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Released: 6-Feb-2020 2:30 PM EST
Coronavirus - study finds methods for preventingglobal disease spread through airports
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

As coronavirus spreads across the globe via infected air travelers, authorities are looking for ways to contain the outbreak and avoid a pandemic. This study, published in Risk Analysis, analyzes the impact of implementing disease mitigation strategies at airports across the globe. The study finds that increasing traveler engagement with proper hand-hygiene at all airports has the potential to reduce the risk of a potential pandemic by 24-69 percent. The researchers also identify ten critical airports, central to the air-transportation network. If hand-washing mitigation strategies are implemented in just these ten locations, the pandemic risk can drop by up to 37 percent.

Released: 26-Jan-2020 8:55 AM EST
Evaluation of indices for predicting recovery of exercise tolerance in patients surviving allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Supportive Care in Cancer

Purpose Decline in physical function in the early stage after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a major challenge. Exercise tolerance tests, such as the 6-min walk test, are useful markers for predicting …

17-Jan-2020 1:00 PM EST
First Ancient DNA from West and Central Africa Illuminates Deep Human Past
Harvard Medical School

An international team led by Harvard Medical School scientists has produced the first genome-wide ancient human DNA sequences from west and central Africa.

Released: 8-Jan-2020 6:40 PM EST
Medical device engineer developing innovative biomaterial for improved treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University researcher Tim Becker hopes the new material can plug a ballooning aneurysm, help tissue to regrow over the material and heal the blood vessel itself, which should improve patient outcomes.



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