Public Health

Texas A&M civil engineering researchers are using a deep learning model to forecast the growth of COVID-19 cases During COVID-19, artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to enhance diagnostic efforts, deliver medical supplies and…

To circumvent current tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) laws in Australia, tobacco companies are incentivising retailers with cash payments, all-expenses paid holidays, exclusive parties and tickets to sporting events…

HANOVER, NH - Results from the Phase 2 trial of the DAR-901 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine were announced today by investigators at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal Vaccine. The three-year trial was…

A George Mason University study of US veterans found that while social determinants of health can predict suicide, they are not the cause of it -- mental illness isCredit: George Mason University Suicide is the tenth leading…

Experiments show lip balm reduces respiratory droplets in airflow from consonant productionCredit: Abkarian & Stone, Phys. Rev. Fluids / APS (2020) It is well known that an individual infected with the coronavirus can spread it to…

Attend American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Virtual Annual Meeting from anywhere! Climate Change and Planetary Health; Conquering COVID-19 with NIH's Anthony Fauci and Africa CDC's John Nkengasong; Climate Impacts on Tick…

Yet there is ambivalence in many publics over developments in AI, workplace automation, food science WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 29, 2020) - As publics around the world look to scientists and the research and development process to bring new…

China's success in improving air quality by cutting polluting emissions may have a negative knock-on effect on climate change overall, a new study has found. The research, by scientists from Carnegie Institution for Science, USA,…

Suspensions disproportionately affect low income, Black and Hispanic families and may severely limit access to employment and healthcare Philadelphia, September 29, 2020 - A study conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital of…

With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical 'jet-like' airflow that quickly carries a spray of tiny droplets from a speaker's mouthCredit: Princeton…

The era of the television brought with it the TV dinner -- a fast, convenient meal that, while nutritionally questionable, meant the whole family could gather together on the sofa to enjoy "The Ed Sullivan Show" and eat their Swanson…

Mask usage has been difficult to measure; new app available in 15 languagesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A new app will allow anyone to contribute real-world data to the effort to understand COVID-19. "MaskCountTM," from…

Socioeconomic inequalities in premature deaths in Canada have increased over the last 25 years, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal. "Although premature mortality rates have declined over…

Researchers' device tracks biomarkers in sweat, may indicate flare-upsCredit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas researchers have designed a wearable device that monitors sweat for biomarkers that…

Over half of male patients studied were found to have lower than their normal testosterone levels For the first time, data from a study with patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the disease might deteriorate men's…

Travel bans will delay the peak of infection with days, while social distancing has a much stronger impact, amounting in up to 4 weeks delay, scientists report Forecasting the spreading of a pandemic is paramount in helping governments to…

Credit: Isao Yokota et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 25, 2020 Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and effective mass testing approach for detecting asymptomatic COVID-19. Scientists at…

National poll: COVID-19 may not influence parents' beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it's more important for children to get vaccinated this yearCredit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health…

Nation-wide cross-sectional analysis of U.S. patients receiving dialysis finds fewer than 10% of people had COVID-19 antibodies by July 2020, and fewer than 10% of those with antibodies had been diagnosed by antigen or PCR testing.…

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world early this year, shortages of protective equipment such as N95 masks left healthcare workers little choice but to reuse the masks they had - increasing the risk of infection for both them…