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Experts recommend tweezers to protect children from ticks

Not all bloodsuckers are created equal in parents' eyes. When it comes to bug bites, parents are twice as likely to be concerned about ticks as they are about mosquitoes transmitting disease, a new national poll finds.

15 Jun 2020

House-call model in rural Indiana helps reduce emergency department use, hospital readmissions

Interventional radiologists participating in a collaborative house call model in rural Indiana helped reduce emergency department use by 77 percent and hospital readmissions by 50 percent for nearly 1,000 elderly homebound patients with chronic illnesses, according to a research abstract presented during a virtual session of the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting on June 13.

15 Jun 2020

White House left states on their own to buy ventilators. Inside their mad scramble.

Fearful that New Orleans would run out of ventilators by early April as the number of COVID-19 patients rose by the hundreds, even thousands, per day, Louisiana officials set out to get every device they could find. At the time, that meant securing an additional 14,000.

15 Jun 2020

Using a face mask reduces the spread of COVID-19 infections

A study by a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has found that not wearing a face mask dramatically increases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus.

14 Jun 2020

JRC creates a database of COVID-19 diagnostic devices and test methods

As part of EU efforts to provide guidance on the use of coronavirus tests, the JRC has created a database of COVID-19 in vitro diagnostic devices and test methods that gathers information on available tests in one place.

12 Jun 2020

Burt's Bees presents new research supporting the power of natural skin care at AAD VMX 2020

Burt's Bees, a leader in science-backed natural skin care, today announced new research supporting the proven power of nature-based solutions that deliver the tolerability and efficacy that are critical for dermatologists and their patients.

12 Jun 2020

China's COVID-19 interventions caused abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide

Pandemics and the Environment: China's COVID-19 Interventions Reduced Nitrogen Dioxide Levels A new Special Collection of Science Advances papers will delve into how pandemics such as COVID-19 affect - and are affected by - global environmental conditions, underscoring the interconnectedness of global processes.

12 Jun 2020

University students have high levels of food insecurity due to COVID-19 pandemic

Four out of ten university students have reported they are worried that they will run out of food as they deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

12 Jun 2020

Study finds self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 to be accurate and safe

Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the COVID-19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, according to a small study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

12 Jun 2020

GMU faculty receives $28,707 for FDA's Youth Tobacco Education Campaigns

Xiaoquan Zhao, Ph.D. Director/Faculty, Communication, received $28,707 from the Food and Drug Administration for research support for the FDA's Youth Tobacco Education Campaigns.

12 Jun 2020

New modeling study evaluates impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

A new modeling study evaluating unfolding COVID-19 epidemics among different income countries reports that, in lower income countries, even if risk is reduced because populations are younger, this benefit is largely negated by limited health system capacity and closer inter-generational contact.

12 Jun 2020

GMU researcher evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies for H-2A farm workers

Leigh McCue-Weil, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, is working with researchers at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety to develop a computationally efficient model of viral spread that can be utilized to better understand the effectiveness of disease spread mitigation strategies for H-2A farm workers living in employee housing.

12 Jun 2020

Reusable elastomeric respirator masks offer a cost-effective option for health care workers

A cost-effective strategy for health care systems to offset N95 mask shortages due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is to switch to reusable elastomeric respirator masks, according to new study results.

12 Jun 2020

Experts analyze the effects two decades after a mining spill

A group of experts from the University of Seville has carried out a comparative study of the concentrations, both totals as well as fractions, of the metals found in sediment in the River Guadiamar in 2002 with those present in the same area in 2018.

12 Jun 2020

Researchers evaluate the impact of drug decriminalization policy in different settings

The prevalence of drug use has increased for decades all around the world despite the strict measures taken. As the traditional prohibitionist drug policy has created social injustice, public health problems, and high social costs, decriminalization of drug use has emerged as a response.

12 Jun 2020

COVID-19 batters a beloved Bay Area community health care center

A small band of volunteers started the Marin City Health and Wellness Center nearly two decades ago with a doctor and a retired social worker making house calls in public housing high-rises.

12 Jun 2020

Fuel walking, cycling with low carbon diets to reduce emissions associated with active transport

Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling.

12 Jun 2020

Survey investigates sleep patterns during Covid-19 lockdown

A survey conducted at the University of Basel and the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel has investigated how sleep has changed during the Covid-19 lockdown.

12 Jun 2020

Health workers resort to Etsy, learning Chinese, shady deals to find safety gear

A nursing home worker in New Jersey rendezvoused with "the parking lot guy" to cut a deal for gowns. A director of safety-net clinics in Florida learned basic Chinese and waited outside past midnight for a truck to arrive with tens of thousands of masks.

12 Jun 2020

COVID-19 outbreak likely to worsen in Brazil, says GlobalData

Recently, Brazil has steadily climbed the chart of the top 10 countries with the highest total of COVID19 cases, now ranking number two just behind the US.

12 Jun 2020

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Experts recommend tweezers to protect children from ticks

House-call model in rural Indiana helps reduce emergency department use, hospital readmissions

White House left states on their own to buy ventilators. Inside their mad scramble.

Using a face mask reduces the spread of COVID-19 infections

JRC creates a database of COVID-19 diagnostic devices and test methods

Burt's Bees presents new research supporting the power of natural skin care at AAD VMX 2020

China's COVID-19 interventions caused abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide

University students have high levels of food insecurity due to COVID-19 pandemic

Study finds self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 to be accurate and safe

GMU faculty receives $28,707 for FDA's Youth Tobacco Education Campaigns

New modeling study evaluates impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

GMU researcher evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies for H-2A farm workers

Reusable elastomeric respirator masks offer a cost-effective option for health care workers

Experts analyze the effects two decades after a mining spill

Researchers evaluate the impact of drug decriminalization policy in different settings

COVID-19 batters a beloved Bay Area community health care center

Fuel walking, cycling with low carbon diets to reduce emissions associated with active transport

Survey investigates sleep patterns during Covid-19 lockdown

Health workers resort to Etsy, learning Chinese, shady deals to find safety gear

COVID-19 outbreak likely to worsen in Brazil, says GlobalData

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