We've heard many times how the COVID-19 pandemic has stressed our healthcare system and clinicians on the frontlines caring for hospitalized and emergency room patients. Clinicians are exhausted, and their work has not been ...
Feb 15, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Children with heart conditions are more likely to have poor oral health and teeth in fair or poor condition than those without heart conditions, according to research published in the Feb. 11 issue of the U.S. ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Essential new guidelines to design mechanical ventilators that can work in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been proposed.
Feb 10, 2022
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Burnet Institute Director and CEO Professor Brendan Crabb AC is urging Australia to go to the "next level" with its support for international vaccine equity and programs to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to countries that are ...
Feb 4, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has applied mathematics to the problem of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. In their paper published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, the group describes ...
New research suggests giving extra cash to low-income mothers can change their infants' brain development.
Jan 30, 2022
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A team of investigators from six universities across the U.S. reports that an intervention designed to reduce poverty had a direct impact on children's brain development. After one year of monthly cash support, infants in ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Blood lead levels among the population of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince are on average five times higher than in the United States, say researchers, highlighting the urgent need to address the problem in developing countries ...
Jan 19, 2022
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West Virginia lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks—a proposal nearly identical to the Mississippi law currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jan 19, 2022
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The federal pandemic benefit, which provided the majority of American households with an extra $250-$300 per month, expired on December 31, and now experts worry low-income families will struggle to afford adequate food and ...
Jan 13, 2022
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