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Study: LGBT+ physicists experience exclusionary behaviors that make them leave physics

LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity and inclusion issues.

14 Mar 2022

Exposure to room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation

Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed: Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in PNAS.

14 Mar 2022

UK Government to remove all COVID-19 international travel restrictions

The government will remove the remaining restrictions on international travel for all passengers ahead of the Easter holidays, the Transport Secretary announced today (14 March 2022).

14 Mar 2022

COVID-19 incidence in K-12 schools in mask-required vs. mask-optional settings

Researchers evaluate the impact of wearing facemasks by students in schools and the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

14 Mar 2022

Modeling study assesses the effectiveness facemasks before and after COVID-19 vaccination

Scientists simulate different scenarios using facemasks through a computational Monte Carlo simulation model.

14 Mar 2022

Role of carboxypeptidase U in severe COVID-19

A new study measured both proCPU and CPU+CPUi over time to determine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the CPU system.

14 Mar 2022

At-home test for influenza is as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings

Home-based, self-administered tests for influenza are comparable in accuracy to rapid diagnostic tests in clinical settings, according to a recently published, peer-reviewed study.

11 Mar 2022

Survey: About 16% of couples are discordant about COVID-19 vaccination

A small but significant portion of couples contain one partner who is vaccinated against COVID-19 and another partner who is not, a Washington State University survey has found.

11 Mar 2022

New update on using masks in the public transportation corridor

At CDC's recommendation, TSA will extend the security directive for mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs for one month, through April 18th.

11 Mar 2022

Canadian scientist discusses about how society could better prepare for future pandemics

Aled Edwards is of two minds about medicine's response to COVID-19. On one hand, he notes, we had life-saving vaccines and therapies less than a year after the discovery of SARS-CoV-2. On the other, more than six million, and possibly as many as 18 million people have died, and global access to advances that can prevent and treat severe disease remains highly inequitable.

11 Mar 2022

In silico screening and testing of FDA approved drugs inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein cleavage

Researchers screened 5,000 Food and Drug Association-approved drugs to identify repurposed drugs targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein cleavage at both S1/S2 boundary and S2’.

11 Mar 2022

Study shows competitive fitness of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants linked to their distinctiveness relative to identified lineages

Researchers defined a novel polynucleotide-based Distinctiveness metric to capture the proteome-level differences of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and lineages against all previously identified ones.

11 Mar 2022

Study finds greater financial worries and lower rates of psychological distress among immigrants

Compared to US-born individuals, immigrants to the United States have increased financial worries – especially related to things like retirement and medical costs, reports a study in the March issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

11 Mar 2022

HMHI announces a $5 million gift to support the new Mental Health Crisis Care Center

Huntsman Mental Health Institute announced a generous $5 million gift from Kem and Carolyn Gardner to support the Mental Health Crisis Care Center. Expected to open in 2024 and located on 3300 South between 900 and 1000 West in South Salt Lake, the new center will be named the Kem and Carolyn Gardner Mental Health Crisis Care Center.

10 Mar 2022

Study finds fewer COVID-19 cases in schools with mandatory masking during Delta surge

Schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of in-school transmission of SARS-CoV-2 when compared to schools with optional or partial masking policies, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

10 Mar 2022

Three vaccine doses are crucial to achieve effective protection against omicron

mRNA vaccines are highly effective in preventing covid-19 associated hospital admissions related to the alpha, delta, and omicron variants. But three doses are needed to achieve a similar level of protection against omicron that two doses provide against the delta and alpha variants, finds a large US study published by The BMJ today.

10 Mar 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress shelves covid funding for now

Congress is moving toward completion of its annual spending bills for the fiscal year that started last October, but a last-minute snag jettisoned from the bill the Biden administration's requested funding for covid prevention and treatment.

10 Mar 2022

Government publishes draft terms of reference for public inquiry into COVID-19

Today (Thursday 10 March) the government has published draft terms of reference for the forthcoming public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Mar 2022

Novel intervention after concussion may reduce subsequent injury risk

As assistant professor of orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, David Howell, PhD, understands the relationship between concussions and subsequent injury in athletes - namely, that after suffering a concussion, athletes at all levels are more likely to sustain another injury within the next year.

10 Mar 2022

Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced anti-spike antibody responses

Researchers demonstrated the anti-spike antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and further estimated the acute SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced Ab activity against recently emerged variants like Omicron.

10 Mar 2022

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Study: LGBT+ physicists experience exclusionary behaviors that make them leave physics

Exposure to room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation

UK Government to remove all COVID-19 international travel restrictions

COVID-19 incidence in K-12 schools in mask-required vs. mask-optional settings

Modeling study assesses the effectiveness facemasks before and after COVID-19 vaccination

Role of carboxypeptidase U in severe COVID-19

At-home test for influenza is as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings

Survey: About 16% of couples are discordant about COVID-19 vaccination

New update on using masks in the public transportation corridor

Canadian scientist discusses about how society could better prepare for future pandemics

In silico screening and testing of FDA approved drugs inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein cleavage

Study shows competitive fitness of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants linked to their distinctiveness relative to identified lineages

Study finds greater financial worries and lower rates of psychological distress among immigrants

HMHI announces a $5 million gift to support the new Mental Health Crisis Care Center

Study finds fewer COVID-19 cases in schools with mandatory masking during Delta surge

Three vaccine doses are crucial to achieve effective protection against omicron

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress shelves covid funding for now

Government publishes draft terms of reference for public inquiry into COVID-19

Novel intervention after concussion may reduce subsequent injury risk

Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced anti-spike antibody responses

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