During the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatric cancer patients from lower- and middle-income countries faced a higher risk of all-cause mortality than those in high-income countries, according to data presented ...
Apr 11, 2022
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The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country's cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization's recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018.
Mar 16, 2022
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To stretch the supply and accelerate global vaccination against the coronavirus, a team of economists is calling for the testing of fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Their findings are published in the Proceedings of ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia is often diagnosed late and is under-treated, causing hotspots of cardiovascular disease risk worldwide.
Jan 31, 2022
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A new study led by the University of Liverpool suggests that vaccinating babies earlier against rotavirus in poorer countries could help improve vaccine effectiveness. Published in Nature Communications, the research provides ...
Jan 20, 2022
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The global burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a group of common lung conditions that affects more than 300 million people, could be significantly reduced with a simple health assessment, concludes a large-scale ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Things that are freeze-dried: Astronaut food. Emergency rations. And, just maybe, some future COVID-19 vaccines.
Dec 1, 2021
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Antibiotic consumption rates grew by 46 percent after 2000, according to findings which also suggest lack of treatment access in some areas.
Nov 16, 2021
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Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the COVID pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly to the skin, a development that could revolutionize ...
Oct 29, 2021
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For low- and middle-income countries, a COVID-19 vaccination program built on prompt procurement, effective on-the-ground distribution, and a rapid pace of vaccination (the total number of doses given daily) is likely to ...
Oct 29, 2021
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