Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Rabies virus variants from marmosets found in bats

Rabies virus variants closely related to variants present in White-tufted marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) have been detected in bats in Ceará state, Northeast Brazil.

Oncology & Cancer

Government housing assistance may boost some cancer screening

Receipt of government housing assistance is associated with increased rates of breast cancer (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Meta-analysis on urbanicity and depression research

In 2018 the United Nations predicted that 68% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050, an increase from 55% today and a cause for concern among researchers who have identified multiple mental health risk ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Endemic malaria found in high, dry northwestern Kenya

Turkana County in northwestern Kenya was supposed to be the land that malaria forgot. An arid, windy region abutting Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, its climate was thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that harbor malaria-causing ...

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