Open Sewers and Discarded Plastic: The Urban Breeding Grounds Fueling Mosquito-Borne Disease
A study of disadvantaged communities in Salvador, Brazil, identifies open sewers, household garbage, and open plastic containers as the dominant ...
Tag: Public health
Malaria Model Reveals Only Combined Nets and Drugs Can Halt Transmission in Nigerian Children
A mathematical model calibrated to Nigerian survey data shows that only combined scale-up of insecticide-treated nets to at least 80 ...
Loneliness and isolation may strip away nearly six years of healthy life
A Tulane-led analysis of over 277,000 UK Biobank adults finds loneliness and social isolation cost up to nearly six years ...
Rapid Sputum Test Proves Highly Accurate for Detecting Tuberculosis in High-Risk Children
A six-year South African study found that the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra test on induced sputum achieved over 90 percent sensitivity ...
Mapping the Totality of Childhood Exposures: How Exposome Science Is Rewriting Pediatric Health
A new review in Pediatric Research charts how exposome science, from wearable sensors to multi-omics cohorts, is transforming the measurement ...
Four in Five Iranian Healthcare Workers Face Violence on the Job, Landmark Review Finds
A systematic review of 95 studies covering more than 40,000 Iranian healthcare workers finds that 83 percent have experienced workplace ...
Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Vietnam Traced to a Single Introduction of Enterovirus A71 Subgenogroup B5
A 2023 severe hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Vietnam was caused by a single introduction of enterovirus A71 ...
Early Sex and HIV Risk in Young Cameroonians: Motherhood Sharpens the Danger
A national analysis of nearly 5,000 young Cameroonian women finds that early sexual debut raises HIV risk, but motherhood dramatically ...
Medical Students in Colombia Fall Short on Obesity Knowledge, Survey Reveals
A survey of 203 Colombian medical students found median obesity knowledge scores of just 56 percent, with over 95 percent ...
Nationwide NIH-Funded Study Probes How Lifelong Environmental Exposures Shape Alzheimer’s Risk
A $30.9 million NIH award renews The Neighborhoods Study, a twenty-four-center collaboration including Emory's Goizueta Brain Health Institute that links ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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