The Office for National Statistics has published an analysis of data on COVID-19 cases in school pupils aged four to 15 years old attending state-funded schools, up to 31 December 2021. It examines the prevalence of COVID-19 ...
Mar 25, 2022
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A new short course of treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is as effective at preventing deaths as the current longer recommended regimen but causes far fewer serious side effects, according to research in ...
Mar 24, 2022
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The relationship between rice and malaria in Africa has changed, with malaria prevalence now higher in villages close to irrigated rice fields, according to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
Mar 10, 2022
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Transmission of respiratory viruses depends partly on the rate of close social contacts in a population. A study publishing March 1st in PLOS Medicine by Amy Gimma at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United ...
Mar 1, 2022
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The UK government's decision to sell its Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Center (VMIC) is baffling and should be reversed, argue experts in The BMJ today.
Feb 23, 2022
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A new study reveals that certain changes to models that predict the risk of developing cardiovascular problems in the general population can help clinicians improve risk prediction in individuals with kidney disease. The ...
Feb 10, 2022
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People with cancer are often given immunosuppressive treatments that weaken their innate immune defenses. This puts them at high risk of severe disease, should they become infected by Coronavirus. A study conducted by MedUni ...
Feb 8, 2022
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A large study conducted in England found that, compared to the general population, people who had been hospitalized for COVID-19—and survived for at least one week after discharge—were more than twice as likely to die ...
Jan 25, 2022
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More than 1.2 million people—and potentially millions more—died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date of the global impact of antimicrobial ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Despite myriad precautionary measures, virus-contaminated aerosols still pose a serious problem indoors. An invisible protective wall of UV-C light developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and ...
Dec 21, 2021
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