Between the first and second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, excess deaths decreased in large metropolitan counties and increased in rural counties in the United States, according to a new study led by Boston University School ...
Jun 23, 2023
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most prevalent herpesviruses worldwide. Depending on the geographical area, it can affect between 40% and 90% of the population and, although it does not produce symptoms in healthy people, ...
May 30, 2023
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Since it began in 2004, a global effort led by the United States to combat HIV has dramatically increased the number of people it helps, a new government report shows.
Mar 15, 2023
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Access to high-quality health care differs for Black versus white Medicare Advantage enrollees, a reality that has been well documented. A 2022 study by LDI senior fellow Norma Coe, LDI executive director Rachel M. Werner, ...
Jan 5, 2023
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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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State policies in eight different policy domains, including gun safety, labor and tobacco, are associated with U.S. working-age mortality, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Residential overcrowding, low educational attainment and low income had a crucial impact on how hard the pandemic hit various groups in the community, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows. The research is based ...
Oct 21, 2022
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A nationwide U.S. study of more than 893,000 adults provides solid evidence confirming that mRNA booster immunizations extend protection against moderate and severe COVID for four to five months. These findings, published ...
Oct 3, 2022
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The World Health Organization says it's holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.
Aug 12, 2022
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A rise in U.S. firearm homicides in recent years has primarily affected states in the South-Central and Midwest portion of the nation, as well as disproportionately affecting people who are American Indians, Alaska Natives ...
Jul 14, 2022
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