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Researchers identify potent pan-sarbecovirus antibodies from non-human primates vaccinated with an AS03 adjuvanted subunit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of pan-sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

24 Jan 2023

Modulating the lipid composition to treat bronchial asthma

Bronchial asthma, a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that is reversible in certain cases, usually presents with cough, difficulty of breathing, and wheezing.

24 Jan 2023

Watch: Fifty years after ‘Roe,’ abortion rights battle shifts to the states

Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, granting federal constitutional protection for the right to seek an abortion.

24 Jan 2023

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

Classmates often stop Alma Gallegos as she makes her way down the bustling hallways of Theodore Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, California.

24 Jan 2023

As states seek to limit abortions, Montana wants to redefine what is medically necessary

Montana's conservative leaders, stymied by the courts from passing laws that impose significant statewide abortion restrictions, seek to tighten the state's Medicaid rules to make it more difficult for low-income women to receive abortions.

24 Jan 2023

Analysis of adverse events in older US adults after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

Researchers evaluated adverse events in older adults after mRNA vaccination for COVID-19.

24 Jan 2023

Researchers develop a simple new assay to eliminate heteroresistance in Enterobacter species

Bacteria of the genus Enterobacter are among the most dangerous bacteria associated with hospital infections worldwide.

24 Jan 2023

Epidemiological evidence that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be caused by viral infections

A recent study published in the journal Neuron has focussed on assessing the putative associations between viral exposures and neurodegenerative disease (NDD) onset, using real-world biobank scale data.

23 Jan 2023

Modified UTI detection algorithm could be used to safely withhold antibiotics in low risk patients

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are commonly diagnosed and treated in primary care. The gold standard for diagnosing a UTI is a urine culture.

23 Jan 2023

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Recently, scientists sought to address this shortcoming and reviewed the existing literature to understand the indirect impact, on mental health, of strategies that were applied to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children and adolescents.

23 Jan 2023

Self-rooming preferred by primary care clinical staff and patients during COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinic staff have had to adjust the ways in which they see patients in person so that they remain safe.

23 Jan 2023

Patients' and primary care physicians' concerns about digital surveillance of infectious disease in China

To highlight ethical considerations for promoting patients' autonomy and health care rights, researchers from mainland China, Hong Kong and New Zealand present the results of interviews documenting patient and primary care physicians with digital surveillance of infectious disease (including COVID-19) in urban areas of northern and southern China.

23 Jan 2023

Holistic care approach provided by family medicine could help people with post-COVID symptoms

Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to allay those symptoms.

23 Jan 2023

Primary care’s challenges and promising solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Investigators have written a special report about the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's learning community, which operated from December 2020-November 2021.

23 Jan 2023

High-quality primary care attributes associated with reduction in hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic

Japanese researchers examined the association between primary care practice characteristics and total hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Jan 2023

High adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guideline may reduce antibiotic use in hospitals

A study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases claims that high adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guidelines is necessary to reduce antibiotic use in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections.

23 Jan 2023

Canadian clinicians and administrators build a data bridge to improve community-based response to the pandemic

Clinicians and administrators in Alberta, Canada, built a data bridge between primary care and public health stakeholders to improve the province's community-based response to the pandemic.

23 Jan 2023

All-cause mortality risk higher among individuals with head injury

Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published today in JAMA Neurology.

23 Jan 2023

Care management processes for people with chronic conditions increased from 2019 to 2021

Although primary care clinics were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study by Minnesota researchers showed that care management processes for chronic disease care in the primary care setting generally increased from 2019 to 2021.

23 Jan 2023

"The Trust Circle": Inclusion of indigenous patients in clinical trials

Indigenous populations, including people of American Indian and Alaska Native origin, are underrepresented in clinical trials.

23 Jan 2023

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Researchers identify potent pan-sarbecovirus antibodies from non-human primates vaccinated with an AS03 adjuvanted subunit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Modulating the lipid composition to treat bronchial asthma

Watch: Fifty years after ‘Roe,’ abortion rights battle shifts to the states

Latino teens are deputized as health educators to sway the unvaccinated

As states seek to limit abortions, Montana wants to redefine what is medically necessary

Analysis of adverse events in older US adults after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

Researchers develop a simple new assay to eliminate heteroresistance in Enterobacter species

Epidemiological evidence that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be caused by viral infections

Modified UTI detection algorithm could be used to safely withhold antibiotics in low risk patients

Study finds high prevalence of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Self-rooming preferred by primary care clinical staff and patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Patients' and primary care physicians' concerns about digital surveillance of infectious disease in China

Holistic care approach provided by family medicine could help people with post-COVID symptoms

Primary care’s challenges and promising solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

High-quality primary care attributes associated with reduction in hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic

High adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guideline may reduce antibiotic use in hospitals

Canadian clinicians and administrators build a data bridge to improve community-based response to the pandemic

All-cause mortality risk higher among individuals with head injury

Care management processes for people with chronic conditions increased from 2019 to 2021

"The Trust Circle": Inclusion of indigenous patients in clinical trials

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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