Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
According to new research, men and women rely on different biological systems for pain relief, which could help explain why our most powerful pain medications are often less effective in women.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
I have always tried to avoid conflict. This stems from belonging to Kashmir, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent. Once described as “heaven on earth” by Persian poet Amir Khusrau, it has become one of the world’s most militarized zones, rife with conflict for decades. I was born to Kashmiri Pandits – Indians who were refugees in their own country – because of regional and religious militancy.
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Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
If brought into the new drug bracket, manufacturing, marketing and sale of antibiotics will be documented; patients will be able to buy antibiotics on prescription only
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Researchers have developed a new method using the Allen Telescope Array to search for interplanetary radio communication in the TRAPPIST-1 star system.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
As many as four people have died in Gurla mandal over the past couple of days; however, health officials claim some deaths were due to other causes
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JPHMP Direct
OCTOBER 16, 2024
As part of our work funded by HRSA & CDC to support the public health workforce, the Center for Public Health Systems has developed a geospatial analysis dashboard that provides substantial insights into the regional and local variations in the potential supply of public health workers in the United States. This tool is designed to aid policymakers, educational institutions, and health departments in strategic planning and workforce development.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Scientists have discovered a new process in our immune systems that leads to the production of an important family of anti-viral proteins called interferons. They hope the discovery will now lead to new, effective therapies for people with some autoimmune and infectious diseases.Researchers have found that a natural metabolite called Itaconate can stimulate immune cells to make interferons by blocking an enzyme called SDH.
Smart Data Collective
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Discover how striking a balance between AI and human collaboration shapes the future of trusted data management for enhanced security and efficiency.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
An ecologically realistic 24-year field study of grasslands showed that elevated levels of carbon dioxide nearly tripled species losses attributed to nitrogen pollution.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Bill is set to be introduced in Britian’s Parliament, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
An international team of astronomers has figured out that a famous brown dwarf is actually a pair of tight-knit brown dwarfs, weighing about 38 and 34 times the mass of Jupiter, that whip around each other every 12 days.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Most of these drugs are low-cost and generally used as first line treatment crucial to the public health programmes of the country
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Prenatal human skin atlas and organoid will accelerate research into congenital diseases and lead to clinical applications for regenerative medicine.
Your Local Epidemiologist
OCTOBER 16, 2024
YLE is taking our own advice by being upfront: This post is based on data and our personal values system that highly prioritizes public health. Our goal here is to lay out, to the best of our ability, what a policy would mean based on objective data and personal experiences watching how public health works in real life. A catchy slogan from RFK, Jr. has been unearthed in anticipation of the elections: Make America Healthy Again.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from just three young asteroid families. These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt 5.8, 7.5, and about 40 million years ago. The team also revealed the sources of other types of meteorites; with this research, the origin of more than 90% of meteorites has now been identified.
The Global Fund
OCTOBER 16, 2024
To respond to the mpox outbreak spreading in Africa, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has approved additional funding for Rwanda and several reinvestments in other affected countries.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A global team of researchers has made a groundbreaking discovery that saves the lives of patients suffering from toxic epidermal necrolysis. This rare but often fatal reaction to common medications causes widespread detachment of the skin. Using innovative spatial proteomics -- one of the most advanced molecular biology tools -- the team identified the inflammatory JAK/STAT pathway as the main driver of disease.
HEALTHBEAT
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. New data on childhood vaccinations shows many states are sweating because coverage continues to decline after taking a big hit during the pandemic. However, New Yorkers have a different story: We continue to be one of the state leaders in vaccine coverage.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth's land yet are home to 31 per cent of the world's plant species. A new study shows that of all plants classified as threatened worldwide, more than half are unique to islands, facing risks from habitat loss, climate warming and invasive species.
Better Health For All
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A core element of public health is to improve health and reduce inequalities in the populations we serve. In order to do that, it is important that the public health profession also examines itself for inequalities across its workforce and education and training. The FPH’s ambition is to develop a workforce that is representative of the diversity of the communities that we, as a profession, serve.
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
OCTOBER 16, 2024
AMCHP Announcements Never miss our updates! Sign up for our newsletters , and follow us on LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , X (Twitter) , and Threads. Final Agenda Update for Title V Federal-State Maternal & Child Health Partnership Meeting The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and AMCHP are excited to convene the 2024 Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Federal-State Partnership Meeting this upcoming week from O
National Council on Urban Indian Health
OCTOBER 16, 2024
On September 4, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, in response to the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) July 2, 2024, Dear Tribal Leader Letter (DTLL). In its comments, NCUIH requested that HHS and the National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic Federal Task Force (Task Force) partner with urban Indian o
UNC Epidemiology Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2024
UNC SRP CEC members and Public Health Action Committee members, Jeff Currie and Jada Brooks met with Brian Lowry (top left) of the Robeson County Environmental Health to gain support for future research studies in the county. The UNC SRP Community Engagement Core (CEC) is expanding the Well Empowered research study to Robeson County, NC and the surrounding area.
Gideon
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Did you know that a simple meal of undercooked crab could lead to a serious lung infection? Paragonimiasis, caused by parasitic flatworms, affects millions worldwide each year. Here’s more on this little-known, yet widespread, infection. Learn more on the GIDEON infectious diseases blog. The post Paragonimiasis (Lung fluke disease): The Neglected Tropical Disease Spread by Food appeared first on GIDEON.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
District officials have closed open borewells, supplied purified water in cans to households and have set up a medical camp to treat patients
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Siempre he huido del conflicto. Esto se debe a mi pertenencia a Cachemira, la región más al norte del subcontinente indio. Alguna vez descrita como “el cielo en la Tierra” por el poeta persa Amir Khusrau, se ha convertido en una de las zonas más militarizadas del planeta, plagada de conflictos desde hace décadas. Soy hija de pandits cachemires, que son indios refugiados en su propio país a causa de la militancia regional y religiosa.
Care
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Kimberly Williams-Paisley visits Honduras with CARE to witness firsthand how local farmers and communities are building resilience against climate change and food insecurity through empowerment and sustainable solutions.
Managed Care Matters
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The value-based care/Executive Insights session was standing room only - lots of great questions from the audience and insights from CEOS - Carisk’s Joe Berardo, MedRisk’s Sri Sridharan and Paradigm’s John Watts. Net is workers’ comp is way behind the rest of the payer world when it comes to reimbursement. Value-based care - including : Thanks for reading Managed Care Matters!
The Global Fund
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has confirmed that it will contribute US$8 million to the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment, which covers the 2024-2026 grant cycle. KFAED’s Acting Director General Waleed Sh. Al-Bahar and Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands signed a multiyear contribution agreement this week.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Over 92,000 children, or around half of the children targeted for polio vaccines in the central area, have been inoculated so far
KFF Health News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
During the coronavirus pandemic, states received a rush of funding from the federal government to bolster their fight against the disease. In many cases, that cash flowed into state and local health departments, fueling a staffing surge to handle, among other things, contact tracing and vaccination efforts. But public health leaders quickly identified a familiar boom-and-bust funding cycle as they warned about an incoming fiscal cliff once the federal grants sunset.
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