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Poll: Older Americans strongly support COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health workers

A new poll finds strong support among older Americans for requiring health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

10 Sep 2021

Study identifies FDA-approved drugs that are effective in suppressing SARS-CoV-2 replication

Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has been achieved.

10 Sep 2021

INCB, UNODC and WHO call on governments to facilitate access to controlled medicines in emergencies

Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization once again call on governments to facilitate access to medicines containing controlled substances in emergency settings, including during pandemics and the increasing number of climate-related disasters.

10 Sep 2021

Training program to build suicide intervention skills in Indigenous Australians is saving lives

A training program to build Indigenous Australians' skills in preventing suicides has brought national acclaim for a University of Queensland researcher.

10 Sep 2021

‘Luckiest man alive’: Why 9/11 first responders’ outlooks may improve even as physical health fails

Ray Pfeifer and Luis Alvarez's names are on the federal 9/11 legislation that establishes benefits for first responders. Both men fought to make Congress pass it while they were dying of cancer — and they had another thing in common. In spite of it all, they were content.

10 Sep 2021

It’s not just covid: Recall candidates represent markedly different choices on health care

Gov. Gavin Newsom's covid-19 rules have been a lightning rod in California's recall election. But there's a lot more at stake for Californians' health care than mask and vaccine mandates.

10 Sep 2021

ECMO life support is a last resort for covid, and in short supply in South

Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, she teared up as streamers and confetti rained down on her. Nurses chanted her name as they wheeled her out of the hospital for the first time since she arrived in February with covid-19, barely able to breathe.

10 Sep 2021

Nanoparticles-assisted delivery of antiviral-siRNA for treatment of COVID-19

A review aimed to determine the potential of siRNA as a potential COVID-19 treatment by reviewing the currently available literature.

10 Sep 2021

School children in Switzerland show willingness to mask-wearing

A school-based survey has revealed that about 60% of students in Zurich perceive mask-wearing at school as a useful intervention for controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

10 Sep 2021

SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Nordic countries

Scientists have recently assessed the strategies adopted by the Nordic countries to curb the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 Sep 2021

Breastfeeding women and their babies: the outcomes after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

Scientists evaluated the effect of vaccination in breastfeeding women and its possible effects in infants in a study involving 180 fully vaccinated, breastfeeding women.

10 Sep 2021

No evidence of pre-existing antibody and B cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed adults

A group of researchers analyzed the B cell response to SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed individuals.

10 Sep 2021

Virus-like nanoparticle vaccine effective against SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

A COVID-19 vaccine, created from a virus-like nanoparticle that displays SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBDs, effectively protects animal model from infection.

10 Sep 2021

New Columbia-Pfizer Clinical Trials Diversity Initiative aims to reduce health disparities

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, its Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Pfizer Inc. have established the Columbia-Pfizer Clinical Trials Diversity Initiative, with the aim of reducing health disparities by increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in clinical trials and enhancing the diversity of clinical researchers.

9 Sep 2021

Enzyme appears to be a major driver of dangerous pregnancy complication

A new study by UT Southwestern scientists indicates that an enzyme called protein phosphatase 2 (PP2A) appears to be a major driver of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by the development of high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine.

9 Sep 2021

Virtual follow-up care more convenient than traditional in-person appointments for surgical patients

Most patients who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix) or cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder) found virtual follow-up care more convenient than traditional in-person appointments, yet equally as satisfying, according to a study published as an "article in press" on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

9 Sep 2021

Physical exercise can improve cancer-induced anemia

Many cancer patients suffer from anemia leaving them fatigued, weak, and an impaired ability to perform physical activity.

9 Sep 2021

Early androgens related to childhood gender nonconformity in boys

In laboratory animals, sex differences in behavior occur because different hormone levels produced by males and females influence patterns of gene expression in the developing brain.

9 Sep 2021

New method facilitates the identification of young people at risk of sexual ill health

A procedure that uses written questions to identify visitors to youth clinics who have experienced or risk experiencing sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy or sexual violence is receiving high praise from personnel and visitors. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Linköping University, Sweden.

9 Sep 2021

Psychological distress continued to increase among U.S. men and women during the pandemic

A new report finds that many men and women in the United States continued to experience psychological distress, depression, and anxiety half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Sep 2021

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Poll: Older Americans strongly support COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health workers

Study identifies FDA-approved drugs that are effective in suppressing SARS-CoV-2 replication

INCB, UNODC and WHO call on governments to facilitate access to controlled medicines in emergencies

Training program to build suicide intervention skills in Indigenous Australians is saving lives

‘Luckiest man alive’: Why 9/11 first responders’ outlooks may improve even as physical health fails

It’s not just covid: Recall candidates represent markedly different choices on health care

ECMO life support is a last resort for covid, and in short supply in South

Nanoparticles-assisted delivery of antiviral-siRNA for treatment of COVID-19

School children in Switzerland show willingness to mask-wearing

SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Nordic countries

Breastfeeding women and their babies: the outcomes after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

No evidence of pre-existing antibody and B cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed adults

Virus-like nanoparticle vaccine effective against SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

New Columbia-Pfizer Clinical Trials Diversity Initiative aims to reduce health disparities

Enzyme appears to be a major driver of dangerous pregnancy complication

Virtual follow-up care more convenient than traditional in-person appointments for surgical patients

Physical exercise can improve cancer-induced anemia

Early androgens related to childhood gender nonconformity in boys

New method facilitates the identification of young people at risk of sexual ill health

Psychological distress continued to increase among U.S. men and women during the pandemic

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How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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