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New seizure predicting mathematical model gives accurate warning to epilepsy patients

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, affecting more than 65 million worldwide. For those dealing with epilepsy, the advent of a seizure can feel like a ticking time bomb.

26 Feb 2021

FDA permits marketing of new device to protect athletes from harmful effects of head impacts

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a new device intended to be worn around the neck of athletes aged 13 years and older during sports activities to aid in the protection of the brain from the effects associated with repetitive sub-concussive head impacts.

26 Feb 2021

Learning to live again: A Lazarus tale from the Covid front lines

The twinkle in his eyes, the delight in his smile, the joyous way he moved his disease-withered frame. They all proclaimed a single, resounding message: Grateful to be alive!

26 Feb 2021

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived.

Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in Mumbai, India. She enrolled at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, to study physics and explore an interest in standup comedy in Manhattan.

26 Feb 2021

Why Astrazeneca and J&J’s vaccines, in use the world over, are still on hold in America

The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford's covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses.

26 Feb 2021

Mandatory public health measures to combat COVID-19 are more effective, says study

In a new study, researchers at Lundberg Health Advocates and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the U.S. compared mandatory and voluntary implementations of shelter-in-place policies. They assessed their respective bearings on COVID-19 mortality, equity, and economic outcomes.

26 Feb 2021

Biden’s straight-talking CDC director has long used data to save lives

In early December, Dr. Katy Stephenson was watching TV with her family and scrolling through Twitter when she saw a tweet that made her shout.

26 Feb 2021

As Covid surged, vaccines came too late for at least 400 medical workers

As health care workers in the U.S. began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on Dec. 14, Esmeralda Campos-Loredo was already fighting for oxygen.

26 Feb 2021

Experts highlight need to support people with disabilities in post-pandemic workplace

COVID-19 has wrought havoc on the global economy and the world's public health systems. People with disabilities are more likely to suffer severe cases of the disease.

26 Feb 2021

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

A study by physiology researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso found that El Paso's stay-at-home ordinance due to the COVID-19 pandemic had positive effects on the health and well-being of the region's residents.

26 Feb 2021

LOINC receives additional federal funding to respond to COVID-19 pandemic

LOINC® at Regenstrief, an international health data standard critical to health information exchange, has received additional federal funding to support efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health needs.

26 Feb 2021

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

America's stark racial disparities in health care have been exposed by COVID-19, but a new study from Michigan State University suggests that Black individuals are more likely than conservative White people to adhere to public health standards due to disparities.

26 Feb 2021

FDA allows flexible storage and transportation conditions for Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is allowing undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to be transported and stored at conventional temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks.

26 Feb 2021

Study has implications for autonomous vehicles and robots programmed by humans

Psychologists have long found that people behave differently than when they learn of peers' actions.

26 Feb 2021

Study: Rural Americans are less likely to follow COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Timothy Callaghan, PhD, and Alva Ferdinand, DrPH, JD, from the Southwest Rural Health Research Center at Texas A&M University School of Public Health, joined colleagues in the first national study of how often people in urban and rural areas in the United States follow COVID-19 guidelines

26 Feb 2021

Researchers examine effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19

A major study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, examined data on 600,000 vaccinated individuals in Israel, along with 600,000 matched unvaccinated controls.

26 Feb 2021

Simple pooled testing method can be an effective tool for curbing COVID-19 pandemic

A new approach to pooled COVID-19 testing can be a highly effective tool for curbing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, even if infections are widespread in a community, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

25 Feb 2021

Extensive use of opioid agonists can considerably reduce drug-related deaths

New evidence that opioid agonists such as methadone and buprenorphine could substantially reduce drug-related deaths if more widely used in the community and prison, and for longer, has been published in Lancet Psychiatry.

25 Feb 2021

Study finds link between Googling symptoms and COVID-19 cases

Yasser El-Manzalawy and colleagues from Geisinger sought to find patterns with Google searches that could predict coronavirus spread. Based on Google search trends for nine symptoms, the team suggests their model can estimate the number of COVID-19 cases across the United States up to three weeks ahead.

25 Feb 2021

KAUST researchers develop a safe, fast and cheap testing method to detect viruses

A safe, fast and cheap testing method that uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect viruses in both clinical and wastewater samples has been developed by KAUST researchers.

25 Feb 2021

Public Health News and Research

New seizure predicting mathematical model gives accurate warning to epilepsy patients

FDA permits marketing of new device to protect athletes from harmful effects of head impacts

Learning to live again: A Lazarus tale from the Covid front lines

College tuition sparked a mental health crisis. Then the hefty hospital bill arrived.

Why Astrazeneca and J&J’s vaccines, in use the world over, are still on hold in America

Mandatory public health measures to combat COVID-19 are more effective, says study

Biden’s straight-talking CDC director has long used data to save lives

As Covid surged, vaccines came too late for at least 400 medical workers

Experts highlight need to support people with disabilities in post-pandemic workplace

Study: Stay-at-home ordinance had positive effects on health and well-being of residents

LOINC receives additional federal funding to respond to COVID-19 pandemic

Survey: Black people more likely to adhere to public health guidelines due to disparities

FDA allows flexible storage and transportation conditions for Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine

Study has implications for autonomous vehicles and robots programmed by humans

Study: Rural Americans are less likely to follow COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Researchers examine effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19

Simple pooled testing method can be an effective tool for curbing COVID-19 pandemic

Extensive use of opioid agonists can considerably reduce drug-related deaths

Study finds link between Googling symptoms and COVID-19 cases

KAUST researchers develop a safe, fast and cheap testing method to detect viruses

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