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New recommendations to tackle tuberculosis amid coronavirus crisis

The World Health Organization has today issued new recommendations to tackle tuberculosis, a respiratory disease, in the wake of coronavirus spreading across continents.

25 Mar 2020

Cognitive abilities mainly influence physical activity and not vice versa, study shows

Someone dies somewhere in the world every 10 seconds owing to physical inactivity - 3.2 million people a year according to the World Health Organization.

25 Mar 2020

New modeling study estimates impact of physical distancing in reducing SARS-CoV-2 spread

A new modeling study conducted in a simulated Singapore setting has estimated that a combined approach of physical distancing interventions, comprising quarantine (for infected individuals and their families), school closure, and workplace distancing, is most effective at reducing the number of SARS-CoV-2 cases compared with other intervention scenarios included in the study.

25 Mar 2020

AGS reinforces the need for medical supplies, telehealth in COVID-19 response to Congress

In letters sent yesterday to Congressional leaders, Vice President Pence, and White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx, MD, experts at the American Geriatrics Society reinforced the need for medical supplies, telehealth, expertise in older adult care, and a range of other priorities in response to COVID-19.

24 Mar 2020

More men may not necessarily mean more problems, FSU study finds

Men are more prone to competitive risk taking and violent behavior, so what happens when the number of men is greater than the number of women in a population?

24 Mar 2020

Co-occurring contaminants in groundwater may heighten health risks for North Carolinians

Contaminants that occur together naturally in groundwater under certain geological conditions may heighten health risks for millions of North Carolinians whose drinking water comes from private wells, and current safety regulations don't address the problem, a new Duke University study finds.

24 Mar 2020

Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at resisting temptations

The stereotype of grumpy old people apparently doesn't hold up under closer inspection. A new study from Duke and Vanderbilt University psychologists finds that older people are generally more emotionally stable and better able to resist temptations in their daily lives.

24 Mar 2020

Northwestern researcher receives NSF RAPID grant to develop self-sanitizing face mask

A Northwestern University researcher has received funding to develop a new self-sanitizing medical face mask that deactivates viruses on contact.

24 Mar 2020

Red Cross makes plea for blood donations amid coronavirus health crisis

The United States Red Cross fears that the world’s blood bank supply is at risk amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, which has so far infected more than 417,500 people and killed more than 18,500 people.

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

Nearly all older Americans support including dental coverage in Medicare

Nearly all older Americans support adding a dental benefit to the Medicare program that covers most people over age 65, according to a new national poll that also reveals how often costs get in the way of oral health for older adults.

24 Mar 2020

Bedtime deviations may affect cardiovascular health

Despite increasing awareness of how critical sleep is to our health, getting a good night's rest remains increasingly difficult in a world that's always "on" - responding to emails at all hours, news cycles that change with every tweet and staring endlessly into the blue light of cell phone, tablet and computers screens.

24 Mar 2020

Healthcare News

New recommendations to tackle tuberculosis amid coronavirus crisis

Cognitive abilities mainly influence physical activity and not vice versa, study shows

New modeling study estimates impact of physical distancing in reducing SARS-CoV-2 spread

AGS reinforces the need for medical supplies, telehealth in COVID-19 response to Congress

More men may not necessarily mean more problems, FSU study finds

Co-occurring contaminants in groundwater may heighten health risks for North Carolinians

Older adults are more emotionally stable and better at resisting temptations

Northwestern researcher receives NSF RAPID grant to develop self-sanitizing face mask

Red Cross makes plea for blood donations amid coronavirus health crisis

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

Nearly all older Americans support including dental coverage in Medicare

Bedtime deviations may affect cardiovascular health

New ethical framework developed to tackle ethical issues in clinical AI data sharing

Ventilator shortages are a crucial reality due to COVID-19 outbreak, says GlobalData

New Australian pilot program to monitor the effects of flu vaccines

Senators who led pharma-friendly patent reform also prime targets for pharma cash

Does everyone over 60 need to take the same coronavirus precautions?

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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