Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year
Australia's COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.
May 19, 2022
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Australia's COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past.
May 19, 2022
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North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 and encouraged good health habits, as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population and military officers were deployed ...
May 17, 2022
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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently was diagnosed with diabetes and am learning about various components of my health care that require special attention. For instance, I was told I'd need to take special care of my feet. Can you ...
May 11, 2022
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In April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new center to better forecast infectious disease outbreaks. It also underwent a month-long review to examine their current systems and inform future ...
May 10, 2022
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Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are promising tools for predicting disease risk, but current versions have built-in bias that can affect their accuracy in some populations and result in health disparities. However, a team of ...
May 5, 2022
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A community's sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance has become an increasingly popular way to try to understand local infection trends.
May 5, 2022
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Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that it is possible to identify ...
May 3, 2022
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When you go to your usual general practitioner (GP), you probably sit down, tell her your health-care needs or problems, and she advises and discusses with you how you can address them.
May 2, 2022
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As youth spring sports kick into high gear, it's important to know about injury prevention and treatment, an expert says.
May 2, 2022
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Men who had a high body mass index (BMI) as children are at an elevated risk of obesity-related cancer later in life, even if their weight was normal in young adulthood, according to a new study from University of Gothenburg.
May 2, 2022
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