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UrduA study coordinated by Luís Graça, principal investigator at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL) used lymph nodes, tonsils and blood, to show…
Tag: EPIDEMIOLOGY
Bacterium causing rabbit fever remains virulent for months in cold water
Study solves a long-term mystery, providing a plausible explanation for how Francisella tularensis can overwinter in the environment outside of a host
Mass gatherings during Malaysian election directly and indirectly boosted COVID-19 spread
New computational method could deepen understanding of direct and spill-over effects of gatherings
San Francisco VA Health Care System announces 2021 Grunfeld Scholars
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This initiative, currently in its second year, invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of…
Immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth improves survival of pre-term babies
Continuous skin-to-skin contact starting immediately after delivery even before the baby has been stabilised can reduce mortality by 25 per cent in infants with a very low birth weight. This according to a study in low- and middle-income countries coordinated…
Salmon virus originally from the Atlantic, spread to wild Pacific salmon from farms: Study
Study finds Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is now almost ubiquitous in salmon farms in British Columbia, Canada.
Opiate overdoses linked to poor mental health
National study identifies at-risk populations and 25 geographic hot spots for epidemic
Even among the insured, cost may delay follow up care for cancer survivors
Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual incomes above the national average, up to 10% delayed care in the previous 12 months because they simply could not afford out of…
Older Canadians say they’re more willing to get the flu shot in the wake of COVID-19
The pandemic has increased older adults’ willingness to receive the flu shot, new research shows. The study analyzed survey results of 4,501 Canadians over the age of 50 from ten provinces. Twenty per cent of 1,001 research participants aged 50…
Real-world flight data shows continued need for social distancing
REYKJAVIK, Iceland 26 May 2021 – Current vaccination programmes alone will have a limited effect in stopping the second wave of COVID infections in the US, according to a study conducted by scientists from Reykjavik University, University of Lyon, University…
Coronavirus testing made quick and easy
A new rapid coronavirus test developed by KAUST scientists can deliver highly accurate results in less than 15 minutes. The diagnostic, which brings together electrochemical biosensors with engineered protein constructs, allows clinicians to quickly detect bits of the virus with…
Harnessing next generation sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2
…and prepare for the next pandemic
USC study reveals potential new treatment target in the fight against COVID-19
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers identify a novel target and a potential new therapy that could offer an additional treatment option against COVID-19 and some of its variants
Impact of school nutrition policies in California varies by children’s ethnicity
California state school nutrition policies and federal policies for school meals have mixed impacts on childhood obesity in children of Pacific Islander (PI), Filipino (FI) and American Indian/Alaska native (AIAN) origins, according to a new study published this week in…
Study reveals inequities in breast cancer screening during COVID-19 pandemic
Women of color, rural women disproportionally affected by missed screening mammograms
In utero exposure to tiny air pollution particles is linked to asthma in preschoolers
Mount Sinai researchers are first to find ultrafine particles from traffic pollution influences asthma risk in US children
nTIDE April 2021 COVID Update: Declines in furloughs may be early signs of recovery
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) – issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire
Surveillance turns up new coronavirus threat to humans
Malaysian pneumonia cases reveal possible dog-to-human transmission
OU-MRU: High levels of television exposure affect visual acuity in children
Okayama University Medical Research Updates (OU-MRU) Vol.90
Emerging H5N8 avian influenza viruses are a serious public health concern
The emergence and global spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus (AIV), a pathogen that has caused continuous and ongoing outbreaks with massive mortality in both wild and farmed birds across Eurasia and Africa throughout 2020, represents a…
Coronavirus transmission in Queens drove the first wave of New York city’s pandemic
The most populous boroughs in New York City, Queens and Brooklyn, likely served as the major hub of COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, a new study finds. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the new…
New research maps COVID-19 dispersal dynamics in New York’s first wave of epidemic
Study suggests borough of Queens was major hub of COVID-19 dispersal
Stress from 2016 US presidential election associated with increase in cardiac events
A first of its kind study showed a 77% increase in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias leading up to and during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Insect and animal invasions can teach us about COVID-19
Invasions by alien insect and animal species have much in common with outbreaks of infectious diseases and could tell us a great deal about how pandemics spread, according to a research paper published today.
Eating habits change only slightly after gestational diabetes diagnosis, NIH study suggests
Findings highlight disparities by race/ethnicity, education level, age and obesity status
Parkinson’s patients are particularly affected by COVID-19
Healthcare research
Nodal and deltoid radiotracer uptake on post-COVID-19 vaccination PET
Recognition of abnormal axillary lymph node or deltoid uptake on PET examinations performed after COVID-19 vaccination aid interpreting physicians and reduce unnecessary biopsies
Breast cancer treatments do not increase risk of Covid-19 infection or death
Cancer drugs capable of weakening the body’s immune defenses are no more likely to increase the risk of Covid-19 infection or death than breast cancer therapies that do not undermine the immune system, a new study shows. Researchers say the…
Study shows sharp decrease in Texas childhood vaccination rates during pandemic
Texas A&M researchers found the declines were greatest for 5-month-olds and 16-month-olds, but no decrease was seen in vaccines given at birth
Canadian researchers studying effectiveness, safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy
Dr. Deshayne Fell of CHEO Research Institute and University of Ottawa leads Ontario portion by studying BORN baby registry and province’s vaccination registry
Researchers announce new discovery to evaluate tuberculosis treatments
A new standard for evaluating treatments can save lives and cure tuberculosis faster
Researchers announce new discovery to evaluate tuberculosis treatments
A new standard for evaluating treatments can save lives and cure tuberculosis faster
COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second
Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methods
People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19
This is the main finding of a study.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon before and after the first wave of the pandemic to detect the presence of antibodies against dengue virus and SARS-CoV-2.
New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormous
Harvard University licenses its nasal swab collection technology to Rhinostics
The combined technologies could reduce labor and time required for COVID-19 diagnostic testing 10-fold, and facilitate future diagnostic testing of other respiratory diseases
Tackling the persistent and sometimes controversial questions about COVID-19
Professor Winfried Just creates critical discussions around COVID in new book
Surfaces can be designed with antiviral properties to mitigate COVID-19
An optimally designed surface can speed the decay of a viral load
UNC Charlotte researchers analyzed the host origins of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
Coronavirus (CoVs) infection in animals and humans is not new. The earliest papers in the scientific literature of coronavirus infection date to 1966. However, prior to SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2, very little attention had been paid to coronaviruses. Suddenly, coronaviruses…
Young people and adolescents know too little about pathogens such as COVID-19
Which are reciprocally transmitted from animals to humans
Screening healthcare workers could serve as early warning system for future viruses
New research has shown that COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers during the first wave of the pandemic provided an accurate sample of the general population, suggesting that data from healthcare workers could be used to estimate the severity of future…
Researchers publish most comprehensive study yet of COVID-19 hospital mortality
Study suggests hospital mortality rates dropped rapidly in the United States after May 2020 but have not declined further
Vaccines bring us closer
Eurosurveillance issue marks European Immunization Week 2021
Prenatal exposure to pesticides increases the risk of obesity in adolescence
First study to analyse the long-term effects of persistent organic pollutants on cardiometabolic risk in adolescents
COVID-19 may result in prolonged infection in immunocompromised children and young adults
Children and young adults with compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, may experience a prolonged period of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the extended duration of infection may increase the incidence of mutations.…
Driving behaviors harbor early signals of dementia
Researchers develop highly accurate algorithms for early detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia using naturalistic driving data
Study reports links between blood types and disease risks
A scan of health data on more than five million people for links between blood type and more than 1,000 diseases reveals new connections and supports previously reported ones
Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations because of suspected links to deadly blood clots could allow COVID-19 to continue to spread, cause more deaths.
Largest clinical trial in Africa for people with mild COVID-19 to test new treatment
Need for effective COVID-19 treatments remains particularly acute, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where access to vaccines is still extremely limited
AGS honors Dr. Megan Huisingh-Scheetz with Arti Hurria Memorial Award
New York (April 26, 2021)–The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today conferred one of their newest honors on Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD, MPH, a geriatrician and epidemiologist with a unique commitment to leveraging new technology…