Public Health

The study published in Frontiers in Psychology shows that children aged from 3 to 5 years old are able to understand the emotions hidden under facemasks on just 40% of occasions.Credit: L.Taverna/IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia …

Baylor sleep researcher Michael Scullin finds 'earworms' continue during sleep, can cause restless nightsCredit: Matthew Minard, Baylor University WACO, Texas (June 9, 2021) - Most people listen to music throughout their day and often…

Addition of a simple processing step to saliva samples before testing may improve COVID-19 detection rate, eliminate the challenges of nasopharyngeal testing, and facilitate mass surveillance, researchers report in The Journal of Molecular…

Credit: Regenstrief Institute Black people have a higher risk of colorectal cancer than white people, but this risk is likely not due to genetics. Data from a recent study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,…

New Orleans, LA - Research conducted at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence reports that Elovanoids, bioactive chemical messengers made from omega-3 very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids discovered by the Bazan…

National Comprehensive Cancer Network's patient information team provides a patient and caregiver version of recently updated, evidence-based expert consensus recommendations for vaccinating people with cancer against COVID-19 PLYMOUTH…

Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds Researchers have made progress…

England on track to achieve elimination of HIV transmission by 2030 The annual number of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in England is likely to have fallen dramatically, from 2,770 in 2013 to 854 in 2018, showing…

Pioneering study shows loss of nature will exacerbate racial and income inequality When nature vanishes, people of color and low-income Americans disproportionally lose critical environmental and health benefits--including air quality,…

People who are more prone to boredom and who are socially conservative are more likely to break public-health rules, according to new psychology research. While previous research demonstrated a connection between being highly prone to…

Credit: Schiff, et al, Substance Use & Misuse, 2021. PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 - Americans are consuming more craft beer with higher alcohol content but are drinking less beer by volume, according to a new analysis led by…

UCSF study reports paradox of social connection based on national data For older adults, participating in social activities can protect against physical and mental signs of aging, but it may also pose risks, especially for women. A new…

USDA, CDC and Cooperative Extension team to support communication nationwide KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- According to the Tennessee Department of Health, 35.3 percent of Tennesseans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. However,…

Credit: York University TORONTO, June 9, 2021 - Researchers from York University and the University of British Columbia have found social media use to be one of the factors related to the spread of COVID-19 within dozens of countries…

An analysis of both inpatient and outpatient data within an integrated health system demonstrates the role of structural, societal factors in the pandemic's spread BOSTON - A new analysis by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital…

NIH awards $3 million grant for the five-year studyCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst health services researcher Dr. Sarah Goff has received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the…

University of Pennsylvania researchers discovered that children from lower-income backgrounds and those who go through greater adverse childhood experiences get their first permanent molars sooner Early in her career neuroscientist Allyson…

New research shows transmission of the virus behind COVID-19 varies seasonally, but warmer conditions are not enough to prevent transmission. The study, led by Imperial College London researchers and published today in Proceedings of…

Los Angeles, Calif. - The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest global HIV research network, today announced the addition of two monoclonal antibodies, BMS-986414 and BMS-986413, to the COVID-19 outpatient treatment study,…

FAU Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators publish original researchCredit: Florida Atlantic University Deaths from suicide are rising in the United States. These rising trends are especially alarming because global trends in…