As colleges and universities consider strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19 cases down, a study conducted by experts in epidemic modeling may help shed light on what mitigation strategies may be most effective, ...
Dec 21, 2020
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Three COVID-19-positive people with no symptoms were successfully identified and isolated at four overnight camps in Maine, according to research published in the Aug. 26 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Aug 28, 2020
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As the global response to COVID-19 unfolds in real time, public health officials are urging unprecedented measures in order to "flatten the curve." But how do we know which actions are likely to slow the spread, and by how ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Influenza pandemics are potentially the most serious natural catastrophes that affect the human population. New findings published in PLOS Computational Biology suggest that with both timely and accurate data and sophisticated ...
Sep 24, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Chronic pain care providers (CPCPs) are high risk targets for violence, according to research published online June 2 in Pain Medicine.
Jun 8, 2015
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Computational work conducted at Northwestern University has led to a new mathematical theory for understanding the global spread of epidemics. The resulting insights could not only help identify an outbreak's origin but could ...
Dec 12, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Recent guidelines on chronic pain management agree on several opioid risk mitigation strategies, according to a review published online Nov. 12 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Nov 13, 2013
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A major collaboration between US research centers has highlighted three factors that could ultimately determine whether an outbreak of influenza becomes a serious epidemic that threatens national health. The research suggests ...
Jul 2, 2012
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Health must be taken into account in climate change mitigation strategies. It is not widely appreciated that there are many benefits to health that are likely to accrue from a low carbon economy, say experts in a special ...
Mar 19, 2012
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