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WVU receives $1.2 million to bring telehealth capabilities to rural emergency departments

Rural emergency departments often lack the medical specialists who staff larger, urban hospitals. Yet rural patients have the same conditions--and need the same prompt care--that people in cities do.

9 Oct 2020

Ottawa Public Health receiving new metric to help measure COVID-19 levels in wastewater

Ottawa Public Health is receiving new metric to help measure levels of COVID-19 in the community: wastewater.

9 Oct 2020

CWRU and UH secure $4 million to establish research center focused on lung cancer in East Africa

Researchers with the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have secured $4 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute to establish an HIV-associated Malignancy Research Center (HAMRC) focused on lung cancer in East Africa.

9 Oct 2020

New initiative identifies key parameters underlying effective anti-tumor immunity

Neoantigens, tiny markers that arise from cancer mutations, flag cells as cancerous and could be the key to unlocking a new generation of immunotherapies.

9 Oct 2020

NIH provides $9.3 million grant to create new Center for Precision Animal Modeling at UAB

A new Center for Precision Animal Modeling, or C-PAM, has been created at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, supported by a five-year, $9.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs.

9 Oct 2020

Too little sugar is the cause of perforated bones

Bone marrow cancer is currently an incurable disease that affects about 400 people in Norway every year. Professor Therese Standal at NTNU has now found an important reason for bone destruction in people with this disease.

9 Oct 2020

Launch of new WHO guidance on ethics and vector-borne diseases

On Wednesday 14 October, WHO will launch new guidance: Ethics & vector-borne diseases. The guidance document is a culmination of more than three years of work and will be a valuable new tool to support global efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases (VBDs).

9 Oct 2020

Study shows unique cardioprotective properties of an old drug

A drug costing less than 2 euros per dose could reduce the long term consequences of a heart attack, benefitting millions of patients. Metoprolol, a member of the beta-blocker class of drugs that has been in use for more than 40 years, has been found to have unique cardioprotective properties.

9 Oct 2020

Developing a precision 'Trojan Horse' nanotherapy to treat breast cancer

With a nearly $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Michigan State University researchers are using nanoscopic particles to turn the body's own cells into weapons that cancer won't see coming.

9 Oct 2020

Study compares the effect of hydroxychloroquine versus favipiravir in SARS-CoV-2−infected hamsters

Virologists at the Rega Institute have shown that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not limit SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus replication in hamsters.

9 Oct 2020

Antibody cocktail may offer clinical benefit in both prevention and treatment of COVID-19

In June, two studies in Science reported an antibody cocktail against SARS-CoV-2 developed from studies in humanized mice and recovering patients. The two antibody cocktail was designed to bind the virus to reduce the risk of a drug-resistant form emerging.

9 Oct 2020

Investment in PPE for health care workers saves lives, provides substantial economic return

Providing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for all health care workers around the world requires an initial investment of billions of dollars, but the returns on that investment could be close to 8000% in productivity gains, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Nicholas Risko of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and colleagues.

9 Oct 2020

Female surgeons perform less complex procedures than their male counterparts, study shows

Female surgeons at a large academic medical center perform less complex surgical procedures than their male counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

9 Oct 2020

Serum antibodies from SARS-CoV patients effectively neutralized SARS-CoV-2 in cultured cells

Antibodies in serum samples collected from patients infected with SARS-CoV during the 2003 outbreak effectively neutralized SARS-CoV-2 infection in cultured cells, according to a new study.

9 Oct 2020

Exuberant activation of immune cells in severe COVID-19 resembles lupus

In severe cases of COVID-19, Emory researchers have been observing an exuberant activation of immune cells, resembling acute flares of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease.

9 Oct 2020

Key insights into harnessing the tools of population health to combat COVID-19

Battling the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for the inevitable next surge requires a data-driven population health approach.

9 Oct 2020

COVID-19-related social distancing measures reduce noise exposure nearly in half

People's exposure to environmental noise dropped nearly in half during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to University of Michigan researchers who analyzed data from the Apple Hearing Study.

9 Oct 2020

Researchers develop international policy index for HIV prevention among drug users

Peter Meylakhs, from HSE University - St. Petersburg, together with colleagues from Georgia State University (USA) and Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran), have developed the HIV-PWID Policy Index (HPPI)--an international policy index for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs.

9 Oct 2020

Over $1 million CIHR funding for six uOttawa COVID-19 mental health projects

Six University of Ottawa-affiliated projects focusing on COVID-19's impact on mental health have won important funding grants totaling over $1 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

9 Oct 2020

Morris Animal Foundation funds five studies to improve wildlife care after wildfires

Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in advancing animal health, has awarded $553,000 to fund five studies designed to improve the care, rehabilitation and release of wildlife impacted by wildfires.

9 Oct 2020

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WVU receives $1.2 million to bring telehealth capabilities to rural emergency departments

Ottawa Public Health receiving new metric to help measure COVID-19 levels in wastewater

CWRU and UH secure $4 million to establish research center focused on lung cancer in East Africa

New initiative identifies key parameters underlying effective anti-tumor immunity

NIH provides $9.3 million grant to create new Center for Precision Animal Modeling at UAB

Too little sugar is the cause of perforated bones

Launch of new WHO guidance on ethics and vector-borne diseases

Study shows unique cardioprotective properties of an old drug

Developing a precision 'Trojan Horse' nanotherapy to treat breast cancer

Study compares the effect of hydroxychloroquine versus favipiravir in SARS-CoV-2−infected hamsters

Antibody cocktail may offer clinical benefit in both prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Investment in PPE for health care workers saves lives, provides substantial economic return

Female surgeons perform less complex procedures than their male counterparts, study shows

Serum antibodies from SARS-CoV patients effectively neutralized SARS-CoV-2 in cultured cells

Exuberant activation of immune cells in severe COVID-19 resembles lupus

Key insights into harnessing the tools of population health to combat COVID-19

COVID-19-related social distancing measures reduce noise exposure nearly in half

Researchers develop international policy index for HIV prevention among drug users

Over $1 million CIHR funding for six uOttawa COVID-19 mental health projects

Morris Animal Foundation funds five studies to improve wildlife care after wildfires

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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