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Controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 at a large public university

Researchers from the U.S. recently reported a multimodal "SHIELD: Target, Test, and Tell" program that helped mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at a large public university. The program also prevented community transmission and helped the continuation of in-person classes during the pandemic. This study is available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

9 Aug 2021

Familism can keep Latino and Asian college students from seeking mental health services

Interdependent values in their communities make Latino and Asian college students less likely to seek mental health services, according to a recently published study.

9 Aug 2021

Resistance exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level, study finds

Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Health Sciences study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique benefits for fat loss.

9 Aug 2021

Medicaid expansion can increase dental care access to underserved areas

When public health insurance like Medicaid expands its dental coverage, by increasing the types of procedures it covers and the total amount a dentist can spend on an individual patient, more dentists will locate to the expansion areas, therefore increasing access.

9 Aug 2021

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

New Research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigated the effects of California's 2016 law that raised the minimum tobacco sales age to from 18 to 21 (T21) and found evidence that the new law has had positive public health effects on 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students from across California.

9 Aug 2021

Research introduces novel approach to reverse brain aging via gut microbes

Research from APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork published today in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces a novel approach to reverse aspects of aging-related deterioration in the brain and cognitive function via the microbes in the gut.

9 Aug 2021

New study shows how quickly vaping can affect the cells of healthy younger nonsmokers

The risk that both tobacco and electronic cigarettes can pose to regular smokers' health has been well documented, but a new UCLA study illustrates just how quickly vaping can affect the cells of even healthy younger nonsmokers.

9 Aug 2021

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz Gastón, who quietly led the way to her mother's small room. Matos-Pagán had come to provide a covid-19 vaccine for Wildelma Gastón, 88, whose arthritis and other health concerns confine her to bed.

9 Aug 2021

First data-driven deep learning model can predict COVID-19 outbreak two weeks in advance

People's social behavior, reflected in their mobility data, is providing scientists with a way to forecast the spread of COVID-19 nationwide at the county level.

8 Aug 2021

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

New research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that education and employment experiences in early adulthood contribute to cardiovascular health inequalities in later life, independent of occupation and family income in mid-adulthood.

6 Aug 2021

Scientists use AI to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer that can predict whether the cancer will return after treatment-;and which can be identified from routinely acquired tissue biopsy samples of early-stage breast cancer.

6 Aug 2021

Study reports on COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse events in young Japanese population

A new study from Japan, released as a medRxiv* preprint, describes the adverse effects associated with the vaccine. Such data is crucial in delineating the safety and efficacy of this intervention in various age groups.

6 Aug 2021

Nightlife industry joins national effort to drive COVID-19 vaccine uptake among young people

Leading figures of the nightlife industry - including venues Ministry of Sound and Heaven - have joined the national effort to get the country vaccinated as they urge young people to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

5 Aug 2021

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Researchers remain perplexed as to why some patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, remain asymptomatic while other patients develop severe disease symptoms.

5 Aug 2021

Nine things parents should know about the Delta variant to keep children safe as schools reopen

Despite the rise in Delta variant cases, increased hospitalizations and reinstated mask mandates, many schools are set to reopen as early as next week.

5 Aug 2021

Pandemic job search anxiety could lead to both positive and negative results

Job seeking, even during a good year, can be a stressful experience. Add in a global pandemic and constrained job markets, and anxiety abounds in many job seekers. That anxiety can be tied to both positive and negative results, according to new research out of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management.

5 Aug 2021

students News and Research

Controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 at a large public university

Familism can keep Latino and Asian college students from seeking mental health services

Resistance exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level, study finds

Medicaid expansion can increase dental care access to underserved areas

New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law

Research introduces novel approach to reverse brain aging via gut microbes

New study shows how quickly vaping can affect the cells of healthy younger nonsmokers

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse practitioner takes covid shots house to house in Puerto Rico

First data-driven deep learning model can predict COVID-19 outbreak two weeks in advance

Education and employment experiences in early adulthood play a role in later life cardiovascular health

Scientists use AI to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer

Study reports on COVID-19 vaccine-related adverse events in young Japanese population

Nightlife industry joins national effort to drive COVID-19 vaccine uptake among young people

Specific and sensitive biomarker in the blood predicts symptomatic COVID-19 infection

Nine things parents should know about the Delta variant to keep children safe as schools reopen

Pandemic job search anxiety could lead to both positive and negative results

Surplus sugar may cause our cellular powerplants to become less efficient, finds study

Job and family strain linked to major depressive episodes in U.S. workers

NSF awards $441,028 to address the workforce needs of regenerative medicine

Study offers new insight on the global death toll of COVID-19 pandemic

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