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Better healthcare processes can reduce the risk of delirium among elderly patients

Elderly patients with neurological conditions are significantly more likely to develop delirium shortly after they are hospitalized.

23 Jul 2021

Yale wins USAID award to advance research utilization in Liberia's health sector

Yale University has received a $15 million, five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) award to advance research utilization in Liberia's health sector.

23 Jul 2021

Global economic recovery at risk due to COVID-19 vaccine inequity

New Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Vaccine Equity finds low-income countries would add $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had the same vaccination rate as high-income countries. Global economic recovery at risk if vaccines are not equitably manufactured, scaled up and distributed.

23 Jul 2021

Report highlights global shortfalls to end HIV infections among children and young women

In the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners warn that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met.

23 Jul 2021

International Paralympic Committee and WHO sign agreement to promote diversity and equity in health, sports

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today signed an agreement to work together to foster diversity and equity through global initiatives promoting health and sport for everybody, everywhere.

23 Jul 2021

Higher net worth at midlife associated with longevity in US adults

One of the keys to a long life may lie in your net worth. In the first wealth and longevity study to incorporate siblings and twin pair data, researchers from Northwestern University analyzed the midlife net worth of adults (mean age 46.7 years) and their mortality rates 24 years later.

23 Jul 2021

New machine learning-based model predicts mortality risk of intensive care unit patients

A research team led by Dr Rosario Delgado from the UAB Department of Mathematics, in collaboration with the Hospital de Mataró, developed a new machine learning-based model that predicts the risk of mortality of intensive care unit patients according to their characteristics.

23 Jul 2021

Researchers discover camelid-derived two nanobodies that target SARS-CoV-2

A new study has been published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, which has identified and characterized two RBD-targeting neutralizing nanobodies, namely, DL4 and DL28.

23 Jul 2021

Researchers use mass spectrometry to study immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 epitopes

A new study has been published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, which has used MS to identify T cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 conserved protein, i.e., the membrane glycol protein (MGP) and the non-structure protein-13 (NSP13).

23 Jul 2021

Facing headwinds on new Alzheimer’s drug, Biogen launches controversial campaign

Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you?

23 Jul 2021

Contraception is free to women, except when it’s not

For Stephanie Force, finding a birth control method that she likes and can get without paying out-of-pocket has been a struggle, despite the Affordable Care Act's promise of free contraceptives for women and adolescent girls in most health plans.

23 Jul 2021

Surgeons endorse policies and programs designed to lower firearm-related injuries and deaths

In what may be the largest survey of physician attitudes about firearms and how firearm-owning surgeons store guns in their homes, U.S. members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) said they support the organization taking an active role in advocating for policies and programs designed to lower the risk of firearm-related injuries and deaths.

23 Jul 2021

Study identifies food insecurity at a local authority scale across the UK

In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent (one and a half times) the national average. Shockingly, in one in 10 local authorities, the rate is almost double, according to new research by the University of Sheffield.

23 Jul 2021

After 18 months, Sutter antitrust settlement finally poised for formal approval

More than 18 months after Sutter Health agreed to a tentative settlement in a closely watched antitrust case joined by the California Attorney General's Office, the judge presiding over the case indicated she would sign off on the terms, pending agreement on attorney fees. The nonprofit health care giant, based in Sacramento, stood accused of violating California's antitrust laws by using its market dominance to drive up prices.

22 Jul 2021

First dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines has strong protective effect against COVID-19 in older adults

A new study estimates vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 mortality in England using the RDD approach.

22 Jul 2021

Nurses face increased likelihood of burnout during COVID-19, reports study

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 percent of nurses and other health care workers had risks associated with an increased likelihood of burnout, reports a survey study in the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing.

22 Jul 2021

UMD awarded grant to develop an integrated hypertension management program for older adults

To address the significant health burden of hypertension (characterized by consistently high blood pressure), the University of Maryland (UMD) was recently awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to develop, test, and deliver an integrated hypertension management program for older adults.

22 Jul 2021

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Better healthcare processes can reduce the risk of delirium among elderly patients

Yale wins USAID award to advance research utilization in Liberia's health sector

Global economic recovery at risk due to COVID-19 vaccine inequity

Report highlights global shortfalls to end HIV infections among children and young women

International Paralympic Committee and WHO sign agreement to promote diversity and equity in health, sports

Higher net worth at midlife associated with longevity in US adults

New machine learning-based model predicts mortality risk of intensive care unit patients

Researchers discover camelid-derived two nanobodies that target SARS-CoV-2

Researchers use mass spectrometry to study immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 epitopes

Facing headwinds on new Alzheimer’s drug, Biogen launches controversial campaign

Contraception is free to women, except when it’s not

Surgeons endorse policies and programs designed to lower firearm-related injuries and deaths

Study identifies food insecurity at a local authority scale across the UK

After 18 months, Sutter antitrust settlement finally poised for formal approval

First dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines has strong protective effect against COVID-19 in older adults

Nurses face increased likelihood of burnout during COVID-19, reports study

UMD awarded grant to develop an integrated hypertension management program for older adults

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