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Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine has increased significantly under Biden administration

Under the Biden Administration, New Yorkers' acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine has increased significantly. In September, 55% of residents reported they would take the vaccine when it became available and this January, 64% reported they would take it.

9 Feb 2021

Racism and anti-gay discrimination associated with risk for criminal justice involvement

New research by Morgan Philbin, PhD, at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues looks at why Black young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are disproportionately subject to high rates of arrest and incarceration.

9 Feb 2021

Both mRNA vaccines protect against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers in the United States and Canada have conducted a study showing that just a single dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is likely to protect against emerging variants.

9 Feb 2021

Study shows relation between mothers' income level and children's finger length

Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based on finger length, led by a Swansea University expert, has found.

9 Feb 2021

Direct exposure to deadly fires increases the risk for mental health disorders

In 2018, a faulty electric transmission line ignited the Camp Fire in Northern California, ultimately consuming 239 square miles and several communities, including the town of Paradise, which was 95 percent destroyed. At least 85 people died.

9 Feb 2021

Model estimates COVID-19 cases in the U.S. to be three times greater than reported

World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported.

9 Feb 2021

Study shows the impact of paid maternity leave on maternal health

A study of women who were new mothers in the late 1970s found that those who were given longer, paid maternity leave lived healthier lives as they entered middle age.

9 Feb 2021

Older patients often do not receive optimal therapy for esophageal cancers due to perceived risks

Elderly patients (70 years and over) with locally advanced esophageal (E) and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer (located in the stomach and esophagus) should be considered for optimal therapy that has the potential to cure.

9 Feb 2021

Nitrate in maternal drinking water associated with fetal growth restriction

Women whose household drinking water contained nitrate had babies that weighed, on average, 10 grams less than babies born to mothers where household water had no detectible nitrate, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago and Aarhus University.

9 Feb 2021

Scalise’s claim that unauthorized immigrants are getting priority for vaccination misses the point

During a Feb. 2 interview on Fox News, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) claimed President Joe Biden was allowing unauthorized immigrants to move ahead of American citizens to get their covid-19 vaccines.

9 Feb 2021

Study sheds light on dangerous nanomaterials lurking in our consumer products

Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to us.

9 Feb 2021

Emergence and transmission of UK SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US

Researchers describe the impending rise to dominance of the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant in the US. Understanding this development will help to shape preventive action to reduce the infection and mortality rates.

9 Feb 2021

Challenges of Cannabis Analysis and Impacts on Driving and Public Health

An interview with Madeleine Swortwood of Sam Houston State University, on the symposia she will give at Pittcon 2022 about the analytical challenges of cannabis and its impacts on driving and public health.

From Pittcon 9 Feb 2021

Mortality study combines drug overdose deaths with all suicide rates into a self-injury category

Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western United States, which reports the highest suicide rates officially.

9 Feb 2021

Delayed reactions and decentralized approach on 1918 pandemic had more fatal consequences

In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a decentralized approach by the authorities at the start of a follow-up wave can lead to longer-lasting, more severe and more fatal consequences, researchers from the universities of Zurich and Toronto have found.

9 Feb 2021

New machine-learning algorithm estimates number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.

World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported. Now, a machine-learning algorithm developed at UT Southwestern estimates that the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. since the pandemic began is nearly three times that of confirmed cases.

8 Feb 2021

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Older adults who are classified as having "prediabetes" due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don't go on to develop full-blown diabetes, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Feb 2021

Analysis finds racial and ethnic disparities in the odds of testing positive for COVID-19

An analysis of Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California early in the COVID-19 pandemic found racial and ethnic disparities in the likelihood of testing positive for the coronavirus, but no significant disparities in mortality among those who were hospitalized.

8 Feb 2021

4th preclinical study for Novavax in non-human primates, tests SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers in the United States have identified specific immune correlates that might be key to ensuring that vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) protects against not only disease, but also viral transmission and emerging variants.

8 Feb 2021

RIT researcher validates popular tool for measuring child feeding practices

A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher has validated a tool measuring adherence to a popular child feeding approach used by pediatricians, nutritionists, social workers and child psychologists to assess parents' feeding practices and prevent feeding problems.

8 Feb 2021

Public Health News and Research

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine has increased significantly under Biden administration

Racism and anti-gay discrimination associated with risk for criminal justice involvement

Both mRNA vaccines protect against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2

Study shows relation between mothers' income level and children's finger length

Direct exposure to deadly fires increases the risk for mental health disorders

Model estimates COVID-19 cases in the U.S. to be three times greater than reported

Study shows the impact of paid maternity leave on maternal health

Older patients often do not receive optimal therapy for esophageal cancers due to perceived risks

Nitrate in maternal drinking water associated with fetal growth restriction

Scalise’s claim that unauthorized immigrants are getting priority for vaccination misses the point

Study sheds light on dangerous nanomaterials lurking in our consumer products

Emergence and transmission of UK SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US

Challenges of Cannabis Analysis and Impacts on Driving and Public Health

Mortality study combines drug overdose deaths with all suicide rates into a self-injury category

Delayed reactions and decentralized approach on 1918 pandemic had more fatal consequences

New machine-learning algorithm estimates number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Analysis finds racial and ethnic disparities in the odds of testing positive for COVID-19

4th preclinical study for Novavax in non-human primates, tests SARS-CoV-2 variants

RIT researcher validates popular tool for measuring child feeding practices

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