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Epidemiological assessment of imported COVID-19 cases in Wenzhou, China
What The Study Did: This decision analytical model describes several key epidemiological features of imported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Wenzhou, China. Authors: Xiaoqing Pan, Ph.D., of Shanghai Normal University, and Yan Lu, Ph.D., of Zhejiang University School of…
Stirling receives £1.2 million to study global sustainability
A new £1.2 million project – led by the University of Stirling – is aiming to “deliver critical step change” to help resolve conflicts between the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Using hydropower as a model, the study will provide…
New report: Inclusive food systems needed to boost development, resilience
Inclusive food systems play a critical role in meeting global goals to end poverty, hunger, and malnutrition; the report offers recommendations for making food systems more inclusive for marginalized groups
SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents
What The Study Did: Recently reported pediatric cases of SARS-CoV-2 from China and Singapore are assessed to evaluate clinical features, diagnostic tests, current therapeutic management and prognosis. Authors: Amelia Licari, M.D., of the University of Pavia in Italy, is the…
Expansion of world’s cities creating ‘new ecological niches’ for infectious diseases
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, and York University, Canada, investigated how the global trend towards urbanisation has contributed to the rise in the total number of disease outbreaks per decade since the 1980s.
Expansion of world’s cities creating ‘new ecological niches’ for infectious diseases
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, and York University, Canada, investigated how the global trend towards urbanisation has contributed to the rise in the total number of disease outbreaks per decade since the 1980s. Their…
New economic model may prevent stops of capital flow
Researchers of the University of Malaga (UMA) identify variables that predict this event, on which financial markets stability depends
Looking ahead, the United States has an obligation to help other countries fight the coronavirus
The United States has an obligation to help developing countries who will certainly fare much worse in the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nicole Hassoun, professor of philosophy at Binghamton University, State University of New York. “I believe we have a moral…
Asian universities close gap on US schools in world rankings by increasing STEM funding
Despite gains, the imbalance between STEM and humanities, and lack of innovation, set ceiling on growth for Asian universities
Soybean Innovation Lab provides knowledge that assists soybean production in Africa
URBANA, Ill. ¬- Soybean production in Africa and other developing regions has the potential to alleviate hunger and boost local economies. But the transition from traditional crops such as cowpea or cassava to a major commercial crop such as soybean…
Exploring the link between education and climate change
What are the most effective ways to achieve desired sustainable development outcomes? A new study brings together several different connections between education and climate change and evaluates them together.
Caring for patients with cancer during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy
What The Article Says: An essay discusses the challenges associated with caring for patients with cancer during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. Authors: Filippo Pietrantonio, M.D., and Marina Chiara Garassino, M.D., of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan,…
Details of treatment for patients in China who died of COVID-19
What The Study Did: This case series describes clinical characteristics of patients who died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. Authors: Haibo Qiu, M.D., Ph.D., of Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University in Jiangsu, China, is the corresponding author. To access…
Neurologic manifestations of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: This study investigates the neurologic symptoms of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. Authors: Bo Hu, M.D., Ph.D., and Yanan Li, M.D., Ph.D., of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science…
RIT/NTID wins prize to create accessible books as part of global reading initiative
The college, which is among four international winners, will develop children’s books in 6 sign languages
Social media can forecast economic impact of disasters including COVID-19 pandemic
Social media should be used to chart the economic impact and recovery of businesses in countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in Nature Communications.
Cost-effective oxygen concentrators
The new virus is conquering the world. The more people who become infected with Sars-CoV-2, the more cases there will be in which severe illness will occur. In these cases, the virus penetrates the lower respiratory tract, causing the body’s…
Uganda: 20% decline in economic output without climate action
There is evidence that climate change affects both the quantity and quality of food production, reducing food security, and nutrition intake. In developing countries, where the agricultural sector dominates the economy, the impacts of the changing climate on the agricultural…
Life in refugee camps wreaks havoc on children’s health
We know refugee camps are not ideal. But they are even worse than you might think
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings and lessons learned from past epidemics
April 8, 2020 — “COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings and Lessons Learned from Past Epidemics” published in Nature Medicine , invokes a global response to protect the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors make the point that displaced populations,…
COVID-19 in children in Spain
What The Study Did: Describes testing for and treatment of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Madrid. Authors: Alfredo Tagarro, Ph.D., M.D., of the Hospital Infanta Sofía de San Sebastián de los Reyes in Madrid, Spain, is the corresponding…
What other countries can learn from Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
What The Viewpoint Says: Exploring the challenges in the Italian health care system during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and how other countries can plan for optimal actions. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at…
Using sponges to wipe out cancer
The natural product manzamine A, derived from Indo-Pacific marine sponges, exhibits anti-cancer properties in a preclinical study, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina
One size does not fit all: Not all men idolize Western ideals of muscularity
A study examining attitudes and behaviors among males from three different countries found men in non-Western cultures were less preoccupied with body appearance
Unsustainable food systems: Can we reverse current trends?
The impact of global crises underscores the fragility of food systems. In addition to short-term acute shocks, long-term global demographic changes like urbanization and population growth may be obstacles to improving food system sustainability
Climate disasters increase risks of armed conflicts: New evidence
The risk for violent clashes increases after weather extremes such as droughts or floods hit people in vulnerable countries, an international team of scientists finds. Vulnerable countries are characterized by a large population, political exclusion of particular ethnic groups, and…
Responding to Covid-19: How to navigate a public health emergency legally and ethically
Early-view essay in Hastings Center Report, March-April 2020
Measures for care of cancer patients during COVID-19 outbreak in China
What The Viewpoint Says: The authors describe measures taken to reduce the risk of transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2) to medical staff and cancer patients seeking treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Authors: Jie Wang,…
Perspectives on COVID-19 control measures for ophthalmology clinics
What The Viewpoint Says: This article describes treatment initiatives being undertaken for novel coronavirus 2019 at an ophthalmology center in Singapore. Authors: Ivan Seah Yu Jun, M.B.B.S., of National University Hospital of Singapore, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed…
Perspectives on COVID-19 control measures for ophthalmology clinics
What The Viewpoint Says: This article describes treatment initiatives being undertaken for novel coronavirus 2019 at an ophthalmology center in Singapore. Authors: Ivan Seah Yu Jun, M.B.B.S., of National University Hospital of Singapore, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed…
Investigating SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public bath center in China
This case series reports a cluster-spreading event in Huai’an (about 435 miles northeast of Wuhan) in Jiangsu Province, China, where a patient with SARS-CoV-2 may have transmitted the virus to eight other healthy individuals through bathing in a public bath center.
World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing world
Infants born to mothers with COVID-19 in China
What The Study Did: This study examined the medical records of 33 newborns born to women with COVID-19. Author: Wenhao Zhou, M.D., of the National Children’s Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, is the corresponding author. To…
Planning for future water security in China
The findings of a new study underscore the value and potential of technological adoptions to help design targets and incentives for water scarcity mitigation measures.
Leaving care of the children’s home — for prison?
The world expects some teenagers to become criminals. These “troublemakers” are taken away from everything and everyone they know. The State places them in children’s homes, often far from family and friends. “Care-leavers from children’s homes live with more layers…
SFU research uses simulation game to alter beliefs about poverty
In advancing research to tackle the problem of burgeoning global economic inequality, researchers at Simon Fraser University used a poverty simulation game called SPENT to foster greater understanding of what causes poverty and economic inequality. In research published in the…
Call for older people in poor countries to be considered in global responses to COVID-19
Current guidance on coronavirus “largely ignores” the implications for public health and clinical responses in light of those most at risk, according to an international group of global health experts. Writing in the British Medical Journal , researchers from the…
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virus
The status of women
Anthropologists find a mother’s social status improves her children’s health
Rural Hondurans embrace cancer screening opportunities
An internationally collaborative group of Dartmouth and Honduran researchers and oncologists found a high level of compliance with referral to clinical follow-up among rural Honduran women and men attending cancer screening events.
Self-help groups empower caregivers of children with disabilities
Caregivers in low-income settings will be able to respond to the challenges of bringing up children with disabilities, thanks to a new model created by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Caregivers experience…
Is your coffee contributing to malaria risk?
Deforestation for consumer products increases malaria transmission
Is your coffee contributing to malaria risk?
Deforestation for consumer products increases malaria transmission
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the availability of high-quality data on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the Asia region
Cool beans: A vertical crop fit for Africa’s changing climate and nutritional gaps
By 2030, higher temperatures and droughts may cut common bean production by 3-5% in Africa; farmers can adapt by switching to climbing varieties of this key crop in the Great African Lakes region, parts of Ethiopia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Rwanda
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the availability of high-quality data on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the Asia region
Balancing bushmeat trade and conservation vital to ensure livelihoods not threatened
Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to balance the bushmeat trade with conservation
Cool beans: A vertical crop fit for Africa’s changing climate and nutritional gaps
By 2030, higher temperatures and droughts may cut common bean production by 3-5% in Africa; farmers can adapt by switching to climbing varieties of this key crop in the Great African Lakes region, parts of Ethiopia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Rwanda
Balancing bushmeat trade and conservation vital to ensure livelihoods not threatened
Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to balance the bushmeat trade with conservation