All Public Health articles – Page 6
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NewsOnline dashboard to help fight to save children from deadly diarrheal diseases
Researchers are developing a flexible online tool for navigating information used in the fight to save children from deadly diarrheal diseases by identifying transmission hotspots and accelerating the deployment of treatments and new vaccines.
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NewsResearchers ask if active screening for tuberculosis among vulnerable populations is cost-effective
Scientists present the findings of their systematic review on active pulmonary TB screening programmes run between 2008 and 2023 in so-called high-risk groups living in low TB incidence countries.
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NewsCommunity-based cohort study to track short- and long-term effects of multiple respiratory viruses
Scientists are initiating a critical two-year prospective epidemiologic study in the spring of 2024 to track acute respiratory infections across the United States.
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NewsPowerful new AI can predict people’s attitudes to vaccines
A powerful new tool in artificial intelligence is able to predict whether someone is willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The predictive system uses a small set of data from demographics and personal judgments such as aversion to risk or loss.
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NewsThe future is personalised care for influenza and flu-like illness
A new research review will focus on a future of more personalised care for diseases such as influenza, so that patients and doctors will be able to more accurately determine when the infectious part of the illness has passed.
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NewsWastewater surveillance is key tool in keeping schools open during public health emergencies
The study focused on a middle and high school campus in Jefferson County, New York, serving 600 students, and compared results from wastewater surveillance to COVID-19 case trends.
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NewsAntibiotic use is not the only driver of superbugs
Researchers have analysed the rise of antibiotic resistance over the last 20 years in the UK and Norway, highlighting that antibiotic use is not the only factor in the increase.
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NewsConsortium to tackle the effect of climate change on diarrheal diseases
Thanks to a Horizon Europe grant, Amsterdam UMC together with the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, is set to lead a global consortium to improve policies and interventions
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NewsAnd now, your community health forecast…
In the not-so-distant future, people might be able to tune in to their favorite news source for an update on their community health status, just as they check on the local weather forecast - an approach that has now been pioneered in Texas.
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NewsMpox vaccine triggers equally strong immune response in smaller doses
Delivering the two-dose mpox vaccine in smaller than the usual FDA-approved doses produced a detectable immune response. This also occurred regardless of whether people were living with or without HIV.
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NewsBlack individuals more likely to experience inequities in early diagnosis of Lyme disease
A new study reveals that black patients are more likely to have advanced stages of Lyme disease when clinically diagnosed and also experience a longer time before receiving antibiotic treatment for the condition.
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NewsNew institute to bolster global preparedness for future pandemics
The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Cambridge (UCAM), and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have established the international headquarters of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute at HKU.
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NewsCOVID-19 compromised U.S. gains in controlling HIV and worsened health disparities
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed previous gains made in controlling HIV blood levels and worsened health disparities, according to researchers leading the largest U.S. evaluation of the impact of the public health crisis on people with HIV.
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NewsNew UK projects to kickstart future vaccine development awarded £25m
Three UK projects designed to build our understanding of viruses and how the immune system reacts to different challenges will share £25m in new funding from UKRI.
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NewsGenes fuelling antibiotic resistance in Yemen cholera outbreak uncovered
Widespread antibiotic resistance among cholera-causing bacteria causing the outbreak in Yemen since 2018 explained by gene mixing.
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NewsCommon wristbands are hotbed for harmful bacteria
A new study tested various textures of wristbands and their ability to harbour harmful pathogenic bacteria.
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OpinionNew RSV vaccines on the way - so what do we do about vaccine hesitancy?
Not one, but two promising new vaccines are likely to be introduced to the UK, yet routine childhood vaccination rates have been decreasing for ‘old’ diseases like measles and polio - what’s going on?
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NewsNew cholera substrains in Bangladesh uncovered by genomic surveillance
Researchers have uncovered two new cholera substrains in a displaced refugee population in southern Bangladesh, where a pre-emptive mass vaccination campaign of over one million refugees was successful in preventing an epidemic.
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NewsCOVID-19 jab reduced disease disparities between low- and high-income communities
COVID-19 vaccination helped reduce disparities in disease incidence between low- and high-income communities, according to a new analysis led by Cedars-Sinai investigators.
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NewsNearly half of TB cases in prisons worldwide go undetected
In the first global assessment of tuberculosis among incarcerated people, a new study found consistently high TB case rates and low case detection in prisons.
