Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study of more than 400 pregnant people. Then, in the month after ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Dr. Gerd Mittelstädt from Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute is contributing to the search for a COVID-19 vaccine by finding a rapid way to produce the proteins needed to assess ...
Sep 28, 2020
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A new study out this week in the journal Social Science and Medicine proposes that social, gendered variables may better explain observed sex disparities in adverse drug events than sex-based biology.
Nov 14, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Leicester are using forensic DNA to help tackle sexual violence in humanitarian contexts—such as remote locations, displaced communities, conflict and post-conflict situations.
Jun 7, 2018
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People often ask me what I do for a living. In the past, I would start with something vague, saying things like "I'm a researcher; I work at the university. I work with teenagers." Inevitably, people wanted to know more. ...
Oct 16, 2019
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A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, N.C., during the start of the pandemic. They found that wastewater and ...
Nov 14, 2022
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Cancer is one of the most devastating diseases in the world. In 2023, more than 1.9 million new cancer cases and 609,820 deaths are projected to occur in the United States alone. As efforts are underway to improve diagnostic ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Scientists are a step closer to developing vaccines for a range of diseases that affect 200 million people, mainly in tropical south-east Asia, Africa and Central America.
Mar 14, 2013
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The upcoming holiday season will be challenging for many Americans. The coronavirus pandemic is surging—California recently surpassed 1 million known cases—as quarantine fatigue grows. Shorter and colder days are coming, ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Scientists at the University of Essex have made a further step towards the potential future development of medicines to help combat a range of diseases currently considered "undruggable".
Apr 30, 2013
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