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Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

by Sandy West, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWith the Environmental Protection Agency's latest—and strictest—plan to minimize the risk of Americans drinking lead-contaminated wa
Updated on: August 06,2024 0
Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

by Sandy West, KFF Health NewsCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWith the Environmental Protection Agency's latest—and strictest—plan to minimize the risk of Americans drinking lead-contaminated wa
Updated on:August 06,2024 0
Postexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir does not cut COVID-19 infection

Postexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir does not cut COVID-19 infection

by Elana GotkinePostexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for five or 10 days does not reduce the risk for symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
Updated on: July 31,2024 0
Postexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir does not cut COVID-19 infection

Postexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir does not cut COVID-19 infection

by Elana GotkinePostexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for five or 10 days does not reduce the risk for symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
Updated on:July 31,2024 0
Genetic platform identifies 'Achilles heel' of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Genetic platform identifies 'Achilles heel' of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

byUniversity of OtagoWG-CRISPRi screening in M. tuberculosis strain mc26206. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54072-wA University of Otago-led study has fo
Updated on: November 22,2024 0
Genetic platform identifies 'Achilles heel' of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Genetic platform identifies 'Achilles heel' of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

byUniversity of OtagoWG-CRISPRi screening in M. tuberculosis strain mc26206. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54072-wA University of Otago-led study has fo
Updated on:November 22,2024 0
Physician explains the fungal infection valley fever

Physician explains the fungal infection valley fever

by Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSome areas of the U.S. are experiencing a recent uptick in cases of a fungal lung infection called valley fever. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Ma
Updated on: November 12,2024 0
Physician explains the fungal infection valley fever

Physician explains the fungal infection valley fever

by Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainSome areas of the U.S. are experiencing a recent uptick in cases of a fungal lung infection called valley fever. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Ma
Updated on:November 12,2024 0
Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

byWashington University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe lightning-fast development of COVID-19 vaccines just months after the virus appeared was a triumph of modern scien
Updated on: August 30,2024 0
Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

Study indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of COVID-19

byWashington University School of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe lightning-fast development of COVID-19 vaccines just months after the virus appeared was a triumph of modern scien
Updated on:August 30,2024 0
Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say

Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say

by Mike StobbeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. Credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore, FileHealth officials on Thursday said they don't know how a Misso
Updated on: October 02,2024 0
Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say

Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and the public risk is still low, officials say

by Mike StobbeThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. Credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore, FileHealth officials on Thursday said they don't know how a Misso
Updated on:October 02,2024 0
Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

by German Center for Infection ResearchEpidemiological properties of viral importation lineages. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48641-2In the years of the COVI
Updated on: August 06,2024 0
Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens

by German Center for Infection ResearchEpidemiological properties of viral importation lineages. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48641-2In the years of the COVI
Updated on:August 06,2024 0
New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

byUniversity of SheffieldHeatmap of latent class models. Credit:Environmental Health(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01133-8Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic healt
Updated on: December 22,2024 0
New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

New research reveals link between air pollution, water quality and multiple long-term chronic conditions in Serbia

byUniversity of SheffieldHeatmap of latent class models. Credit:Environmental Health(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01133-8Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic healt
Updated on:December 22,2024 0
Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

by Amy Maxmen, Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinat
Updated on: August 07,2024 0
Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots: Some experts say the US should, too

by Amy Maxmen, Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinat
Updated on:August 07,2024 0
Optimized diagnosis of neuroborreliosis using signaling protein as a biomarker

Optimized diagnosis of neuroborreliosis using signaling protein as a biomarker

by Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesCredit: Erik Karits from PexelsA newly defined threshold for the concentration of the cytokine CXCL13 may improve the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. Th
Updated on: July 11,2024 0
Optimized diagnosis of neuroborreliosis using signaling protein as a biomarker

Optimized diagnosis of neuroborreliosis using signaling protein as a biomarker

by Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesCredit: Erik Karits from PexelsA newly defined threshold for the concentration of the cytokine CXCL13 may improve the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. Th
Updated on:July 11,2024 0
Big data confirms mental health was studied more than the virus during the pandemic

Big data confirms mental health was studied more than the virus during the pandemic

by Fran Molloy,Macquarie UniversityCredit: Macquarie UniversityMore than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down, a major analysis of the research response by the glo
Updated on: October 02,2024 0
Big data confirms mental health was studied more than the virus during the pandemic

Big data confirms mental health was studied more than the virus during the pandemic

by Fran Molloy,Macquarie UniversityCredit: Macquarie UniversityMore than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down, a major analysis of the research response by the glo
Updated on:October 02,2024 0
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