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Engineered water nanostructures as a new technology against SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study published in the MDPI journal Nanomaterials, a research group from the United States (US) has shown the possibility of inactivating surrogates of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces with the use of specific water nanostructures incorporated with nature-derived antimicrobials.

24 May 2022

Normal brain aging accelerated by 26% in people with progressive type 2 diabetes, study shows

Scientists have demonstrated that normal brain aging is accelerated by approximately 26% in people with progressive type 2 diabetes compared with individuals without the disease, reports a study published today in eLife.

24 May 2022

Eating up to one egg per day may help lower cardiovascular disease risk, research suggests

Researchers have shown how moderate egg consumption can increase the amount of heart-healthy metabolites in the blood, publishing their results today in eLife.

24 May 2022

Study: More than 43 million additional health workers needed to meet universal health coverage targets

More than 43 million additional health workers are needed to meet targets for universal health coverage around the world, according to a new peer-reviewed study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine that was published today in The Lancet.

24 May 2022

Health authorities must revolutionize testing to deal with future covid-19 prevalence

Dealing with lower covid-19 levels will require improved understanding of what diagnostic tests are best used for. It will also need more accurate tests, but as testing demand will fall, delivering that needs incentive-based support.

23 May 2022

Penn Medicine and CHOP announce plans with Costa Rica's CCSS for CAR T research

Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who together pioneered the research and development of the world's first personalized cellular therapy for cancer -; also known as CAR T cell therapy -; have announced plans with Costa Rica's CCSS, or the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Social Security Program), to facilitate CAR T research in Costa Rica.

23 May 2022

UVA scientists make progress in their longstanding efforts to combat tuberculosis

As headlines focus on COVID-19 and, now, monkeypox, tuberculosis remains one of the great scourges of infectious disease around the world. Approximately 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis in 2020, the World Health Organization reports.

23 May 2022

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a simple solution to address vitamin D insufficiency

Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem.

23 May 2022

G7 health ministers sign landmark pact to make the world better prepared for future pandemics

A landmark pact signed by G7 health ministers in Berlin will help ensure the world is better prepared for future pandemics.

20 May 2022

Household contact management could help avert 20% of the multi-drug resistant TB cases in children

One in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact management, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Global Health.

20 May 2022

Dogs trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 can sniff out infected passengers at airports

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Global Health, researchers explored whether scent dogs can be trained to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected individuals.

19 May 2022

New insights on avian influenza spillover and global spread

When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal.

19 May 2022

Study finds gender-based disparity in life-saving TXA treatment

Injured women are half as likely as men to receive the life-saving drug tranexamic acid (TXA) even though the treatment is equally effective regardless of sex, according to new research in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

19 May 2022

Prevalence of long COVID-19 after Omicron infection

A recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server analyzed the long coronavirus disease (COVID) linked with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant.

18 May 2022

Multi-country study provides a clear treatment option for IgA nephropathy

The largest ever randomized controlled trial in IgA nephropathy has found that treatment with methylprednisolone - a cheap, widely used corticosteroid drug - halves the risk of losing kidney function and kidney failure, and that this can be effectively achieved with fewer side effects if a reduced dose is used.

17 May 2022

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by plant-made neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

In a recent study published in the journal Vaccines, researchers developed plant-based monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).

17 May 2022

Study shows dengue virus can lower sperm production in men

A new study supports the notion that the dengue virus can be sexually transmissible for a short period after acute dengue illness and that it can also cause alterations in sperm production.

16 May 2022

Hispanic people with chest pain may experience unwarranted treatment delays in the ER

Hispanic people who went to the emergency room reporting chest pain waited longer than non-Hispanic people to be treated, admitted to the hospital or discharged from the ER, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022.

13 May 2022

IVI and partners to provide two doses of oral vaccine to 100,000 people at risk of cholera in Ethiopia

The International Vaccine Institute, in collaboration with LG Electronics, the Ethiopian government led by Armauer Hansen Research Institute, and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, will vaccinate 40,000 people against cholera in May to support prevention of the disease in Ethiopia.

13 May 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The invisible pandemic

Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, but you couldn't tell from the behavior of the public (rushing back to normal), as well as public health and elected officials who fear backlash from even suggesting the reimplementation of precautions.

12 May 2022

Global Health News and Research

Engineered water nanostructures as a new technology against SARS-CoV-2

Normal brain aging accelerated by 26% in people with progressive type 2 diabetes, study shows

Eating up to one egg per day may help lower cardiovascular disease risk, research suggests

Study: More than 43 million additional health workers needed to meet universal health coverage targets

Health authorities must revolutionize testing to deal with future covid-19 prevalence

Penn Medicine and CHOP announce plans with Costa Rica's CCSS for CAR T research

UVA scientists make progress in their longstanding efforts to combat tuberculosis

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a simple solution to address vitamin D insufficiency

G7 health ministers sign landmark pact to make the world better prepared for future pandemics

Household contact management could help avert 20% of the multi-drug resistant TB cases in children

Dogs trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 can sniff out infected passengers at airports

New insights on avian influenza spillover and global spread

Study finds gender-based disparity in life-saving TXA treatment

Prevalence of long COVID-19 after Omicron infection

Multi-country study provides a clear treatment option for IgA nephropathy

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by plant-made neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

Study shows dengue virus can lower sperm production in men

Hispanic people with chest pain may experience unwarranted treatment delays in the ER

IVI and partners to provide two doses of oral vaccine to 100,000 people at risk of cholera in Ethiopia

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The invisible pandemic

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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