Teaching My Black Son to Swim
A mother’s determination to end a legacy of racial trauma started with mother-son swim lessons.
Study Finds Many Post-Covid Patients Are Experiencing New Medical Problems
The report “drives home the point that long Covid can affect nearly every organ system,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of the research and development service at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, who was not involved in the new study. “Some of these manifestations are chronic conditions that will last a lifetime and…
New studies identify how tuberculosis destroy the lungs and how to protect them
IMAGE: Detail from an image of the 3D ’tissue like’ culture system developed at the University of Southampton. view more Credit: University of Southampton Two new studies have cast unprecedented light on disease processes in tuberculosis, identifying key genetic changes that cause damage in the lungs and a drug treatment that could speed up recovery. Tuberculosis…
SAGE’s 10-year impact awards honor research with influence 10 years after publication
Authors of three scientific papers–two from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) and one from science, technology, and medicine (STM)–are receiving SAGE Publishing’s second annual 10-Year Impact Awards. The awards recognize the authors of papers published in SAGE Journals 10 years prior that have since received the most citations of all studies published the same…
Henry Ford Hospital launches program to enhance patient safety, reduce workplace injuries
IMAGE: A Henry Ford Hospital patient is moved using the newly-installed equipment as part of Project Mobility. view more Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT (June 14, 2021) – Henry Ford Hospital has partnered with Atlas Lift Tech, Inc. and Arjo Diligent Clinical Consultants to launch a program aimed at enhancing the safety of patients and team…
Data and safety review board reports how it monitored the COVID-19 vaccine trials
IMAGE: Rich Whitley view more Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Clinical evaluation of three COVID-19 vaccine candidates in 2020-21 during a worldwide pandemic that killed or sickened millions was unprecedented in terms of urgency and scope. Responsibility for the safety, integrity and scientific validity of the trials in the United States fell to 12 experts of…
Two COVID-19 vaccines show safety, strong immunity in infant model
CHAPEL HILL, NC – A group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in pre-clinical research. There were no adverse effects. The research, published June…
Endocrine Society applauds AMA resolution supporting access to gender-affirming care
WASHINGTON–The Endocrine Society–a professional organization of more than 18,000 health care providers and scientists worldwide–praised the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates for passing a resolution opposing efforts to criminalize medical care for transgender youth. The resolution, which cites the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines on transgender care, makes it AMA policy to oppose the…
New Web Tool Fights Antibacterial Resistance
In 1943, two scientists named Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria conducted an experiment to show that bacteria can mutate randomly, independent of external stimulus, such as an antibiotic that threatens a bacterial cells’ survival. Today the Luria-Delbrück experiment is widely used in laboratories for a different purpose–scientists use this classic experiment to determine microbial mutation…
Drug rebates for insurers tied to higher costs for patients, especially the uninsured
Federal agencies that regulate drug pricing and healthcare insurance are concerned that an industry practice of using rebates to lower drug costs for insurers has led to increases in list prices and out-of-pockets costs for patients. To investigate whether patients with or without insurance were paying more because of rebates to insurers, researchers led by…