The first time Elizabeth Ondula thought about using technology to improve public health was when she faced a personal tragedy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her father died and she was unable to travel for his burial due to ...
Feb 26, 2024
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers that included 14 graduate students from The University of Texas at Arlington has created a new framework to provide optimal personalized treatment options for individuals with esophageal ...
Jan 31, 2024
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An aging population drives the global demand for knee replacement surgery, exceeding 1 million procedures annually. In the U.S. alone, the need for knee replacements is projected to grow by 673%, reaching approximately 3.48 ...
Jan 23, 2024
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In the wake of a pandemic caused by an airborne pathogen, it is easy to forget that many other pathogens are transmitted through very different routes. For instance, many diseases that cause serious and sometimes lethal illness ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Hair products often contain ingredients that easily evaporate, so users may inhale some of these chemicals, potentially posing health repercussions. Now, researchers have studied emissions of these volatile organic compounds ...
Nov 27, 2023
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COVID-19 is the most extensive and consequential epidemic in nearly a century. The number of genomic sequences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) far exceeds the sum of sequences of other ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools have received a lot of attention recently, with the majority of discussions focusing on proper use. However, this technology has a wide range of practical applications, ...
Sep 25, 2023
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As civilization ground to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, trapping humans like caged mice, addiction expert Keith Humphreys could only agonize over the collateral damage. America was already losing the war on addiction ...
Aug 19, 2023
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A Monash University-led study has proposed a solution for the urgent need to capture real-time data on the impact of climate change-related events on human health, health care workforces, and health care systems at the point ...
Aug 11, 2023
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. hospitals had overcapacity intensive care units (ICU) while other area hospitals had open ICU beds available, a phenomenon known as "load imbalance." The hospitals most likely to be ...
Jul 20, 2023
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