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Study provides insight into what makes an effective health-related dashboard

Since the onset of the pandemic and the resulting vast amount of complex dynamic data available, health-related dashboards have become ubiquitous as the public, healthcare providers and administrators, and public health and government officials continually reach out for and evaluate vital, accurate information to support decision making.

9 Dec 2021

Booster vaccination can reduce breakthrough infection risk in HIV patients

New study reveals that people with HIV are at a high risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infection in comparison to people without HIV, and that booster vaccinations can be protective for those living with HIV.

9 Dec 2021

Study identifies the role of early developmental gene in intracranial aneurysms

Mutations of a gene that regulates formation of blood vessels in the brain of vertebrates can lead to potentially deadly aneurysms in adults, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the December issue of Nature Medicine.

9 Dec 2021

Adverse childhood experiences increase young adults' risk of opioid misuse

Young adults who experienced trauma in childhood are more at risk for misusing prescription opioids, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

9 Dec 2021

Assessing the risk of Omicron variant transmission by travelers from South Africa

A new study led by a multinational team of researchers studied the risk of importation of the Omicron variant by travelers from South Africa.

9 Dec 2021

COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis in young people is mild and resolves quickly, research says

Most young people under the age of 21 who developed suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related heart muscle inflammation known as myocarditis had mild symptoms that improved quickly, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

9 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant may bind with ACE2 receptor more efficiently

A new study discusses the effect of the Omicron variant’s mutations on its binding efficiency to the ACE2 receptor.

9 Dec 2021

Breathlessness in long COVID patients may be linked to decrease in heart performance

A small study has suggested that COVID-19 patients who continue to be short of breath during physical activity one year after recovering from the infection may have suffered heart damage.

9 Dec 2021

Study could aid in the development of adaptive DBS treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder

In a small study, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health captured more than 1,000 hours of brain recordings from patients with OCD in the clinic and at home.

9 Dec 2021

Investigational mRNA-based HIV vaccine shows promise in mice and non-human primates

An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA—the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines—shows promise in mice and non-human primates, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

9 Dec 2021

Researchers receive $100,000 grant for new project on community health workers

For Department of Kinesiology and Community Health researchers Andiara Schwingel and Susan Aguiñaga, the concept of helping place Community Health Workers has a personal meaning.

9 Dec 2021

CDC encourages 16-and-17-year-old adolescents to receive COVID-19 booster shot

Today, CDC is strengthening its booster recommendations and encouraging everyone 16 and older to receive a booster shot. Although we don't have all the answers on the Omicron variant, initial data suggests that COVID-19 boosters help broaden and strengthen the protection against Omicron and other variants.

9 Dec 2021

Report helps understand how inequalities hinder the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria

Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, the magnitude and extent of underlying health inequalities have remained poorly documented and understood.

9 Dec 2021

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Study provides insight into what makes an effective health-related dashboard

Booster vaccination can reduce breakthrough infection risk in HIV patients

Study identifies the role of early developmental gene in intracranial aneurysms

Adverse childhood experiences increase young adults' risk of opioid misuse

Assessing the risk of Omicron variant transmission by travelers from South Africa

COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis in young people is mild and resolves quickly, research says

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant may bind with ACE2 receptor more efficiently

Breathlessness in long COVID patients may be linked to decrease in heart performance

Study could aid in the development of adaptive DBS treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Investigational mRNA-based HIV vaccine shows promise in mice and non-human primates

Researchers receive $100,000 grant for new project on community health workers

CDC encourages 16-and-17-year-old adolescents to receive COVID-19 booster shot

Report helps understand how inequalities hinder the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria

Suit by doctors, hospitals seeks change in how arbitrators settle surprise billing cases

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Much ado about (vaccine) mandates

Long term vaccine response following Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in hemodialysis patients

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutation with no associated increase in epidemiological fitness

Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant

Challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Novel waveform-based approach to determine the propensity of betacoronaviruses to infect humans

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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