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CDC to invest $2.1 billion to improve safety and quality of healthcare in the U.S.

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a $2.1 billion investment to improve infection prevention and control activities across the U.S. public health and healthcare sectors.

18 Sep 2021

$90 million approved for first-of-its-kind translational research building for mental health

Yesterday, during a meeting of the Executive Appropriations Committee of the Utah State Legislature, lawmakers unanimously approved $90 million in funding for the Utah Translational Research Building at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.

18 Sep 2021

Thousands of vulnerable hospital patients set to benefit from new COVID-19 treatment

Thousands of vulnerable NHS patients in hospital due to COVID-19 are set to benefit from a ground-breaking new antibody treatment, the government has announced today (17 September 2021).

18 Sep 2021

Health Secretary gives blood sample for new genomic sequencing program

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid visited Great Ormond Street Hospital today to provide a blood sample for a genomic sequencing programme aimed at tackling disparities in health.

18 Sep 2021

Dentists chip away at uninsured problem by offering patients membership plans

Nevada dentist David White has seen diseased and rotted teeth in the mouths of patients who routinely put off checkups and avoided minor procedures such as fillings. While dental phobia is a factor, White said, the overriding reason people avoid treatment is cost.

17 Sep 2021

Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

It's a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That's the message from some doctors, as hospitals fill up with covid-19 patients and other medical conditions go untreated.

17 Sep 2021

Shared language must be clear enough to help people working together in public health, experts say

A large group of family medicine researchers, educators and clinicians propose a framework of definitions to clarify the similarities, differences and relationships between common terms used by those involved in population health, community health and public health. They write that shared language must be clear enough to help and not hinder people working together as they come to a mutual understanding of roles, responsibilities and actions in their joint work.

17 Sep 2021

New protocol for donning and doffing personal protective equipment during home visits

Researchers describe a protocol for donning and doffing personal protective equipment in home settings for health care professionals who must interact with patients potentially infected with COVID-19. This protocol addresses gaps in COVID-19 related guidelines, specifically the process of donning and doffing PPE during home visits while supplementing PPE guidelines and protocols. To create the protocol, the researchers used an interactive, rapid-prototyping approach.

17 Sep 2021

OSU-led collaboration proposes broadening of university promotion, tenure criteria and innovation

University promotion and tenure criteria and processes should be broadened and made more inclusive to value innovation, entrepreneurship and other forms of scholarly impact, a collaboration led by Oregon State University assert today in a paper published in Science.

17 Sep 2021

Adults with substance misuse issues may have had difficult childhoods, research suggests

While many parents and caregivers involved in the child welfare system suffered trauma as children, new research suggests that those with substance misuse issues as adults may have had particularly difficult childhoods.

17 Sep 2021

Duke Health review: COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in clinical care

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in how medicine is practiced in communities and at academic medical centers, with Family Medicine departments working at the front lines to provide care and forge relationships with community partners, according to a Duke Health review.

16 Sep 2021

AAHD expands collaboration with National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program

The American Association on Health and Disability is excited to expand its collaboration with the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program.

16 Sep 2021

Study explores empowerment approach to reduce childhood obesity in Australia

Empowering families with skills, resources and knowledge to improve their lifestyle is the focus of a University of Queensland study into reducing childhood obesity.

16 Sep 2021

Leader of California’s muscular Obamacare exchange to step down

Peter Lee, who has steered California's Affordable Care Act marketplace since late 2011 and helped mold it into a model of what the federal health care law could achieve, announced Thursday he will leave his post in March.

16 Sep 2021

High adherence to Mediterranean diet improves cognitive functions and memory

People of advanced age who are overweight or obese with a higher level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet preserve their cognitive performance and even improve their abilities after three years, according to a new study.

16 Sep 2021

Experts raise questions about routine use of surrogate endpoints for drug approvals

A growing number of drugs are being approved on the basis of indirect ('surrogate') measures that do not always reliably predict outcomes that matter most to patients, such as living longer or feeling better.

16 Sep 2021

Reproductive specialist highlights the need to investigate menstrual changes after covid-19 vaccination

Some women say their periods change after getting a covid-19 vaccination. In The BMJ today, Dr Victoria Male, a reproductive specialist at Imperial College London, says a link between menstrual changes after covid-19 vaccination is plausible and should be investigated.

16 Sep 2021

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CDC to invest $2.1 billion to improve safety and quality of healthcare in the U.S.

$90 million approved for first-of-its-kind translational research building for mental health

Thousands of vulnerable hospital patients set to benefit from new COVID-19 treatment

Health Secretary gives blood sample for new genomic sequencing program

Dentists chip away at uninsured problem by offering patients membership plans

Covid-overwhelmed hospitals postpone cancer care and other treatment

Shared language must be clear enough to help people working together in public health, experts say

New protocol for donning and doffing personal protective equipment during home visits

OSU-led collaboration proposes broadening of university promotion, tenure criteria and innovation

Adults with substance misuse issues may have had difficult childhoods, research suggests

Duke Health review: COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in clinical care

AAHD expands collaboration with National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program

Study explores empowerment approach to reduce childhood obesity in Australia

Leader of California’s muscular Obamacare exchange to step down

High adherence to Mediterranean diet improves cognitive functions and memory

Experts raise questions about routine use of surrogate endpoints for drug approvals

Reproductive specialist highlights the need to investigate menstrual changes after covid-19 vaccination

Australian study finds enablers and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake

New report provides the latest statistics on health impacts of dementia in Australia

When covid deaths are dismissed or stigmatized, grief is mixed with shame and anger

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