Feature Channels: Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted how a rapid and effective response to infectious disease outbreaks is critical for saving lives and protecting communities. With a $17.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), University of Utah researchers, in collaboration with Washington State University, are leading efforts to provide data and tools that guide decisions to improve responses to emerging public health threats in the Mountain West.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) President and CEO Bert W. O’Malley, MD, announced today that Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, a distinguished physician-scientist with a global reputation in thoracic oncology, has been appointed Executive Director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).

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The American Physiological Society (APS) extends congratulations to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the 2023 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vaccine Research Center have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird flu. The report was published this week in the journal iScience.

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The Autoimmune Association announces the appointment of Eline (Nina) T. Luning Prak, MD, PhD, as chair of the organization’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Council.

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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania messenger RNA pioneers whose years of scientific partnership unlocked understanding of how to modify mRNA to make it an effective therapeutic—enabling a platform used to rapidly develop lifesaving vaccines amid the global COVID-19 pandemic—have been named winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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The organisms that cause visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially deadly version of the parasitic disease that most often affects the skin, appear to have a secret weapon, new research suggests: They can infect non-immune cells and persist in those uncommon environments.

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The Proton Center of Arkansas opened today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), becoming the first proton therapy center in Arkansas and only the 43rd in the nation to provide the most advanced cancer radiation treatment in the world.

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Janille Smith-Colin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at SMU (Southern Methodist University) is part of a team that has just received a $6 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ComPASS program to improve health disparities in Dallas and Detroit.

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New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows commonly used COVID-19 anti-viral drugs Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Lagevrio (molnupiravir) reduce risk of hospitalization and death in high-risk patients with mild disease, even with Omicron subvariants.

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University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio announced today a $2 billion fundraising effort to advance its mission. Because of You: The Campaign for University Hospitals, led by campaign co-chairs Dee Haslam and Shelly Adelman, has received more than $1.18 billion in support to date – nearly 60 percent of its goal.

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A majority of older adults disagree with the idea of using life expectancy as part of guidelines that say which patients should get cancer screenings such as mammograms and colonoscopies, a new poll finds.

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Tuberculosis is old—ancient even. The infectious bacterial disease that plagued Old Testament Israelites and took down pharaohs was eventually stunted by vaccinations, antibiotics, and public health measures like isolation, but it hasn’t been cured yet. More than a million people around the world still die from TB every year.

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Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers – more than double the previous estimate.

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Physician-scientists from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer will present the latest research breakthroughs and discuss advances in clinical care at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting Oct. 1-4, 2023, in San Diego.

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Multi-institutional effort aims to develop technology to transform diagnosis, treatment of bacterial infections

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A large-scale employer study based on over 224,000 company reviews aided in selecting 800 companies and organizations nationwide for the inaugural list.

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Architects and engineers have completed an essential planning step in what may become Rutgers’ largest-ever investment in Newark, a transformational renovation at New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) that would cost an estimated $600 million and bring more world-class physician-scientists and biomedical researchers to the city.

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Below are some of the latest headlines in the Women's Health channel on Newswise.

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“Raritan Bay Medical Center has provided high quality, compassionate care to the Perth Amboy community for more than a century. The need for Behavioral Health services in our communities is greater than ever.

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The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) has published a review of the current benefits and challenges to using multiplex PCR panels for the detection of microbial pathogens from gastrointestinal, central nervous system, lower respiratory tract, and joint specimens.

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In this new study appearing in the October 2023 issue of The American Sociological Review, researchers use new methods to learn why some diseases are more stigmatized than others and whether disease stigma has declined over time.

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The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Hyun-min Park) has developed a Certified Reference Material (CRM)* for the accurate analysis of low levels of acrylamide in infant formula.

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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the University of Liverpool, the University of Cape Town and UKHSA have uncovered a link between an antiviral drug for COVID-19 infections called molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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The ADHA® renews its partnership with Colgate® Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for National Dental Hygiene Month 2023, to honor all dental hygienists throughout October. This year’s theme, "Everyday Extraordinary," celebrates dental hygienists who transform everyday tasks with extraordinary expertise.

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Os macrófagos são um tipo de glóbulo branco na primeira linha de defesa do corpo contra infecções. Além de matar os microorganismos prejudiciais, os macrófagos costumam iniciar a resposta contra os tumores.

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New research used engineered mice to compare SARS-COV-2 omicron subvariants and found one of them – BA.5 – was more virulent likely due to its ability to rapidly replicate early during infection.

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Los macrófagos son un tipo de glóbulo blanco que se encuentran en la primera línea de defensa del organismo contra las infecciones. Además de destruir los microorganismos dañinos, los macrófagos normalmente pueden iniciar una respuesta contra los tumores. Sin embargo, los macrófagos, al igual que otras células, pueden entrar en un estado de senescencia, que se relaciona con el envejecimiento, las enfermedades y múltiples problemas fisiológicos.

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Evelyn Handel Zapata, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, Senior Director of Drugs & Biologics Programs at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) was named a 40 Under 40 in Cancer: Emerging Leader; launches new resources for a type of pediatric lymphoma.

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A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Cancer Institute has developed a new algorithm for genetic risk-scoring for major diseases across diverse ancestry populations that holds promise for reducing health care disparities.

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Research conducted at Mount Sinai and Yale confirms long COVID is a biological disease by showing blood biomarkers that can predict who has it

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To enhance community care and emergency response services, Pascack Valley Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center announce a mutual aid agreement to provide backup support to the Westwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps during busy or overlapping call times, ensuring uninterrupted care.

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A new study published online ahead of print in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery suggests that socioeconomic status is linked with outcomes and survival in patients treated for non-small cell lung cancer.