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Healthy people volunteering to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 should be paid, experts suggest

Multidisciplinary team of international experts suggests participants should receive a "substantial" amount, be paid ethically.

7 Feb 2021

Study highlights the importance and complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century

Mealtimes are a central aspect of family life, affecting the health and wellbeing of both children and adults. Although the benefits of healthy mealtimes are straightforward, helping all families realize those benefits is quite complicated, new research from University of Illinois shows.

6 Feb 2021

Grape consumption offers protection against UV skin damage

A recent human study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that consuming grapes protected against ultraviolet (UV) skin damage.

5 Feb 2021

Vegan diet more effective for boosting weight loss than Mediterranean diet

A vegan diet is more effective for weight loss than a Mediterranean diet, according to a groundbreaking new study that compared the diets head to head.

5 Feb 2021

FDA permits marketing of new prescription only device to reduce snoring and mild sleep apnea

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a new prescription only device intended to reduce snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea.

5 Feb 2021

California’s rural counties endure a deadly covid winter

Covid-19's fierce winter resurgence in California is notable not only for the explosion in overall cases and deaths in the state's sprawling urban centers.

5 Feb 2021

The state of vaccine supply: ‘Opaque.’ Unpredictable. ‘Hard to pin down.’

Even as the pace of vaccination against covid-19 has steadily accelerated — hitting an average of 1.3 million doses a day in the last days of January — the frustration felt by many of those unable to secure an appointment hasn't waned.

5 Feb 2021

Comparing death tolls from covid to past wars is fraught

Counting the dead is one of the first, somber steps in reckoning with an event of enormous tragic scope, be it war, a natural disaster or a pandemic.

5 Feb 2021

As demand for mental health care spikes, budget ax set to strike

When the pandemic hit, health officials in Montana's Beaverhead County had barely begun to fill a hole left by the 2017 closure of the local public assistance office, mental health clinic, chemical dependency center and job placement office after the state's last budget shortfall.

5 Feb 2021

How does SARS-CoV-2 infect the pancreas?

To understand how SARS-CoV-2 infects the pancreas and investigate its effects, a team of researchers used the human iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cells)-derived pancreatic cultures and analyzed the post-infection cellular and molecular changes.

5 Feb 2021

FDA schedules meeting to discuss EUA request for Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) on Feb. 26, 2021, to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine from Janssen Biotech Inc.

5 Feb 2021

FDA continues to support the development of medical products to tackle new virus variants

As the public health agency responsible for regulating medical products, we must ensure that health care providers have the most up-to-date diagnostics, treatments and vaccines in their toolbox to fight this pandemic.

5 Feb 2021

Study calls for continuous monitoring of dark web marketplaces in view of vaccines shortage

New research carried out by City data scientist, Dr. Andrea Baronchelli, and colleagues, into the dark web marketplace (DWM) trade in products related to COVID-19, has revealed the need for the continuous monitoring of dark web marketplaces (DWMs), especially in light of the current shortage and availability of coronavirus vaccines.

5 Feb 2021

Study: Black people are less likely to live near hospitals that administer COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and West Health Policy Center found that in many parts of the country, Black people are less likely than white people to live near a pharmacy, clinic, hospital or health center that can administer COVID-19 vaccines.

5 Feb 2021

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Healthy people volunteering to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 should be paid, experts suggest

Study highlights the importance and complexities of family mealtimes in the 21st century

Grape consumption offers protection against UV skin damage

Vegan diet more effective for boosting weight loss than Mediterranean diet

FDA permits marketing of new prescription only device to reduce snoring and mild sleep apnea

California’s rural counties endure a deadly covid winter

The state of vaccine supply: ‘Opaque.’ Unpredictable. ‘Hard to pin down.’

Comparing death tolls from covid to past wars is fraught

As demand for mental health care spikes, budget ax set to strike

How does SARS-CoV-2 infect the pancreas?

FDA schedules meeting to discuss EUA request for Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine

FDA continues to support the development of medical products to tackle new virus variants

Study calls for continuous monitoring of dark web marketplaces in view of vaccines shortage

Study: Black people are less likely to live near hospitals that administer COVID-19 vaccines

UCI Institute for Future Health to address movement toward personalized healthcare model

CHiPS program reduces unwanted sexual contact among U.S. Air Force cadets

New method can help evaluate potential sight-preserving properties

Study provides new insight about integrating treatment for HIV and opioid use disorder in Vietnam

Study highlights ways to improve food access, mealtime preparation

Study: Social distancing also reduces the chances of contracting COVID-19

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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