A new class of epidemiological models based on alternative thinking about how contagions propagate, particularly in the early phases of a pandemic, provide a blueprint for more accurate epidemic modeling and improved disease ...
Dec 08, 2020
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Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of "germline genome editing"—a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of sperm, eggs or embryos. If you remove ...
Dec 08, 2020
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A large study of patients in the United States who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirms many complications of the disease, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Dec 08, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Residential care communities (RCCs) with a high proportion of residents diagnosed with dementia have a higher prevalence of depression and need for assistance with activities of daily living, according to a ...
Dec 04, 2020
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Published today in The Lancet Public Health, a study by researchers at King's College London research team detail the modelling behind the ZOE COVID Symptom Study App.
Dec 03, 2020
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Lacking vaccines, countries have relied on multiple non-pharmaceutical interventions to control COVID-19 transmission. Despite the urging of the World Health Organization (WHO) in March to "test, test, and test," policy makers ...
Dec 02, 2020
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Structuring negotiations between insurers and providers, standardizing fee-for-service payments and negotiating prices can lower the United States' health care spending by slowing the rate at which healthcare prices increase, ...
Nov 22, 2020
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A new report launched today (17th November) by the University of Liverpool and King's College London shows that more than two thirds (71%) of serving and ex-Service personnel who self-reported a current or prior alcohol problem, ...
Nov 17, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Three interventions for increased human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage are cost-effective, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in Pediatrics.
Nov 16, 2020
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Viewing media with an engaged and sceptical eye allows young women to protect their body image, a University of Otago study has found.
Nov 16, 2020
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