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Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 in northern Dutch provinces

Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen, in the Netherlands, have described preliminary results from the Lifelines COVID-19 Study, where participants living in northern Dutch provinces self-report their experiences during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and any effects on their physical and mental health.

25 Jun 2020

Global research community revises WHO COVID-19 research priorities

Researchers have described the results of a survey aiming to determine the current applicability of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Research Roadmap and whether there are new priorities that should be focused on at this point in time during the pandemic.

25 Jun 2020

USask researchers receive $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to COVID-19

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded three University of Saskatchewan research teams a total of $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic which had killed more than 450,000 people worldwide.

25 Jun 2020

Emory launches COVIDVu study to understand the extent of epidemic across the U.S.

Researchers from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health were awarded a $6.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch COVIDVu, a national study that will use home tests to develop estimates of the current number of COVID-19 infections and persons with antibody response nationally and across seven heavily impacted states.

25 Jun 2020

New Cochrane review assesses the accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests

Today Cochrane, a global independent organization that reviews evidence from research to inform health decision-making, publishes a review of studies looking at the accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests.

25 Jun 2020

Study provides novel insights into how fat cells reduce lipid metabolism with age

Knowledge of how human fat tissue is affected by age has long been defined by numerous mouse-based studies.

25 Jun 2020

Novel sensor may be able to test for COVID-19 and influenza simultaneously

The novel coronavirus has been compared to the flu almost from the moment it emerged in late 2019. They share a variety of symptoms, and in many cases, an influenza test is part of the process for diagnosing COVID-19.

25 Jun 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The pandemic shifts; the politics, not so much

President Donald Trump caused a stir when he said at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last weekend that he wanted less testing for COVID-19.

25 Jun 2020

Watch: Fauci, other health officials weigh California’s COVID response

Samantha Young, California Healthline's California politics correspondent, helped moderate a discussion hosted by the Sacramento Press Club about California's response to the coronavirus crisis.

25 Jun 2020

Packed bars serve up new rounds of COVID contagion

As states ease their lockdowns, bars are emerging as fertile breeding grounds for the coronavirus. They create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults unbowed by the fear of illness and, in some instances, proprietors who don't enforce crowd limits and social distancing rules.

25 Jun 2020

Cities brace for ‘collision course’ of heat waves and COVID-19

Aaron McCullough brought his 3-year-old daughter, Ariana, to a playground in a leafy neighborhood of Rochester, New York, on a day in mid-June when the temperature topped out at 94 degrees.

25 Jun 2020

NRP 69 recommends government to develop Swiss Food Strategy for 2050

NRP 69 recommends that the government develop a Swiss Food Strategy for 2050. This strategy should enable the entire population to eat healthy food sourced from a sustainable production and distribution system.

25 Jun 2020

Zika virus during pregnancy can hamper vital collagen development in babies’ brains

Zika virus can hamper vital collagen development in the brains of babies whose mothers were infected with the disease while pregnant, new research reveals, as the search for a vaccine continues.

25 Jun 2020

Airlines want flyers to feel safe, but grab bag of COVID policies adds turbulence

Tony Scott boarded an American Airlines flight May 25 from Los Angeles to Dallas. It was a trip he felt he had to take despite concerns about the coronavirus. His son, who lives in Texas, was having health problems.

25 Jun 2020

Officials seek to shift resources away from policing to address black ‘public health crisis’

From Boston to San Bernardino, California, communities across the U.S. are declaring racism a public health crisis.

25 Jun 2020

As COVID cases spike, California shifts its strategy

Coronavirus infections are rising so fast in Fresno County that California public health officials have identified it as one of nearly a dozen counties entering dangerous territory as economies reopen.

25 Jun 2020

Fearing the deadly combo of COVID-19 and cancer

Three Tuesdays each month, Katherine O'Brien straps on her face mask and journeys about half an hour by Metra rail to Northwestern University's Lurie Cancer Center.

25 Jun 2020

New study assesses cardiac problems in elite female athletes

The first-ever cardiac study of elite female basketball players in the United States shows how their hearts adapt to intense physical training.

25 Jun 2020

New study comprehensively profiles environmental factors linked to childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is a health threat that is becoming more and more common worldwide. It increases risk later on for a variety of life-threatening challenges, including type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and even mental health problems.

25 Jun 2020

Study: Firework-related injury has increased in West Virginia after the passage of new law

All those pops and crackles ripping through your neighborhood at night could come with unwanted consequences – at the firework enthusiast's expense.

25 Jun 2020

Public Health News and Research

Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 in northern Dutch provinces

Global research community revises WHO COVID-19 research priorities

USask researchers receive $900,000 to help strengthen Canada's rapid response to COVID-19

Emory launches COVIDVu study to understand the extent of epidemic across the U.S.

New Cochrane review assesses the accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests

Study provides novel insights into how fat cells reduce lipid metabolism with age

Novel sensor may be able to test for COVID-19 and influenza simultaneously

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The pandemic shifts; the politics, not so much

Watch: Fauci, other health officials weigh California’s COVID response

Packed bars serve up new rounds of COVID contagion

Cities brace for ‘collision course’ of heat waves and COVID-19

NRP 69 recommends government to develop Swiss Food Strategy for 2050

Zika virus during pregnancy can hamper vital collagen development in babies’ brains

Airlines want flyers to feel safe, but grab bag of COVID policies adds turbulence

Officials seek to shift resources away from policing to address black ‘public health crisis’

As COVID cases spike, California shifts its strategy

Fearing the deadly combo of COVID-19 and cancer

New study assesses cardiac problems in elite female athletes

New study comprehensively profiles environmental factors linked to childhood obesity

Study: Firework-related injury has increased in West Virginia after the passage of new law

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