Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Today’s Food and Drug Administration approval of a supplemental biologics license for the monoclonal antibody omalizumab (Xolair) highlights the vital role of the National Institutes of…
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Study finds Moderna vaccine reduces symptomatic COVID-19 in young adults
Consort diagram of randomized and observational groups. Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; FAS, full analysis set; FAS-P, full analysis set with PCR data; mRNA, messenger RNA; PCR, polymerase chain reaction;…
New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in soccer players
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as COVID-19 and heart conditions. Scientists already know that…
Experts outline recommendations for reducing traumatic birth experiences
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels International experts have published recommendations for practice, policy and research that have the potential to reduce the occurrence of negative birth experiences and the development…
Brazil’s health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic
Zuleida greets and speaks with municipal health workers and volunteers who are inspecting the Tabajaras favela for standing water where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can breed, in an effort to stop…
Inequities in HIV testing, diagnosis and care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Dispartities in HIV testing for people with intellectual disabilities is becoming a common challenge. Credit: T.G. James, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. People with…
Researchers identify potential ‘missing link’ for why South Asians have higher rates of heart disease
Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.12.012 A new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital has found that South Asians with either heart disease…
New sepsis test provides faster and reliable results
Flow chart describing the overall number of positive BCs, monomicrobial vs polymicrobial BCs and off-panel vs in-panel BCID detection profiles. *One or more microbes not detected. Credit: APMIS (2024). DOI:…
School uniform policies linked to students getting less exercise
Credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, new research suggests. The University of Cambridge study used data…
A promising avenue for more effective immunotherapies
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.11377 A research team of Canadian and French scientists, led by INRS professor Maya Saleh, has been investigating immunotherapy resistance in certain patients…
