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Vitamin A supplementation is missed by two in five children in India, analysis finds

Two in five eligible children in India are missing out on preventive vitamin A supplementation designed to ward off the health problems associated with deficiency of the vitamin, finds an analysis of representative survey data, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

29 Jul 2022

What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

No one studying polio knew more than Albert Sabin, the Polish-American scientist whose vaccine against the crippling disease has been used worldwide since 1959.

29 Jul 2022

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical professionals towards monkeypox in Italy

Researchers assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards monkeypox (MPX) in Italy.

29 Jul 2022

New breakthrough shows antimicrobial resistance is more evolved than previously recognized

Researchers have discovered a significant and previously unknown mechanism that many bacteria use to resist antibiotics.

29 Jul 2022

Winners of NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge for Maternal Health announced

The National Institutes of Health today announced the winners of its NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) for Maternal Health, a prize competition for developers of diagnostic technologies to help improve maternal health around the world.

28 Jul 2022

World Hepatitis Day 2022: Why Accelerating the Fight Against Hepatitis Cannot Wait

In our latest interview, News-Medical speaks to Simon Parker, an infectious disease specialist, about hepatitis C diagnostics and testing, as well as why the global fight against hepatitis cannot wait.

28 Jul 2022

New COVID vaccine patch could better fight variants than a traditional needle, finds study

A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle vaccine according to a University of Queensland study in mice.

28 Jul 2022

Phage therapeutics can be used to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens

Scientists with the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were among those providing the biochemical tools needed to help save a man's life through a unique emergency intervention in 2016.

27 Jul 2022

To stem the spread of monkeypox, health departments tap into networks of those most at risk

On July 23, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern.

27 Jul 2022

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

A Dartmouth-led research group, including investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Harvard Medical School, has received a five-year, $7 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

26 Jul 2022

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

From May 2020 to January 2021, the share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic estimates, while fast-food and alcohol tweets decreased by 9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

26 Jul 2022

Weather factors play a key role in determining the spread of dengue and other viral diseases

Rainfall, temperature and ocean-warming affect mosquito breeding and the viral diseases they spread - study.

22 Jul 2022

Unlocking the power of proteins to better understand human health

We speak to Andrew Lynn, the chief executive at Fluidic Analytics, about the role proteins play in understanding human disease.

From Fluidic Analytics 21 Jul 2022

Hard-won reproductive health rights could be threatened by US Supreme Court decision on abortion

Religious campaigns and political interference could threaten hard-won reproductive health rights in the global South in the wake of the US Supreme Court decision on abortion, health advocates fear.

21 Jul 2022

Influenza surveillance systems may have helped detect early signs of COVID-19 pandemic

Outliers in the number of cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) that tested negative for influenza were present in global influenza surveillance networks early in the COVID-19 pandemic, an average of 13.3 weeks before the first reported COVID-19 peaks in 16 of the 28 countries included in a new study publishing July 19th in PLOS Medicine by Natalie Cobb of University of Washington, US, and colleagues.

20 Jul 2022

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne parasitic infection of humans. In 2021, after a century of research, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the world's first malaria vaccine.

20 Jul 2022

New $29 million grant awarded to five leading children’s hospitals for improving pandemic readiness

A group of children's hospitals from across the country will coordinate on the response to future pandemics and other disasters through a new $29 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

19 Jul 2022

Caregiver engagement holds potential for improving patient outcomes

Led by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kristin Levoy, PhD, MSN, R.N., a meta-analysis of findings from 54 studies (involving more than 31,000 individuals) confirms that caregiver engagement across healthcare transitions (for example from hospital to home) of chronically ill adults is instrumental in preventing rehospitalizations, and holds potential for enhancing other patient outcomes.

19 Jul 2022

What is the optimal alcohol consumption level to minimize health loss?

Researchers performed a population-scale analysis of alcohol consumption by amount, age, gender, region, and year to estimate the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL) and the non-drinker equivalence (NDE).

19 Jul 2022

New Oxford study examines the effectiveness of pharmacological treatments for insomnia

Two drugs, eszopiclone and lemborexant - both not currently licenced for the treatment of insomnia in the UK - were shown to perform better than others, both in the acute and long-term treatment of insomnia in adults, according to a new Oxford study exploring the pharmacological management of insomnia.

19 Jul 2022

Global Health News and Research

Vitamin A supplementation is missed by two in five children in India, analysis finds

What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical professionals towards monkeypox in Italy

New breakthrough shows antimicrobial resistance is more evolved than previously recognized

Winners of NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge for Maternal Health announced

World Hepatitis Day 2022: Why Accelerating the Fight Against Hepatitis Cannot Wait

New COVID vaccine patch could better fight variants than a traditional needle, finds study

Phage therapeutics can be used to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens

To stem the spread of monkeypox, health departments tap into networks of those most at risk

New project to assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older patients

Share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20% during the pandemic, analysis finds

Weather factors play a key role in determining the spread of dengue and other viral diseases

Unlocking the power of proteins to better understand human health

Hard-won reproductive health rights could be threatened by US Supreme Court decision on abortion

Influenza surveillance systems may have helped detect early signs of COVID-19 pandemic

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

New $29 million grant awarded to five leading children’s hospitals for improving pandemic readiness

Caregiver engagement holds potential for improving patient outcomes

What is the optimal alcohol consumption level to minimize health loss?

New Oxford study examines the effectiveness of pharmacological treatments for insomnia

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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