Public Health & Prevention

Global pandemic accord: Where the talks stand

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe 12th round of negotiations towards a global accord on handling future pandemics ended Friday without a final agreement, with rich and poor nations still wrangling

Updated on: December 05,2024

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Global pandemic accord: Where the talks stand

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe 12th round of negotiations towards a global accord on handling future pandemics ended Friday without a final agreement, with rich and poor nations still wrangling

Updated on:December 05,2024

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WHO says mpox outbreaks 'can be stopped'

Credit: AI-generated imageOutbreaks of mpox in Central Africa "can be stopped", the World Health Organization said on Monday, but $135 million of funding may be needed to tackle the disease&

Updated on: September 11,2024

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WHO says mpox outbreaks 'can be stopped'

Credit: AI-generated imageOutbreaks of mpox in Central Africa "can be stopped", the World Health Organization said on Monday, but $135 million of funding may be needed to tackle the disease&

Updated on:September 11,2024

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Travelers' phones pose potential risks to public health and biosecurity

byBond UniversityCredit:Infection, Disease & Health(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.08.004Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences but so do germs carried

Updated on: November 13,2024

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Travelers' phones pose potential risks to public health and biosecurity

byBond UniversityCredit:Infection, Disease & Health(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.08.004Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences but so do germs carried

Updated on:November 13,2024

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Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet.

Updated on: January 15,2025

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Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet.

Updated on:January 15,2025

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Mpox: African countries have beaten disease outbreaks before—here's what it takes

by Oyewale Tomori,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBarely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO)declaredthat mpox was no longer a public health issue o

Updated on: September 11,2024

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Mpox: African countries have beaten disease outbreaks before—here's what it takes

by Oyewale Tomori,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBarely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO)declaredthat mpox was no longer a public health issue o

Updated on:September 11,2024

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Researchers draw insights from COVID-19 to inform improved health care in times of crisis

by Katie Malatino,Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAdaptive responses to successive disruptions in health care systems. Credit:Nature Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03103-6Am

Updated on: August 07,2024

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Researchers draw insights from COVID-19 to inform improved health care in times of crisis

by Katie Malatino,Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAdaptive responses to successive disruptions in health care systems. Credit:Nature Medicine(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03103-6Am

Updated on:August 07,2024

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Small RNAs found to boost immune response to tuberculosis

by Roni Dengler,Thomas Jefferson UniversityCredit:Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102156Tuberculosis kills about 1.3 million people each year, makin

Updated on: September 11,2024

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Small RNAs found to boost immune response to tuberculosis

by Roni Dengler,Thomas Jefferson UniversityCredit:Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102156Tuberculosis kills about 1.3 million people each year, makin

Updated on:September 11,2024

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Increasing children's immunity to deadly diseases through improved vaccine strategy

by University College LondonField workers recruit participants for the pneumococcal vaccine study in Blantyre. Credit:Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Program.Offering a booster dose or changing t

Updated on: June 12,2024

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Increasing children's immunity to deadly diseases through improved vaccine strategy

by University College LondonField workers recruit participants for the pneumococcal vaccine study in Blantyre. Credit:Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Program.Offering a booster dose or changing t

Updated on:June 12,2024

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COVID-19 infections raise risk of long-term gastrointestinal problems, finds health data analysis

by Kristina Sauerwein,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisRisks and 1-year burdens of incident post-acute COVID-19 gastrointestinal outcomes compared with the contemporary contr

Updated on: June 08,2024

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COVID-19 infections raise risk of long-term gastrointestinal problems, finds health data analysis

by Kristina Sauerwein,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisRisks and 1-year burdens of incident post-acute COVID-19 gastrointestinal outcomes compared with the contemporary contr

Updated on:June 08,2024

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Study finds higher SARS-CoV-2 risk in obese individuals

by PNAS NexusCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study finds an increased risk of developing a productive SARS-CoV-2 infection in obese people. Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mor

Updated on: September 11,2024

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Study finds higher SARS-CoV-2 risk in obese individuals

by PNAS NexusCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study finds an increased risk of developing a productive SARS-CoV-2 infection in obese people. Obesity is known to predict worse outcomes and higher mor

Updated on:September 11,2024

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FDA Issues Critical Warning on RSV Vaccines: Potential Neurological Risks Uncovered

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New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu—study finds lack of immune protein increases risk

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityColorized micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (in pink). This flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in poult

Updated on:December 04,2024

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