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Concern develops over Brazilian SARS-CoV-2 variant

Concern is being expressed over a variant of SARS-CoV-2 that shows similar mutations to the South African and UK variants of the disease.

15 Jan 2021

Geography is destiny: Dentists’ access to Covid shots depends on where they live

Dr. Monte Junker, an Oregon dentist, is waiting for his turn to get vaccinated for Covid even though he considers himself a front-line health worker.

15 Jan 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: On Capitol Hill, actions have consequences

The reverberations from the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump continue.

14 Jan 2021

Researchers demonstrate great potential for blood test to detect, monitor Alzheimer's disease

In three recent publications in Molecular Psychiatry, Brain and JAMA Neurology researchers from the University of Gothenburg provide convincing evidence that an in-house developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease can detect the disease early and track its course, which has major implications for a potential use in clinical practice and treatment trials.

14 Jan 2021

Avalanching nanoparticles may advance real-time bioimaging of cell's organelles and proteins

Since the earliest microscopes, scientists have been on a quest to build instruments with finer and finer resolution to image a cell's proteins - the tiny machines that keep cells, and us, running.

14 Jan 2021

The Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation awards $68,000 grant to COMBINEDBrain

Established in 2019 in Nashville, COMBINEDBrain is a non-profit consortium of patient advocacy groups, researchers and clinicians working together to fast-track cures and therapies for individuals afflicted with rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders.

13 Jan 2021

Hospitals’ rocky rollout of covid vaccine sparks questions of fairness

Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with 40 doses of precious covid vaccine. So, officials offered shots to the South Florida hospital’s board of directors and their spouses over age 65.

13 Jan 2021

Researchers develop saliva testing method for SARS-CoV-2 using robotic RNA extraction

Researchers have developed an automated method of RNA extraction from saliva samples to allow faster processing times and high test sensitivity. Saliva testing could be used as an alternative to swab testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance.

12 Jan 2021

Trump administration approves first Medicaid block grant, in Tennessee

With just a dozen days left in power, the Trump administration on Friday approved a radically different Medicaid financing system in Tennessee that for the first time would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.

8 Jan 2021

Researchers create first usable computational model of entire SARS-COV-2 virus

Researchers at the University of Chicago have created the first usable computational model of the entire virus responsible for COVID-19 - and they are making this model widely available to help advance research during the pandemic.

8 Jan 2021

Do-it-yourself contact tracing is a ‘last resort’ in communities besieged by Covid

The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened health department has a new tactic: It is asking residents who test positive for Covid-19 to do their own contact tracing.

8 Jan 2021

As the vulnerable wait, some political leaders’ spouses get covid vaccines

With supplies of covid-19 vaccines scarce, a federal advisory panel recommends first putting shots into the arms of health care workers, who keep the nation's medical system running, and long-term care residents most likely to die from the coronavirus.

8 Jan 2021

In Los Angeles and beyond, oxygen is the latest covid bottleneck

As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of covid patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining gas are faltering.

7 Jan 2021

New initiative to represent the Black community in mental healthcare

The Black Mind Initiative aims to reform the current mental health system nationally, by encouraging young Black people to take up a degree related to the mental health profession, the initiative will then support them in their studies and encourage them to work in senior roles in mental healthcare.

7 Jan 2021

Repurposed drug can treat hearing loss in humans

According to the World Health Organization, around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss, a number the organization projects will double by 2050 to affect 1 in 10 people.

7 Jan 2021

Researchers receive $2.95 million grant to create improved diagnostics for worm infections

Global campaigns to eliminate two tropical parasitic worm infections have been hindered by a lack of good diagnostic tools.

7 Jan 2021

Danish study suggests local lockdown had no effect on SARS-CoV-2 infection rate

The onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to severe restrictions on public mobility and interaction, national or state-wide lockdowns, school and workplace closures, and curfews. The result was widespread economic hardship, in addition to the toll on health.

7 Jan 2021

Increased socializing may have jeopardized lockdown benefit in England

Researchers in the UK report that much of the potential beneficial impact of the November 2020 English National lockdown on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic was likely undermined in many areas due to increased socializing in the days running up to its implementation.

6 Jan 2021

Ziath Support World Record-Setting Challenge for Charity

Ziath is proud to have sponsored athlete Ben Blowes on his incredible “31 Stars” Guinness World Record-setting challenge to run 31 marathons in 31 consecutive days.

From Ziath Ltd 6 Jan 2021