may be partially restored by lowering blood glucose levels, leading to improved fertility, according to a study published in the Journal of Endocrinology.

25 May 2022

Online tool accurately predicts the likelihood for post-operative ICU need

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive care unit (ICU) beds were in limited supply, and the pandemic only exacerbated this growing concern.

25 May 2022

Study measures viral antigen and inflammatory biomarkers in CSF of COVID-19 patients in relation to neurologic symptoms and disease severity

Researchers investigated the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

25 May 2022

HKUMed researchers report the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on bone metabolism

A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok and Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause inflammatory activation of bone resorption cells, leading to severe bone loss during the acute and post-recovery phases of COVID-19.

25 May 2022

The Blackfeet nation’s plight underscores the fentanyl crisis on reservations

As the pandemic was setting in during summer 2020, Justin Lee Littledog called his mom to tell her he was moving from Texas back home to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana with his girlfriend, stepson, and son.

25 May 2022

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Novavax missed its global moonshot but is angling to win over mRNA defectors

California schools try to outrace covid outbreaks

The frequency, nature, determinants, and impact of long-COVID in Scotland

Researchers focus on how bacterial cells adapt and resist antibiotics

Scientists discover a gene defect that results in allergic and autoimmune disease

Using lung ultrasounds in primary care clinics for detecting pneumonia saves time and money

Size of air pollution particles may affect a person's risk of dying from stroke, study finds

Robust biomarker panel could help predict gestational diabetes in early pregnancy

STIs could be prevented with a dose of doxycycline after unprotected sex

Key immunological changes that support peanut allergy remission in children discovered

Common prostate cancer medications may increase risk of serious metabolic or cardiovascular issues

RED-D intervention reduces unplanned hospital readmissions for individuals with depressive symptoms

AI model can accurately identify patients at high risk of undiagnosed structural heart disease

CUNY SPH awarded $125,000 grant to engage students in developing health communications strategies

Immune response and the lymphatic system are key to cardiac repair after heart attack

Lowering blood glucose levels could improve fertility in females with obesity

Online tool accurately predicts the likelihood for post-operative ICU need

Study measures viral antigen and inflammatory biomarkers in CSF of COVID-19 patients in relation to neurologic symptoms and disease severity

HKUMed researchers report the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on bone metabolism

The Blackfeet nation’s plight underscores the fentanyl crisis on reservations

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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