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Having a bath regularly reduces risk of cardiovascular disease

A new study, published online in the journal Heart in March 2020, reports that with hot water, it seems to be a case of washing away health problems – literally. As a result, the more a person uses hot tubs, the better in terms of cardiovascular health. In other words, soaking in hot water daily improves heart health more than having a hot tub once or twice a day.

24 Mar 2020

Researchers propose a stopgap measure to help Covid-19 patients in respiratory distress

Researchers at MIT and the University of Colorado at Denver have proposed a stopgap measure that they believe could help Covid-19 patients who are in acute respiratory distress.

24 Mar 2020

Research shows striking increase in help line requests for food pantries as pandemic spreads

In the first week since COVID-19 was designated a pandemic, requests for food pantries skyrocketed across the United States. Requests for home-delivered meals more than tripled in the same time period, said a Brown School researcher who tracks calls to 2-1-1 help lines across the U.S.

24 Mar 2020

Taylor & Francis publishes new microsite to provide full access to COVID-19 research

Taylor & Francis has published a new microsite that aggregates and organizes all recently published COVID-19 research in one easy to navigate portal, including all relevant research articles and book chapters.

24 Mar 2020

OHDSI hosts COVID-19 virtual study-a-thon to generate real-world evidence

The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics international community will host a COVID-19 virtual study-a-thon this week (March 26-29) to inform healthcare decision-making in response to the current global pandemic.

24 Mar 2020

European Respiratory Society urges governments to ensure free movement of medical supplies

The European Respiratory Society adds its voice to those raising the alarm bells regarding border controls and export bans, which have an enormous impact on the free movement of essential medical supplies around Europe.

24 Mar 2020

New toolkit for talking to kids about coronavirus

A team of University of Arizona researchers has created a toolkit for parents, teachers and school administrators to reference before talking to their kids about coronavirus.

23 Mar 2020

FPT donates 2,000-room quarantine facility, medical supplies to fight COVID-19

Vietnam's largest tech firm, FPT, on Sunday announced it had dedicated its 2,000-room university dormitory as a quarantine site and US$850,000 in medical supplies to support the Government's fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).

23 Mar 2020

CEL-SCI collaborates with UGA Center for Vaccines and Immunology to develop LEAPS COVID-19 immunotherapy

CEL-SCI Corporation announced today it has signed a collaboration agreement with the University of Georgia’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology to develop LEAPS COVID-19 immunotherapy.

23 Mar 2020

UNC researchers look to NGS for better understanding of COVID-19

It might be the future of diagnostic testing for common infections, and could prove to be a crucial tool for understanding and fighting novel viruses.

23 Mar 2020

Tofu nutrients called isoflavones could lower heart disease risk

Researchers from the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital working in collaboration have found that tofu and other plant-based proteins contain certain nutrients called isoflavones that can help those with heart disease and lower their disease risk.

23 Mar 2020

New £5 million funding to help increase the understanding of Covid-19

The University of Edinburgh has received nearly £5 million to tackle the coronavirus pandemic from the government's rapid response call.

23 Mar 2020

More mental health care utilization reduces odds of suicide among youths, study finds

A multistate study of Medicaid enrollees led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that suicide risk was highest among youth with epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, substance use and bipolar disorder.

23 Mar 2020

Underweight patients with diabetes in Singapore have increased risk of TB

"Persistent cough in underweight patients with diabetes warrants screening for active tuberculosis." This is the message in the editorial of the December 2019 issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, based on findings from a Singapore-based study that have reported that patients with diabetes and who were also underweight had an eight-fold increase in their risk of contracting active TB, compared to obese individuals without diabetes.

23 Mar 2020

With medical safety gear scarce, the public is stepping up. Here’s help on ways to help.

Increasingly desperate pleas from health care workers and public authorities for donations of face masks and other protective gear are an unsettling sign of just how unprepared American hospitals are for the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Mar 2020

Patients treated with ACEIs and ARBs may be at increased risk of severe COVID-19

James Diaz, MD, MHA, MPH & TM, Dr PH, Professor and Head of Environmental Health Sciences at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has proposed a possible explanation for the severe lung complications being seen in some people diagnosed with COVID-19.

23 Mar 2020

Public Health News and Research

Having a bath regularly reduces risk of cardiovascular disease

Researchers propose a stopgap measure to help Covid-19 patients in respiratory distress

Research shows striking increase in help line requests for food pantries as pandemic spreads

Taylor & Francis publishes new microsite to provide full access to COVID-19 research

OHDSI hosts COVID-19 virtual study-a-thon to generate real-world evidence

European Respiratory Society urges governments to ensure free movement of medical supplies

New toolkit for talking to kids about coronavirus

FPT donates 2,000-room quarantine facility, medical supplies to fight COVID-19

CEL-SCI collaborates with UGA Center for Vaccines and Immunology to develop LEAPS COVID-19 immunotherapy

UNC researchers look to NGS for better understanding of COVID-19

Tofu nutrients called isoflavones could lower heart disease risk

New £5 million funding to help increase the understanding of Covid-19

More mental health care utilization reduces odds of suicide among youths, study finds

Underweight patients with diabetes in Singapore have increased risk of TB

With medical safety gear scarce, the public is stepping up. Here’s help on ways to help.

Patients treated with ACEIs and ARBs may be at increased risk of severe COVID-19

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