A nationwide effort to adequately vaccinate 8 in 10 adolescents against the human papillomavirus (HPV) could prevent 934,000 cases of virus-associated, male oropharyngeal cancer over this century, reported investigators at ...
Dec 15, 2021
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(HealthDay)—An online education and code simulation intervention can improve adherence to the guidelines for time to first shock in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published in the December ...
Dec 1, 2021
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New antiviral drugs—including COVID treatments—could be developed from previously overlooked substances found in marine plants, University of the West of Scotland (UWS) research has suggested.
Nov 12, 2021
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More than 18 months into the pandemic, we're still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID—medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body.
Nov 10, 2021
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Academics and data scientists from Durham University and UN Global Pulse (UNGP) have developed an agent-based model to simulate the spread of COVID-19 in the Cox's Bazar refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Oct 28, 2021
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A new computational analysis suggests that, beyond the initial effect of one infected person arriving and spreading disease to a previously uninfected population, the continuous arrival of more infected individuals has a ...
Oct 14, 2021
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A group of researchers at Université de Montréal has simulated the effects of more than 17,000 possible mutations of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Sep 17, 2021
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Computer simulations showing how patients and staff move around inside hospitals are helping civil engineers make modifications to help control the transmission of COVID-19.
Sep 7, 2021
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Banning menthol flavors in cigarettes could reduce smoking by 15% by having smokers giving up tobacco products altogether or switching to e-cigarettes and other nicotine vaping products—avoiding 16,250 tobacco-related deaths ...
Sep 3, 2021
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Researchers are bringing the use of acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumours closer to reality.
Aug 24, 2021
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