Healthy children in Malawi participating in study to test efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine. Credit: TyVAC/Madalitso Mvula A single dose of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV, provides lasting efficacy…
Category: Health & Medicine
How AI will, and won’t, change health care in 2024
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Muhammad Mamdani understands why people are wary of artificial intelligence having a say in their health care—but he’s even more concerned about the patients who are…
Experts say it’s time to address the high rate of Australians with disabilities addicted to smoking
Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to a new analysis, almost a quarter of Australians with disabilities smoke when compared to just 12.6% of the wider population. While the number of…
This protein may be the ‘glue’ that helps COVID virus stick
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, the virus’ spike protein binds to a cell, allowing the virus to infiltrate and begin replicating. A new study from…
Insurance doesn’t always cover hearing aids for kids
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both…
AA attendance lower among African American, Hispanic and young populations: Study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Alcoholics Anonymous has long been a cornerstone of treating alcohol use disorders in the United States. But even today, Americans are not accessing it equally, according…
Researchers design new open-source technology for interfacing with living neurons
System overview. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306826 Neurons intricately communicate and respond to stimuli within a vast network, orchestrating essential functions from basic bodily processes to complex thoughts. Traditional…
Significantly restricting movement is most effective in stopping disease spread, SARS-CoV-2 data show
Shortest possible route between Wuhan and Beijing centroids (red) calculated from the China road network (white). Credit: Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0425 Researchers from La Trobe…
Routine health checks associated with decreased risk of death
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Attending an NHS Health Check appointment—a preventative screening program offered for free in the UK—is associated with both a decreased risk of dying and a decreased…
Analysis shows gene therapy beneficial and likely cost-effective for patients with sickle cell disease
Normal blood cells next to a sickle-blood cell, colored scanning electron microscope image. Credit: Wikipedia/Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology A modeling study comparing the cost-effectiveness of gene therapy versus common…
