Public Health & Epidemiology
On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man.
The credibility problem facing the biomedical and public health establishment is, at least in part, a product of its own making.
Elevated blood pressure, even within the normal range, is associated with accelerated brain aging.
You may only have a few minutes to prepare.
The secret to alleviating chronic back pain may be to treat psychological issues like anxiety and repressed emotions.
Smallpox, Ebola, HIV, influenza, the plague, malaria, and a whole host of terrible bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites were cooked up by Mother Nature, all on her own. Apparently, Mother Nature hasn’t banned gain-of-function research.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Nearly 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries.
It could lead to a massive uptake in those previously hesitant.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
A new study suggests that reports of the impending infertility of the human male are greatly exaggerated.
According to this research, eight percent of Americans always refuse vaccines. Why?
Contact-tracing apps can be a useful tool for public health, but they have considerable false positive and false negative rates.
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.
New research from the University of Granada found that stress could help determine sex.
Global inequality takes many forms, including who has lost the most children
People may be more willing to get vaccinated when told how popular it is.
Ultrasound might be able to damage the novel coronavirus in the same way an opera singer’s voice can shatter a wine glass.
Cotton mask fibers prove 33 percent more effective at blocking viruses in trials.
The vaccine will shorten the “shedding” time.
Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as this week.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
The study suggests scientists are underestimating the number of animal species that could generate the next novel coronavirus.
From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.
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Northwell Health has built an elaborate data system to track and fight COVID-19. If this system goes global, it could prevent a future pandemic.
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The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.
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Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?