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New recommendations for addressing disparities in cancer care

New recommendations co-developed by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute call for a significant expansion of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers to understand the causes of inequities in cancer care and a commitment to building sustained community partnerships to reduce them.

29 Mar 2021

Researchers develop novel nanoadjuvant COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Researchers at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), introduced a new vaccine, which compromises the spike protein’s receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the manganese nanoadjuvant (MnARK), inducing humoral and cellular responses.

29 Mar 2021

Scientists seek Covid treatment answers in cheap, older drugs

Could a decades-old antidepressant be a secret weapon against covid? A few scientists think so, after two small studies showed that fluvoxamine, typically prescribed for obsessive-compulsive disorder, prevented serious illness in all participants who took the pills soon after developing symptoms.

29 Mar 2021

It’s not just QAnon. Democrats and independents also want to recall California’s governor.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is framing the burgeoning effort to remove him from office as a fringe Republican movement backed by right-wing extremists, Trump supporters and QAnon conspiracy theorists.

29 Mar 2021

In his continued sparring with Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul oversimplified the science

That Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky often disagrees with infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is well known.

29 Mar 2021

Study identifies key features in SARS-CoV-2 genome essential for replication in respiratory cells

Researchers at the Institute of Medical Virology, the University of Zurich in Switzerland, have identified features in the SARS-CoV-2 genome that are important for human respiratory cell growth.

29 Mar 2021

Addressing the increasing plasticity of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers summarize what this rapid increase of plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 could mean for the future of the pandemic and anti-SARS-CoV-2 measures.

29 Mar 2021

Developing orally administrable drugs to combat SARS-CoV-2

Researchers in China have reported the successful design and synthesis of two antiviral compounds that target the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)’s main protease, essential in virus replication.

29 Mar 2021

Large U.S. study identifies sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 testing and positivity

The massive and continuing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), throughout the world, has led to a staggering toll of over 549,000 deaths in the USA, among over 30 million cases. A new preprint research paper posted to the medRxiv* server discusses the factors related to the chances of testing positive for this virus.

29 Mar 2021

New framework proposed to place restrictions on vulnerable communities at risk of COVID-19

As COVID-19 vaccines slowly roll out across the world, government officials in densely populated countries must still manage vulnerable communities at highest risk of an outbreak.

27 Mar 2021

Heart failure deaths more persistent in rural areas of the United States than urban areas

Heart failure deaths are persistently higher in rural areas of the United States compared with urban areas, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

26 Mar 2021

Home workers sleep longer and remain equally productive as before the pandemic, study finds

In a unique study in collaboration with Gävle Municipality, the researchers have compared individuals when they work from home to when they work at their offices.

26 Mar 2021

Research project to study how the pandemic has affected health, wellbeing of police officers

The University's Professor Jason Roach will work alongside the National Police Wellbeing Service on a research project that will study to what extent the health and wellbeing of the nation's police officers has been affected by the pandemic.

26 Mar 2021

UIC researchers report bias among doctors who review X-rays for coal miner's black lung claims

University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the financial conflicts of interest that exist among doctors who review the chest X-rays of coal miners who file workers' compensation claims of totally disabling disease with the U.S. Department of Labor's Federal Black Lung Program.

26 Mar 2021

Latino Californians are among hardest hit by COVID-19

The COVID-19 surge of summer through winter 2020‒2021 devastated all population groups. Yet when the death rates of Latinos are compared to non-Hispanic white (NHW) rates in every age group, there is a significant disparity between the two: Latino death rates are from two to seven times higher than NHW rates.

26 Mar 2021

Universal mask policy could reduce healthcare workers' risk of acquiring COVID-19

A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine from researchers at Henry Ford Health System has found that Henry Ford's early implementation of a universal mask policy in the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reducing the risk of healthcare workers at Henry Ford acquiring COVID-19.

26 Mar 2021

UTEP helps streamline the process at COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the U.S.

Sreenath Chalil Madathil, Ph.D., assistant professor in industrial manufacturing and systems engineering (IMSE) at The University of Texas at El Paso, is working to streamline the process and ease the patient experience at COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the United States to ensure faster vaccine distribution.

26 Mar 2021

Patients diagnosed with incurable cancer need early access to supportive palliative care

So far, there has been little research into supportive care needs in patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer and as their disease progresses.

26 Mar 2021

U-M Depression Center to be renamed in recognition of Eisenbergs' philanthropy toward the center

The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved the renaming of the U-M Depression Center for Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and their family, in recognition of their transformational $30 million total giving to depression research and scholarship.

26 Mar 2021

IQWiG releases revised version of its General Methods

The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) revised its methods paper and published the German original version "Allgemeine Methoden 6.0" (General Methods 6.0) on http://www.iqwig.de in November 2020.

26 Mar 2021

Healthcare News

New recommendations for addressing disparities in cancer care

Researchers develop novel nanoadjuvant COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Scientists seek Covid treatment answers in cheap, older drugs

It’s not just QAnon. Democrats and independents also want to recall California’s governor.

In his continued sparring with Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul oversimplified the science

Study identifies key features in SARS-CoV-2 genome essential for replication in respiratory cells

Addressing the increasing plasticity of SARS-CoV-2

Developing orally administrable drugs to combat SARS-CoV-2

Large U.S. study identifies sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 testing and positivity

New framework proposed to place restrictions on vulnerable communities at risk of COVID-19

Heart failure deaths more persistent in rural areas of the United States than urban areas

Home workers sleep longer and remain equally productive as before the pandemic, study finds

Research project to study how the pandemic has affected health, wellbeing of police officers

UIC researchers report bias among doctors who review X-rays for coal miner's black lung claims

Latino Californians are among hardest hit by COVID-19

Universal mask policy could reduce healthcare workers' risk of acquiring COVID-19

UTEP helps streamline the process at COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the U.S.

Patients diagnosed with incurable cancer need early access to supportive palliative care

U-M Depression Center to be renamed in recognition of Eisenbergs' philanthropy toward the center

IQWiG releases revised version of its General Methods

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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