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What will it take to boost vaccinations? The scene from Kentucky’s back roads

In the end it was the delta variant that drove Rose Mitchell, 89, down the winding mountain road to the Full Gospel Church of Jesus Christ to get the shot. Her pastor, Billy Joe Lewis, had told his congregation that, No, ma'am, a covid vaccine would not leave the "mark of the beast" nor rewrite their genetic codes.

18 Oct 2021

Surveillance, prevention of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in Europe

In the northern hemisphere, annual seasonal influenza activity usually causes a high burden of disease during the winter months.

18 Oct 2021

Many people perceive the use of facial analytics in healthcare settings as a potential privacy threat

Uses of facial images and facial recognition technologies – to unlock a phone or in airport security – are becoming increasingly common in everyday life. But how do people feel about using such data in healthcare and biomedical research?

18 Oct 2021

Study finds connection between austerity measures and increased mortality in England

Central government austerity measures since 2010 are linked to tens of thousands more deaths than expected, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open on the joint impact of social care, public health, and healthcare spends on death rates before and after 2010.

18 Oct 2021

Study explores the likelihood of inappropriate decisions by physicians during delivery

Clinical decisions made in the delivery setting as to whether to employ vaginal delivery or cesarean section are often made under high pressure, and with great uncertainty, and have serious consequences for mother and baby.

18 Oct 2021

Public health interventions, more hospitals associated with reduction in COVID-19 case-fatality rates

Counties that banned in-person religious gatherings and those with a greater number of hospitals per capita were associated with a decreased case-fatality rate of COVID-19 during the pandemic’s first wave, according to a new University of Michigan study.

15 Oct 2021

NYU Langone Health opens an expansive care center in Bethpage

As part of its commitment to enhance access to high-quality care, NYU Langone Health has opened NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bethpage—one of Nassau County's largest multispecialty care centers—at 185 Central Avenue.

15 Oct 2021

Study finds a downward trend in buprenorphine misuse among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder

Data from a nationally representative survey indicate that in 2019, nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults reporting buprenorphine use did not misuse the medication in the past 12 months.

15 Oct 2021

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

The physical and mental burden of prolonged exposure to bushfire smoke is vastly underestimated by official statistics that are based upon admissions into the health system, finds a large survey of residents affected by the widespread bushfires close to Canberra, Australia's capital city, in the summer of late 2019 and early 2020.

15 Oct 2021

Government financial intervention not effective in helping worst hit families experiencing food insecurity

Some of the worst hit families experiencing food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic found that Government financial intervention didn't effectively address the issue, new research has found.

15 Oct 2021

New study shows how COVID-19 response has impacted the U.S. public health system

The cruel impact of COVID-19, the virus that emerged in late 2019 and has claimed 5 million lives to date, is chronicled in daily headlines. It has robbed us of loved ones, jobs, plans and so much more.

15 Oct 2021

New risk measure can better predict pandemic spread than other models

COVID-19 is not the flu. The disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus is more transmissible, and deadlier, than most influenza epidemics we've encountered in our lifetimes, and scientists and physicians are still learning new things about the disease and its long-term effects.

15 Oct 2021

Study finds high and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods among Americans

Consumption of ultra-processed foods has increased over the past two decades across nearly all segments of the U.S. population, according to a new study by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health.

15 Oct 2021

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report.

15 Oct 2021

Schedule online visits first? It’s the next big thing in health insurance

At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

15 Oct 2021

How to crush medical debt: 5 tips for using hospital charity care

What if a law passed but no one enforced it? That's essentially what has happened with one small but helpful rule about hospitals and financial assistance for medical bills.

15 Oct 2021

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

The NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative announced today that it has issued contract awards totaling $77.7 million to develop and manufacture 12 new rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

15 Oct 2021

Laser treatment shows potential to transform glaucoma management in Africa

Laser treatment has the potential to transform the management of glaucoma in Africa, and to prevent more people from going irreversibly blind, particularly in regions with high disease prevalence and incidence, suggests new research published in Lancet Global Health.

15 Oct 2021

Climate change action could significantly benefit human health in the future

Measures to tackle climate change could significantly benefit human health in the next few years, as well as in the long-term, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society.

15 Oct 2021

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

Researchers are developing a program that could be added to the COVID alert app used on smartphones to better target vaccination campaigns.

15 Oct 2021

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What will it take to boost vaccinations? The scene from Kentucky’s back roads

Surveillance, prevention of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in Europe

Many people perceive the use of facial analytics in healthcare settings as a potential privacy threat

Study finds connection between austerity measures and increased mortality in England

Study explores the likelihood of inappropriate decisions by physicians during delivery

Public health interventions, more hospitals associated with reduction in COVID-19 case-fatality rates

NYU Langone Health opens an expansive care center in Bethpage

Study finds a downward trend in buprenorphine misuse among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder

Study finds many undocumented health problems among individuals exposed to bushfire smoke

Government financial intervention not effective in helping worst hit families experiencing food insecurity

New study shows how COVID-19 response has impacted the U.S. public health system

New risk measure can better predict pandemic spread than other models

Study finds high and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods among Americans

Global progress in tackling tuberculosis has been reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule online visits first? It’s the next big thing in health insurance

How to crush medical debt: 5 tips for using hospital charity care

NIH RADx initiative announces $77.7 million to develop new rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Laser treatment shows potential to transform glaucoma management in Africa

Climate change action could significantly benefit human health in the future

New program could be added to the COVID alert app to improve vaccination campaigns

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