Medical economics

Team reports on the blind spots in drug research funding

How much money does the public sector invest in the development of medicines? The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) aims to shed light on this issue and uses antibiotics as an example. Without public ...

Genetics

Genetic mutation linked to higher SARS-CoV-2 risk

Researchers have identified a novel genetic risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, providing new insights into the virus's ability to invade human cells. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that spreads COVID-19.

Health

Innovative partnership helps low-income tobacco users quit

A partnership between Kick It California, a tobacco quitline operated by University of California San Diego, and local 211 information and referral agencies resulted in more than 55,000 new referrals for tobacco cessation ...

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