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How eye protection affects SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Researchers recently conducted a systematic review on the impact of eye protection on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

18 Nov 2021

Education and income impact survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Socioeconomic factors affect the risk of cardiovascular disease and the chances of recovery. New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden interrogates the significance of socioeconomic factors for sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

18 Nov 2021

LSHTM expert comments on NICE approval of first long-acting injectable HIV treatment

NHS watch-dog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has published guidance recommending the use of the first long-acting injectable treatment for HIV-1.

18 Nov 2021

Public health measures should be continued alongside covid-19 vaccination, suggest experts

Several personal protective and social measures, including handwashing, mask wearing, and physical distancing are associated with reductions in the incidence covid-19 and should be continued alongside vaccination, suggest experts after reviewing the latest evidence in The BMJ today.

18 Nov 2021

New CDC report reveals the characteristics of homicides of American Indian and Alaska Native people

A recently published CDC report is helping uncover the characteristics of homicides of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people.

18 Nov 2021

UQ strikes a deal with Canadian company to revolutionize the way patients take medical cannabis

The University of Queensland has struck a deal with Canadian health and wellness company PreveCeutical Medical which could revolutionize the way patients take medical cannabis.

18 Nov 2021

$10 million gift helps launch the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn

Thanks to a generous $10 million gift from Stewart and Judy Colton, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will continue to be on the leading edge of autoimmune research and care with the launch of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn.

18 Nov 2021

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn announces Dr. Ude Welcome as new chief of surgery

Akuezunkpa O. Ude Welcome, MD, a renowned bariatric and minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgeon, has been named chief of surgery at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn.

18 Nov 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Boosting confusion

With covid caseloads rising across much of the country, several governors and mayors are unilaterally expanding access to booster shots, getting out ahead of federal health officials.

18 Nov 2021

NIH study finds naturally acquired immunity is weak against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Immunity acquired after recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection is not sufficient in protecting against reinfection from variants.

18 Nov 2021

Antiretroviral drugs detected in drinking water

Years ago, there was a time that kids from a rural village in South Africa still wanted to swim in the rivers nearby. But when they got out of the water, those with sensitive skins would have the worst rash ever, says Prof Philiswa Nomngongo.

18 Nov 2021

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

Higher cost of care and worse patient outcomes are associated with incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in acute care settings, according to analysis published in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, the official journal of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society.

18 Nov 2021

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: An Interview with the World Health Organization

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021, we spoke to Dr. Liz Tayler from the World Health Organization about antimicrobial resistance.

18 Nov 2021

Stranded by the pandemic, he had only travel insurance. It left him with a $38,000 bill.

Duy Hoa Tran, a retired Vietnamese schoolteacher, arrived in Los Angeles in February 2020 to visit his daughter and 2-month-old grandson.

18 Nov 2021

Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-covid vaccinations

Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a recent Saturday morning at a walk-in clinic in this Denver suburb. It had been about a year since the kids' last shots, a delay Blatzer chalked up to the pandemic.

18 Nov 2021

Public opinion is unified on lowering prescription drug prices. Why are leaders settling for less?

Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as much for drugs as patients in dozens of other countries.

18 Nov 2021

Novel chatbot could ask emergency department visitors about social needs

Americans visit hospital emergency departments nearly 130 million times per year. Although the focus of these visits is to address acute illness and injury, doctors are increasingly finding that social needs - such as food and housing insecurity - place many patients at higher risk of getting sick and requiring emergency care.

18 Nov 2021

Heart rates of older couples synchronize when they are close together

As couples grow old together, their interdependence heightens. Often, they become each other's primary source of physical and emotional support.

17 Nov 2021

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

By coupling machine learning with whole genome sequencing, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University scientists greatly improved the quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks within a hospital setting over traditional methods for tracking outbreaks.

17 Nov 2021

Smartphone memory apps can help older adults with mild dementia to complete daily tasks

Results from a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that older adults with mild dementia can learn to use smartphone memory aids to help them remember to complete everyday tasks that are important to their quality of life.

17 Nov 2021

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How eye protection affects SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Education and income impact survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

LSHTM expert comments on NICE approval of first long-acting injectable HIV treatment

Public health measures should be continued alongside covid-19 vaccination, suggest experts

New CDC report reveals the characteristics of homicides of American Indian and Alaska Native people

UQ strikes a deal with Canadian company to revolutionize the way patients take medical cannabis

$10 million gift helps launch the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn announces Dr. Ude Welcome as new chief of surgery

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Boosting confusion

NIH study finds naturally acquired immunity is weak against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Antiretroviral drugs detected in drinking water

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: An Interview with the World Health Organization

Stranded by the pandemic, he had only travel insurance. It left him with a $38,000 bill.

Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-covid vaccinations

Public opinion is unified on lowering prescription drug prices. Why are leaders settling for less?

Novel chatbot could ask emergency department visitors about social needs

Heart rates of older couples synchronize when they are close together

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

Smartphone memory apps can help older adults with mild dementia to complete daily tasks

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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