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New vaccination method aims at comprehensive protection against all known influenza mutations

One shot, protected forever: This would be a dream come true regarding influenza vaccinations. So far, vaccination against influenza did not provide a lasting protection.

13 Mar 2021

Researchers explore brain network differences between autistic and neurotypical control males and females

Around three times as many males are diagnosed with autism than females. This suggests that biological sex factors may play a role in the development and presentation of autism.

13 Mar 2021

Research provides a new cornerstone of malaria's evolution with humans

New bioarchaeological research shows malaria has threatened human communities for more than 7000 years, earlier than when the onset of farming was thought to have sparked its devastating arrival.

13 Mar 2021

Study: ACA reduces out-of-pocket costs for children's well visits

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically increased children's preventive healthcare while reducing out-of-pocket costs, according to a new Boston University School of Public Health study.

13 Mar 2021

Sound sleep plays a crucial role in healing traumatic brain injuries

Sound sleep plays a critical role in healing traumatic brain injury, a new study of military veterans suggests.

13 Mar 2021

An overview of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech

In a study published in the journal Drugs, a researcher tackled the approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, which has now been used in many countries.

12 Mar 2021

To extract more doses per vial, vaccinators put squeeze on FDA to relax vaccine handling advice

President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every willing adult by June 1. But right now, the gap between supply and demand is so dramatic that vaccinators are discovering ways to suck the final drops out of each vaccine vial — if federal regulators will let them.

12 Mar 2021

Lifestyle intervention program helped reduce stress in low-income mothers

Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study - not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms' stress, research suggests.

12 Mar 2021

Pooling COVID-19 tests to detect future outbreaks

How could pooling SARS-CoV-2 tests help to detect future viral outbreaks? News-Medical spoke to Dr. Jean-François Rupprecht to find out more.

12 Mar 2021

Tailored approach is required to fight antibiotic resistance

The global battle against antibiotic resistance can only succeed if local contexts are taken into account. "A tailored approach is needed in each country," says Heiman Wertheim of Radboud university medical center. "There is no "one-size-fits-all' solution."

12 Mar 2021

Public schools can adopt lower physical distancing policies with masking mandates

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to fall, Massachusetts officials are signaling it's almost time to end remote learning and send all school-aged children back to the classroom.

12 Mar 2021

Exposure to COVID-19 can cause rare but life-threatening pediatric condition

Exposure to SARS-Co-V2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can put otherwise healthy children and adolescents at risk for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare but possibly life-threatening pediatric condition that can cause severe inflammation in organs like the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys and gastrointestinal system.

12 Mar 2021

Americans coping with pandemic stress report undesired changes to weight, increased drinking

As growing vaccine demand signals a potential turning point in the global COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's health crisis is far from over.

11 Mar 2021

Studies reveal how kidney tumors' microenvironments change in response to immunotherapy

In the last two decades, immunotherapy has emerged as a leading treatment for advanced renal carcinoma cancer (more commonly known as kidney cancer).

11 Mar 2021

One in four people could face some degree of hearing loss by 2050, WHO report warns

One in four people across the world — nearly 2.5 billion — could face some degree of hearing loss by 2050 with at least 700 million requiring access to treatment and rehabilitation, a WHO report warns.

11 Mar 2021

Study reveals how lung alveolus forms at cellular level

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air.

11 Mar 2021

Genetics can partly explain aggressive behavior in children with ADHD with DBDs

An international collaboration headed by researchers from iPSYCH has found genetic variants that increase the risk of aggression in children with ADHD.

11 Mar 2021

Researchers highlight the need to strengthen dietary and infant feeding guidelines

Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables, say nutrition and dietetics researchers from the Flinders University Caring Futures Institute.

11 Mar 2021

High obesity rates in Southern states magnify Covid threat

In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assessed the state's most vulnerable: health care workers, of course, and elderly people in nursing homes.

11 Mar 2021

Probiotic supplements increase the diversity of intestinal bacteria in extremely preterm infants

Extremely preterm infants can suffer from a life-threatening inflammation of the gut. A new clinical study has shown that supplements of a lactic acid bacterium may have positive effects by increasing the diversity of intestinal bacteria in these infants.

11 Mar 2021

Children News and Research

New vaccination method aims at comprehensive protection against all known influenza mutations

Researchers explore brain network differences between autistic and neurotypical control males and females

Research provides a new cornerstone of malaria's evolution with humans

Study: ACA reduces out-of-pocket costs for children's well visits

Sound sleep plays a crucial role in healing traumatic brain injuries

An overview of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech

To extract more doses per vial, vaccinators put squeeze on FDA to relax vaccine handling advice

Lifestyle intervention program helped reduce stress in low-income mothers

Pooling COVID-19 tests to detect future outbreaks

Tailored approach is required to fight antibiotic resistance

Public schools can adopt lower physical distancing policies with masking mandates

Exposure to COVID-19 can cause rare but life-threatening pediatric condition

Americans coping with pandemic stress report undesired changes to weight, increased drinking

Studies reveal how kidney tumors' microenvironments change in response to immunotherapy

One in four people could face some degree of hearing loss by 2050, WHO report warns

Study reveals how lung alveolus forms at cellular level

Genetics can partly explain aggressive behavior in children with ADHD with DBDs

Researchers highlight the need to strengthen dietary and infant feeding guidelines

High obesity rates in Southern states magnify Covid threat

Probiotic supplements increase the diversity of intestinal bacteria in extremely preterm infants

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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