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Santen’s VEKTIS study demonstrates efficacy and tolerability of cyclosporine A cationic emulsion in pediatric vernal keratoconjunctivis, over 12 months

Santen EMEA is delighted to announce that the results of VEKTIS, a twelve month study in pediatric vernal keratoconjunctivitis have been published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

From Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 22 May 2020

ELISA and CLIA antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 perform best in terms of sensitivity

Testing for those who have developed antibodies against the coronavirus can help tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a new study has identified all the antibody tests available for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to determine which performs better and is more accurate.

21 May 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: When it comes to COVID-19, states are on their own

At least so far, states that reopened their economies are not seeing a major spike in cases of COVID-19. But it remains unclear if that is because the coronavirus is not spreading, because the data is lagging or because the data is being manipulated.

21 May 2020

Bioinsider launches COVID-19 virtual meeting series

Bioinsider has opened registration and a call for speaker proposals for its four-part virtual meeting series, Together as One COVID-19 Series.

21 May 2020

Study: Older people with persistent pain in rural areas face challenges in accessing healthcare

A study led by Keele University has found that older people with persistent pain living in rural areas face challenges in accessing healthcare, which may mean they are less likely to seek treatment or engage in effective self-management.

21 May 2020

Universal testing of asymptomatic pregnant women may not be necessary, study suggests

A study conducted by investigators at Cedars-Sinai suggests that universal testing of asymptomatic pregnant women in labor may not be necessary at every hospital.

20 May 2020

Australia and South Korea: Research compares COVID-19 fatality rates

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in May 2020 compares the fatality rates of two countries with reliable testing and reporting profiles, which had COVID-19 outbreaks at almost the same time, to arrive at a reliable estimate of fatality hazard rates.

20 May 2020

MIT researchers describe new methods for accelerating drug approvals during pandemics

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19 special issue of the Harvard Data Science Review, freely available via open access, describing new methods for accelerating drug approvals during pandemics and for providing more accurate measures of the probabilities of success for clinical trials of vaccines and other anti-infective therapies.

20 May 2020

Primary care physicians report burnout at twice the rate of other health care professionals

Clinician burnout is a growing public health concern, with the National Academy of Sciences reporting that 35-54% of U.S. nurses and physicians exhibit substantial symptoms of burnout.

20 May 2020

Drug combination could eliminate side effects of largely abandoned diabetes treatment

A new UT Southwestern study shows how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in combination with another drug to eliminate problematic side effects.

20 May 2020

Mitigating challenges encountered by individuals with ASD in COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic is stressful enough, but for children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families, the crisis can be especially difficult.

20 May 2020

Henry Ford Health System first to enroll a pediatric patient in HEROS study

Henry Ford Health System is first in the country to enroll a patient in the Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 study, which aims to help determine the rate of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, among U.S. children and their family members, and what percentage of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop symptoms of the disease.

20 May 2020

African American communities more burdened by COVID-19, say researchers

A new study conducted by researchers at Florida International University, Miami, has found that communities in the United States with a high density of African Americans are disproportionately burdened with the adverse outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

20 May 2020

Study: Bioelectrical view can provide biological understanding of cellular processes

We use cells to breathe, to moderate body temperature, to grow and many other every day processes, however the cells in these processes are so complex its left scientists perplexed into how they develop in different environments.

20 May 2020

Children exposed to maternal antenatal corticosteroids have more behavioral disorders

Maternal antenatal corticosteroid treatment is standard care when there is a risk for preterm delivery. The treatment improves the prognosis of babies born preterm.

20 May 2020

Going global. Scottish online medical specialist signs another international deal with Australian nurse college

Continulus has dramatically widened its global reach with a new collaboration with one of the world’s most highly respected nursing bodies.

From Continulus 20 May 2020

How a company misappropriated Native American culture to sell health insurance

Jill Goodridge was shopping for affordable health insurance when a friend told her about O'NA HealthCare, a low-cost alternative to commercial insurance.

20 May 2020

Avacta and Medusa19 enter into a distribution agreement for COVID-19 antigen test

Avacta Group plc has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Medusa19 Limited for sales of a saliva-based rapid test for the COVID-19 antigen.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 20 May 2020

Kids missing measles shots due to coronavirus pandemic

A year ago, the United States saw the highest annual number of measles cases since 1992, with 1,249 cases reported. Of these, 89 percent of the measles patients were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status. Now, fears of another measles outbreak in the country loom as the coronavirus pandemic indirectly is causing a drop in measles vaccinations.

20 May 2020

Current antibody tests are good enough to inform decisions about public health, say experts

While it's too soon to use COVID-19 antibody testing to issue "immunity passports", antibody tests that are available today are good enough to inform decisions about public health and relaxing social distancing interventions, says an international group of infectious disease and public health experts in Science Immunology today.

20 May 2020

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Santen’s VEKTIS study demonstrates efficacy and tolerability of cyclosporine A cationic emulsion in pediatric vernal keratoconjunctivis, over 12 months

ELISA and CLIA antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 perform best in terms of sensitivity

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: When it comes to COVID-19, states are on their own

Bioinsider launches COVID-19 virtual meeting series

Study: Older people with persistent pain in rural areas face challenges in accessing healthcare

Universal testing of asymptomatic pregnant women may not be necessary, study suggests

Australia and South Korea: Research compares COVID-19 fatality rates

MIT researchers describe new methods for accelerating drug approvals during pandemics

Primary care physicians report burnout at twice the rate of other health care professionals

Drug combination could eliminate side effects of largely abandoned diabetes treatment

Mitigating challenges encountered by individuals with ASD in COVID-19 era

Henry Ford Health System first to enroll a pediatric patient in HEROS study

African American communities more burdened by COVID-19, say researchers

Study: Bioelectrical view can provide biological understanding of cellular processes

Children exposed to maternal antenatal corticosteroids have more behavioral disorders

Going global. Scottish online medical specialist signs another international deal with Australian nurse college

How a company misappropriated Native American culture to sell health insurance

Avacta and Medusa19 enter into a distribution agreement for COVID-19 antigen test

Kids missing measles shots due to coronavirus pandemic

Current antibody tests are good enough to inform decisions about public health, say experts

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