Study: Life expectancy increased as world addressed major killers, though poor pandemic management slowed progress

byInstitute for Health Metrics and EvaluationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainGlobal life expectancy increased by 6.2 years since 1990 according to a new study published inThe Lancet. Ove

Updated on: April 30,2024

Study: Life expectancy increased as world addressed major killers, though poor pandemic management slowed progress

byInstitute for Health Metrics and EvaluationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainGlobal life expectancy increased by 6.2 years since 1990 according to a new study published inThe Lancet. Ove

Updated on:April 30,2024

UK Blood Contamination Scandal: Prime Minister's Apology and Delayed Justice

Updated on: May 22,2024

UK Blood Contamination Scandal: Prime Minister's Apology and Delayed Justice

Updated on:May 22,2024

UK confirms first human case of swine flu strain H1N2

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs.The variant of

Updated on: May 11,2024

UK confirms first human case of swine flu strain H1N2

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs.The variant of

Updated on:May 11,2024

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks antiviral human proteins to enter human cells

by American Society for MicrobiologyTransmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles isolated from a patient. Credit: NIAIDSARS-CoV-2 depends on the broadly antiviral interferon-ind

Updated on: April 22,2024

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks antiviral human proteins to enter human cells

by American Society for MicrobiologyTransmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles isolated from a patient. Credit: NIAIDSARS-CoV-2 depends on the broadly antiviral interferon-ind

Updated on:April 22,2024

mRNA COVID vaccines make 'unintended proteins'—researchers discover how to fix this problem

by James Thaventhiran and Anne Willis,The ConversationTranslation of 1-methylΨ-modified mRNA produces +1 frameshifted polypeptides. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06800

Updated on: December 30,2023

mRNA COVID vaccines make 'unintended proteins'—researchers discover how to fix this problem

by James Thaventhiran and Anne Willis,The ConversationTranslation of 1-methylΨ-modified mRNA produces +1 frameshifted polypeptides. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06800

Updated on:December 30,2023

Study Reveals Increasing Antibiotic Resistance in Diarrheagenic E. coli in China

Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) is one of the major pathogens causing diarrheal diseases globally. Some strains of DEC exhibit alarmingly high levels of antibiotic resistance.

Updated on: February 11,2025

Study Reveals Increasing Antibiotic Resistance in Diarrheagenic E. coli in China

Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) is one of the major pathogens causing diarrheal diseases globally. Some strains of DEC exhibit alarmingly high levels of antibiotic resistance.

Updated on:February 11,2025

Longitudinal study links PFAS contamination with teas, processed meats and food packaging

by Keck School of Medicine of USCFeature expression heatmap of associations between 46 food items in CHS (N=124 at baseline, N=88 at follow-up) . Credit:Environment

Updated on: March 27,2024

Longitudinal study links PFAS contamination with teas, processed meats and food packaging

by Keck School of Medicine of USCFeature expression heatmap of associations between 46 food items in CHS (N=124 at baseline, N=88 at follow-up) . Credit:Environment

Updated on:March 27,2024

Loss of smell following COVID linked to a person's immune reaction to the infection

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Institute of Alcohol Ab

Updated on: April 12,2024

Loss of smell following COVID linked to a person's immune reaction to the infection

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Institute of Alcohol Ab

Updated on:April 12,2024

Study helps explain post-COVID exercise intolerance

by Mallory Locklear,Yale UniversityRest to peak change in right atrial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume, and stroke follow among post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) patients with impaired

Updated on: December 28,2023

Study helps explain post-COVID exercise intolerance

by Mallory Locklear,Yale UniversityRest to peak change in right atrial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume, and stroke follow among post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) patients with impaired

Updated on:December 28,2023

Probiotics reduce COVID symptoms and delay disease among unvaccinated

by Sarah Avery,Duke Universitya. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Participants receiving LGG had prolonged time to onset of any symptoms. b. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Particip

Updated on: December 30,2023

Probiotics reduce COVID symptoms and delay disease among unvaccinated

by Sarah Avery,Duke Universitya. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Participants receiving LGG had prolonged time to onset of any symptoms. b. Kaplan–Meier curves of times to event. Particip

Updated on:December 30,2023

Study finds COVID-19 had greater impact on life expectancy than previously believed

by Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA newstudypublished inThe Lancetreveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high m

Updated on: March 20,2024

Study finds COVID-19 had greater impact on life expectancy than previously believed

by Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA newstudypublished inThe Lancetreveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high m

Updated on:March 20,2024

Human vascular organoids reveal clues for a potential COVID treatment

byCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterThis rendering depicts a vascular organoid developed by a team led by Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD, to study how the SARS-CoV-2 virus damages the h

Updated on: January 06,2024

Human vascular organoids reveal clues for a potential COVID treatment

byCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterThis rendering depicts a vascular organoid developed by a team led by Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD, to study how the SARS-CoV-2 virus damages the h

Updated on:January 06,2024