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Despite global efforts, allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines are not equitable

Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine access for refugee and displaced populations, and addressing health inequities, is vital for an effective pandemic response.

20 Apr 2021

Simple dietary supplement ameliorates schizophrenic traits in mice

A simple dietary supplement reduces behavioral symptoms in mice with a genetic mutation that causes schizophrenia.

19 Apr 2021

Majority of Americans support COVID-19 vaccine mandates, study finds

As vaccines that help protect against COVID-19 become available for more people across the United States, questions have been raised about whether institutions like schools and universities should require their students and staff to become vaccinated.

19 Apr 2021

Topical drug regenerates, restores function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer.

19 Apr 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has created major changes in delivery of MS care

A survey of U.S. multiple sclerosis, or MS, specialist clinicians reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has created major changes in how they deliver care.

19 Apr 2021

New microfluidic system effectively isolates cancer spreading cells

The survival rate of cancer patients can drop to ten percent or less during metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells to create secondary tumors.

19 Apr 2021

Competition and natural selection drive the size discrepancy of sperm and egg cell

In most living animals, egg cells are vastly larger than sperm cells. In humans, for example, a single egg is 10 million times the volume of a sperm cell.

19 Apr 2021

Study sheds light on how tau aggregates promote Alzheimer’s disease

Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and you'll find a common suspected culprit: stringy, hairball-like tangles of a protein called tau.

17 Apr 2021

Three teams selected to receive the first awards from Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer

Three teams of Dartmouth researchers have been selected to receive the first awards from the Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer.

17 Apr 2021

Analysis: Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans have carried the burden of COVID-19 pandemic

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led team has found that Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans have carried the burden of the pandemic, both in overall mortality and specifically in years of potential life lost, in an analysis of 45 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.).

16 Apr 2021

Researchers explore ways to reduce firearm-related death and injury

Fifty-five years ago, America's death toll from automobile crashes was sky-high. Nearly 50,000 people died every year from motor vehicle crashes, at a time when the nation's population was much smaller than today.

16 Apr 2021

Researchers develop a rapid method to assess thirdhand smoke contaminants in household fabrics

A study led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found chemicals in thirdhand smoke, or THS, get extracted more readily from household fabrics in a humid environment than in a dry one.

16 Apr 2021

New model for making accurate short-term projections of COVID-19 cases

A new study by Texas A&M University researchers published in PLOS ONE details a new model for making short-term projections of daily COVID-19 cases that is accurate, reliable and easily used by public health officials and other organizations.

16 Apr 2021

Japanese–European scientists detect novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

The list of known genetic mitochondrial disorders is ever-growing, and ongoing research continues to identify new disorders in this category.

15 Apr 2021

CUNY SPH announces the New York State Vaccine Education and Adoption Project

In a race to transform the vaccine-hesitant into adopters in New York City and surrounding counties as Covid-19 variants rise, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy has announced the New York State Vaccine Education and Adoption Project.

15 Apr 2021

UZH study establishes an objective neurobiological measure for stress resilience

Researchers at the University of Zurich show that increased sensitivity in a specific region of the brain contributes to the development of anxiety and depression in response to real-life stress.

15 Apr 2021

INRS professor receives CIHR funding for research on nasopharyngeal bacteria

Professor Frédéric Veyrier of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique has received $711,450 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for a project on bacteria of the nasopharynx, including Neisseria.

15 Apr 2021

Study may lead to new therapies for patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A new study, led by the University of California, Irvine (UCI), reveals how chronic inflammation promotes muscle fibrosis, which could inform the development of new therapies for patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal muscle disease.

15 Apr 2021

Cocoa consumption improves health of obese mice with liver disease

Supplementation of cocoa powder in the diet of high-fat-fed mice with liver disease markedly reduced the severity of their condition, according to a new study by Penn State researchers, who suggest the results have implications for people.

15 Apr 2021

Intestinal worm infections can make African women more vulnerable to sexually-transmitted viral infections

Intestinal worm infections can leave women in sub-Saharan Africa more vulnerable to sexually-transmitted viral infections, a new study reveals.

15 Apr 2021

students News and Research

Despite global efforts, allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines are not equitable

Simple dietary supplement ameliorates schizophrenic traits in mice

Majority of Americans support COVID-19 vaccine mandates, study finds

Topical drug regenerates, restores function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy

COVID-19 pandemic has created major changes in delivery of MS care

New microfluidic system effectively isolates cancer spreading cells

Competition and natural selection drive the size discrepancy of sperm and egg cell

Study sheds light on how tau aggregates promote Alzheimer’s disease

Three teams selected to receive the first awards from Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer

Analysis: Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans have carried the burden of COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers explore ways to reduce firearm-related death and injury

Researchers develop a rapid method to assess thirdhand smoke contaminants in household fabrics

New model for making accurate short-term projections of COVID-19 cases

Japanese–European scientists detect novel genetic mitochondrial disorder

CUNY SPH announces the New York State Vaccine Education and Adoption Project

UZH study establishes an objective neurobiological measure for stress resilience

INRS professor receives CIHR funding for research on nasopharyngeal bacteria

Study may lead to new therapies for patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Cocoa consumption improves health of obese mice with liver disease

Intestinal worm infections can make African women more vulnerable to sexually-transmitted viral infections

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