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Released: 17-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Rural mortality rose during year two of pandemic, despite vaccines, new study finds
Boston University

BU research highlights how healthcare inequities between urban and rural areas, and vaccine skepticism, played a role in deaths related to COVID.

Released: 17-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Inequality and COVID-19: Barcelona's poorest districts were the most affected by school confinement during the pandemic
Universidad De Barcelona

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the educational systems. It is estimated that approximately 1.6 billion children worldwide were affected by school closures, which had a major impact on their learning.

   
Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Discovery could lead to more treatments to prevent cancer and infectious diseases
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Researchers have cracked how a particular type of immune cell develops in the body and protects against infection and disease. And the discovery could help in the development of more preventive treatments, according to a new study.

Newswise: Reprogramming the shape of virus capsids could advance biomedicine
17-Jul-2023 8:10 AM EDT
Reprogramming the shape of virus capsids could advance biomedicine
Aalto University

Bioengineers have found a way to program the size and shape of virus particles by combining viral protein building blocks and templates made from DNA. The resulting nanostructures could have applications in vaccine development and transporting drugs inside the body.

   
Newswise: Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in U.S.
Released: 17-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Report Highlights Public Health Impact of Serious Harms from Diagnostic Error in U.S.
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Improving diagnosis in health care is a moral, professional and public health imperative, according to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.

Released: 17-Jul-2023 8:50 AM EDT
New Published Research Shows Amygdala & Insula Retraining Significantly Reduces Long COVID Fatigue
Luther College

A new study conducted by Luther College finds that a neuroplasticity-based treatment using an online amygdala & insula retraining (AIR) program significantly reduces fatigue and increases energy levels among Long COVID patients when compared to a general wellness program.

Released: 14-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Link between oropharyngeal cancer and sexual behavior
Universität Leipzig

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a ubiquitous virus, and most people are infected at some point in their lives. HPV can infect epithelial cells of the skin and mucosa at various sites.

Released: 14-Jul-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Gender, race and socioeconomic status are associated with comorbidity in people with HIV who smoke
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

High rates of smoking among people with HIV are associated with high rates of comorbid health problems – which are associated with characteristics including gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, according to a study in the July issue of The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC). The official journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, JANAC is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Released: 13-Jul-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Poignant photo project reveals all we lost in lockdown
University of East Anglia

As the UK Covid inquiry continues for a fifth week, researchers at the University of East Anglia have created a unique snapshot of lockdown life.

   
Newswise: Your neighborhood may increase risk of hospitalization from respiratory diseases like COVID-19
Released: 13-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Your neighborhood may increase risk of hospitalization from respiratory diseases like COVID-19
University of Utah

In a first-of-its-kind study that controlled for individuals’ biological factors, researchers found that people who lived in multi-family housing, or in areas with higher levels of air pollution and access to public transit, were at a higher risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in the Denver Metro Area in 2020.

   
11-Jul-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Second Year of COVID Pandemic Brought Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED
Harvard Medical School

The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

Released: 11-Jul-2023 2:20 PM EDT
New guidance: Bridging the gap between what we know and what we do
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Five medical societies have published a set of recommendations for operationalizing strategies for infection prevention in acute care settings that account for conditions within the facility, including the culture and communications style of teams, hospital policies, resources available, leadership support and staff buy-in.

Newswise: Demand for Counseling Services Remained Steady During Pandemic Despite Telehealth Delivery, Study Shows
Released: 11-Jul-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Demand for Counseling Services Remained Steady During Pandemic Despite Telehealth Delivery, Study Shows
American Counseling Association

People seeking mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic were not deterred by the widespread shift to telehealth services, according to research findings published in the Journal of Counseling & Development, a journal of the American Counseling Association.

Newswise: Insecticide-Resistant Mosquitoes Prompt New Look at Bed Nets
30-Jun-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Insecticide-Resistant Mosquitoes Prompt New Look at Bed Nets
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

Modern mosquito bed nets also come with insecticidal compounds embedded into the fibers that keep mosquito populations down. In recent years, however, insecticide-resistant mosquitoes have curtailed the nets' effectiveness.

   
Newswise: Anti-inflammatory drugs did not speed COVID-19 recovery but prevented deaths
Released: 10-Jul-2023 3:15 PM EDT
Anti-inflammatory drugs did not speed COVID-19 recovery but prevented deaths
Washington University in St. Louis

Two drugs commonly used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis did not shorten recovery time for patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 but did reduce the likelihood of death when compared with standard care alone, according to a national study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Newswise: UTSW researchers report progress in malaria treatments
Released: 10-Jul-2023 10:45 AM EDT
UTSW researchers report progress in malaria treatments
UT Southwestern Medical Center

With new cases of malaria being reported in Texas and Florida, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center continue to explore compounds for more effective drug-resistant therapies and biological targets to interfere with the parasites that spread the potentially fatal disease.

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Released: 10-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes
Washington University in St. Louis

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about 5 minutes.

Newswise: A Head Start on the Next Pandemic
29-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
A Head Start on the Next Pandemic
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

Investigating viruses with spillover potential could give us a head start on the next pandemic and minimize its severity; one such virus is RshTT200, discovered in Cambodian bats in 2010. During ACA’s 73rd annual meeting, July 7-11, Samantha Zepeda from the University of Washington will present her team’s investigation into RshTT200. The team used cryo-electron microscopy to solve the spike protein structure. Once the spike proteins were understood, they built harmless, nonreplicating pseudoviruses expressing the spike proteins to investigate how RshTT200 accesses human cells.

   
Newswise: Researchers discover drug-resistant, often deadly pathogen living in dogs’ ears, creating concern it may jump to humans
Released: 7-Jul-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Researchers discover drug-resistant, often deadly pathogen living in dogs’ ears, creating concern it may jump to humans
McMaster University

Scientists at McMaster University and India’s University of Delhi have discovered and isolated the first live culture of the drug-resistant pathogen Candida auris from an animal, specifically from the ear canals of stray dogs.

Newswise: Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, report that two new studies in mice with a humanized immune system and human cell lines have identified an enzyme that plays a critical role in the late stages of HIV replication.

Released: 6-Jul-2023 11:15 AM EDT
Wastewater monitoring could act as pandemic early warning system
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Wastewater monitoring could act as an early warning system to help countries better prepare for future pandemics, according to a new study.

   
Newswise: Bar-Ilan University study reveals disparity in quality of life among COVID-19 survivors from different ethnic groups
Released: 5-Jul-2023 6:50 PM EDT
Bar-Ilan University study reveals disparity in quality of life among COVID-19 survivors from different ethnic groups
Bar-Ilan University

A new study conducted by researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel has shed light on the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life among different ethnic groups in the country. The study, part of a larger cohort project, highlights a significant discrepancy between Arabs and Druze, and Jews, with the two former groups experiencing a more pronounced decline in quality of life one year after infection.

   
Released: 5-Jul-2023 6:45 PM EDT
Kenyan hospital visits linked to increased exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Washington State University

Kenyan patients who spend more than three days in the nation’s hospitals are more likely to harbor a form of bacteria resistant to one of the most widely used antibiotic classes, according to a recent study led by Washington State University.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Global efforts to reduce infectious diseases must extend beyond early childhood
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Global efforts to reduce infectious disease rates must have a greater focus on older children and adolescents after a shift in disease burden onto this demographic, according to a new study.

Newswise: Pure capped mRNA vaccine opens the door to more effective vaccines with lower chances of inflammation
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Pure capped mRNA vaccine opens the door to more effective vaccines with lower chances of inflammation
Nagoya University

A research group from Japan has developed a method to produce highly active mRNA vaccines at high purity using a unique cap to easily separate the desired capped mRNA.

3-Jul-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Long Covid not caused by COVID-19 immune inflammatory response, new research finds
University of Bristol

Long Covid, which affects nearly two-million people in the UK (1), is not caused by an immune inflammatory reaction to COVID-19, University of Bristol-led research finds. Emerging data demonstrates that immune activation may persist for months after COVID-19.

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Released: 3-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Vaginal suppository containing lactobacilli can prevent recurrent cystitis in women
Okayama University

A team of scientists from Okayama University, Japan demonstrated the relationship between vaginal microbiota and RC by comparing the vaginal microbiota of postmenopausal women with and without cystitis.

Newswise: A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
Released: 3-Jul-2023 8:00 AM EDT
A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A UCLA-led team has received $925,000 as part of a new grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct four surveillance projects tracking outbreaks of mpox--formerly known as monkeypox—across the U.S.

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Released: 30-Jun-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk
University of Queensland

Exploding populations of wild pigs and macaque monkeys in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and disease outbreaks in livestock and people, according to research led by The University of Queensland.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Nearly half of tuberculosis cases in prisons worldwide go undetected
Boston University School of Public Health

In 2019, incarcerated people across the globe developed tuberculosis (TB) at nearly 10 times the rate of people in the general population, according to a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH).

Newswise: COVID-19 Vaccination Reduced Disease Disparities Between Low- and High-Income Communities
Released: 30-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
COVID-19 Vaccination Reduced Disease Disparities Between Low- and High-Income Communities
Cedars-Sinai

COVID-19 vaccination helped reduce disparities in disease incidence between low- and high-income communities, according to a new analysis led by Cedars-Sinai investigators.

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28-Jun-2023 8:25 AM EDT
Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists find
University of Bristol

Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate, researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered.

   
Newswise: Long COVID is not a single condition, study finds
Released: 29-Jun-2023 6:25 PM EDT
Long COVID is not a single condition, study finds
University of Washington School of Medicine

This study is clinically significant because it shows how the long-term symptoms from the virus changes its presentation over time, noted Kari Stephens, senior author and the Helen D. Cohen Endowed Professor and research section head in the Department of Family Medicine and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 5:30 PM EDT
Alarming antibiotic resistance discovered in war-torn Ukraine
Lund University

Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals.

Newswise: TTUHSC El Paso Professor Gilbert Handal, M.D., Receives Highest Honor for Service by Texas Medical Association
Released: 28-Jun-2023 11:00 AM EDT
TTUHSC El Paso Professor Gilbert Handal, M.D., Receives Highest Honor for Service by Texas Medical Association
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

“It’s an honor to be selected for this award, particularly because they look at my life of service in El Paso and beyond, of which I’m very proud,” said Dr. Handal, who is board certified in pediatrics, infectious disease and critical care. “I think it’s the most beautiful and fulfilling action to help others and change lives.”

Newswise: Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle — an extremely tiny biodegradable container — that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

Released: 27-Jun-2023 6:20 PM EDT
Monitoring British bats can help identify coronaviruses with pathogen potential
Imperial College London

Researchers who found novel coronaviruses in UK bats say genetic surveys of the viruses should be regularly conducted, even if none of those viruses can infect humans yet.



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