Archive: 11/12/2020

New report finds global health research infrastructure imperiled by COVID-19

The strong foundation of global health research and development (R&D) that greatly accelerated the development of COVID-19 innovations is now being weakened by pandemic pressures that are diverting funding and expertise away ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

2

New data show missed opportunities and barriers to access for medications for opioid use disorder treatment in states

As states continue facing rising opioid-related deaths, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many are missing opportunities to provide access to proven treatment through medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according ...

Dec 11, 2020

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccine safety

The world's first mRNA vaccine has begun its rollout after being produced at unprecedented speed as part of the global effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic. A second one is hot on its heels. The two—one made by Pfizer/BioNTech ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

168

Opioid receptor MOR1 changes discovered in neurodegenerative disease model

Huntington's disease is a fatal inherited disorder that strikes most often in middle age with mood disturbances, uncontrollable limb movements, and cognitive decline. Years before symptom onset, brain imaging shows degeneration ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

39

Expert discusses the discoveries that enabled RNA vaccines for COVID-19

Some of the most promising vaccines developed to combat COVID-19 rely on messenger RNA (mRNA)—a template cells use to carry genetic instructions for producing proteins. The mRNA vaccines take advantage of this cellular ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

5

COVID-19 in Austria mapped: New tool projects trajectory of virus in Austria

A new COVID-19 analysis tool that estimates which districts in Austria could become coronavirus hotspots has been launched by Imperial.

Dec 11, 2020

0

2

Improving elective care planning could extend life for thousands of patients

Optimizing hospital scheduling for treatment of tumors, diseases of the digestive system and injuries & poisoning will result in notable gains of 50,750—5,891,608 years of life in England, according to the latest report ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

2

Why paying people to get the coronavirus vaccine won't work

The first COVID-19 vaccine to gain emergency use authorization in the U.S. could roll out within days, as Pfizer and BioNTech's candidate was endorsed by an external advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

2

Mindfulness practices shown to help teenagers deal with stress

The teenage years are often a time when anxiety and stress are heightened, causing individuals to deal with problems in self-defeating ways. New research led by a Penn State College of Education faculty member suggests that ...

Dec 11, 2020

0

31

Study finds little progress in addressing racial disparities for dementia risk

While rates of dementia for the U.S. population have been relatively stable or in decline since 2000, rates for Black Americans remain disproportionately high, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology.

Dec 11, 2020

0

2

page 6 from 11

«
»