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(University of Konstanz) New vaccination method for lasting protection against all known influenza mutations in preclinical testing phase - potentially effective also against SARS-CoV-2 - joint research project of the Un...

(University of Maryland) A new study led by University of Maryland and UCLA researchers found that DNA from tissue samples can be used to accurately predict the age of bats in the wild. The study also showed age-related ...

(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Brominated flame retardants may lead to early mammary gland development, which is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to an open-access article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology, compared with multi-target stool-DNA and fecal immunochemical test, CT colonography with 10 mm threshold mos...

(CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) At its 2021 Annual Meeting this month, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) will present the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and...

(Boston University School of Medicine) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically increased children's preventive healthcare while reducing out-of-pocket costs, according to a new Boston University School of Public Healt...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) The biennial award honors the best scholarly qualities that Dr. Fagin, the School's third Dean, exemplified. It is given to a Penn Nursing faculty member, or a graduate from...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Informing how COVID-19 response plans may incorporate digital contact tracing, a model of COVID-19 spread within a simulated French population found that if about 20%...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Financial strains like debt or unemployment are significant risk factors for becoming homeless, and even help to explain increased risk of homelessness associated with severe mental illness, repor...

(European Society of Cardiology) Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021, an online scientific congress of the European...

(American Chemical Society) Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, one of the largest scientific conferences of the year. The meeting will be held online ...

(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Immuno-positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can provide early insight into a tumor's response to targeted therapy, allowing physicians to select the most effectiv...

(George Mason University) Myeong Lee, Assistant Professor, Information Sciences and Technology, is working to understand how people use the 311 non-emergency issue-reporting system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto) A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä followed what kind of changes happened among participants during an eight-year wor...

(St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute) A factor that turns malignant tumors into benign ones? - That is exactly what scientists at St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute and colleagues have discovered. Th...

(Burness) A new supplement offering guidance on severe COVID-19 management in resource-limited settings is now available on the American Journal of Tropical Medicine (AJTMH) website. Pragmatic Recommendations for the Man...

(University of Otago) University of Otago researchers have discovered one of the reasons why more than 50 per cent of people with type 2 diabetes die from heart disease. And perhaps more significantly, they have found ho...

(Temple University Health System) Heart failure is one form of heart disease, for which new therapies are desperately needed. Now, in new work, scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University identif...

(Uppsala University) In asthma, the airways become hyperresponsive. Researchers from Uppsala University have found a new mechanism that contributes to, and explains, airway hyperresponsiveness. The results are published ...

(University of Otago) New bioarchaeological research shows malaria has threatened human communities for more than 7000 years, earlier than when the onset of farming was thought to have sparked its devastating arrival.

(PLOS) How much did SARS-CoV-2 need to change in order to adapt to its new human host? In a research article published in the open access journal PLOS Biology Oscar MacLean, Spyros Lytras at the University of Glasgow, an...