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Universal pan-filovirus T-cell vaccine could offer protection against Ebola and Marburg

Vaccines that induce protective T-cell responses could protect against members across the filovirus family, according to a study published February 28 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Tomáš Hanke of the University of Oxford, Bette Korber of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and colleagues.

4 Mar 2019

Study estimates health and economic costs of stubble burning air pollution in India

Living in districts with air pollution from intense crop residue burning is a leading risk factor for acute respiratory infection, especially among children less than five years, in northern India.

4 Mar 2019

Health risks of smokeless tobacco product often misunderstood by American smokers

American smokers mistakenly think that using snus, a type of moist snuff smokeless tobacco product, is as dangerous as smoking tobacco, according to a Rutgers study.

4 Mar 2019

Scientists create novel tool to advance search for antibacterial drugs

Indiana University researchers are advancing knowledge about how bacteria build their cell walls that could contribute to the search for new antibacterial drugs. They have created a new tool to observe living cells in real time under a microscope.

4 Mar 2019

Toxicant levels in heated tobacco prototype are substantially lower than cigarettes

New research suggests that toxicants of notable public health interest are substantially reduced in the aerosol from our heated tobacco product prototype, compared to smoke from a standard reference cigarette.

4 Mar 2019

Association found between rise of European populism and vaccine hesitancy

There is a significant association between the rise of populism across Europe and the level of mistrust around vaccines, according to a study by Queen Mary University of London.

2 Mar 2019

Immigrant Asian American women have higher breast cancer risk than U.S.-born counterparts

Overall, breast cancer rates in the United States have stabilized since the 2000s. But according to the results of a new study led by a researcher from the University of California, Riverside, a subset of women living in the U.S. may be at higher risk for breast cancer than previously observed.

1 Mar 2019

Medicare trims payments to 800 hospitals, citing patient safety incidents

Eight hundred hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections and patient injuries, federal records show.

1 Mar 2019

Lipid-filled particle plays role in immune function and metabolism

Researchers have discovered that fat tissue releases a lipid-filled particle that has a role in immune function and metabolism. The study, in mice, was published online in the journal Science.

1 Mar 2019

U.S.-funded initiative associated with reductions in maternal and newborn mortality in Indonesia

A U.S.-funded initiative to improve quality of care and referrals during pregnancy and childbirth in Indonesia resulted in significant reductions in maternal and newborn mortality at participating hospitals, according to a new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

28 Feb 2019

Scientists shed light on the history of Zika virus in Thailand

The circulation of the dengue virus for the past sixty years in South-East Asia is relatively well known. For Zika, the situation is much less clear.

28 Feb 2019

Pesticides, other environmental pollutants advance progression of ALS

While exact causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain unknown, new research shows pesticides and other environmental pollutants advance the progression of the neurodegenerative disease.

28 Feb 2019

Prenatal vitamins may reduce the risk of autism in high-risk families

Researchers have found that mothers of children with autism may be able to reduce the risk of autism in further offspring by taking prenatal vitamins.

28 Feb 2019

11th IAS Conference on HIV Science to take place at Messe Berlin in 2021

Berlin is the host city of the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science, the International AIDS Society announced today. The city hosted the 9th International AIDS Conference in 1993, but this is the first time that it will host the IAS Conference on HIV Science.

28 Feb 2019

Despite 1991 ruling, foes of new family planning rules see law on their side

State attorneys generals and women's health advocates hoping to block in court new Trump administration rules for the federal family planning program face one major obstacle: The Supreme Court upheld very similar rules in 1991.

28 Feb 2019

Researchers analyze people’s emotions, reactions in response to Hawaii false alarm

When Hawaiian Island residents received a false alarm text message that said "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill," in January 2018, the result was not panic, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

28 Feb 2019

There’s a new ‘Medicare-for-all’ bill in the house. Why does it matter?

Members of the House on Wednesday offered their version of a "Medicare-for-all" bill that is broader than what's been put forth by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose 2016 presidential run pushed the issue into the political mainstream.

28 Feb 2019

Almost half of all childhood cancer cases go undiagnosed

A new study estimates that almost half of all children in the world who have cancer are not diagnosed or treated, leaving them to “die at home.”

27 Feb 2019

Scientists develop tool to screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Scientists at the University of Southern California, Queen's University and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder quickly and affordably, making it accessible to more children in remote locations worldwide.

27 Feb 2019

Antimicrobials used to treat zoonotic diseases are becoming less effective, data reveals

Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Food Safety Authority reveal that antimicrobials used to treat diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans, such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, are becoming less effective.

27 Feb 2019

Public Health News and Research

Universal pan-filovirus T-cell vaccine could offer protection against Ebola and Marburg

Study estimates health and economic costs of stubble burning air pollution in India

Health risks of smokeless tobacco product often misunderstood by American smokers

Scientists create novel tool to advance search for antibacterial drugs

Toxicant levels in heated tobacco prototype are substantially lower than cigarettes

Association found between rise of European populism and vaccine hesitancy

Immigrant Asian American women have higher breast cancer risk than U.S.-born counterparts

Medicare trims payments to 800 hospitals, citing patient safety incidents

Lipid-filled particle plays role in immune function and metabolism

U.S.-funded initiative associated with reductions in maternal and newborn mortality in Indonesia

Scientists shed light on the history of Zika virus in Thailand

Pesticides, other environmental pollutants advance progression of ALS

Prenatal vitamins may reduce the risk of autism in high-risk families

11th IAS Conference on HIV Science to take place at Messe Berlin in 2021

Despite 1991 ruling, foes of new family planning rules see law on their side

Researchers analyze people’s emotions, reactions in response to Hawaii false alarm

There’s a new ‘Medicare-for-all’ bill in the house. Why does it matter?

Almost half of all childhood cancer cases go undiagnosed

Scientists develop tool to screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Antimicrobials used to treat zoonotic diseases are becoming less effective, data reveals

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