How to Stay Cool in a Heat Wave
As temperatures reach record highs, here’s guidance on coping with extreme heat.
Delta Variant’s Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Mask Guidance
Throughout the pandemic, masks have ranked among the most contentious public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual liberties. Now, with a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the…
Why You Still Might Want to Have a Home Covid Test on Hand
Rapid antigen tests are the least expensive (about $12 per test) and are available in retail stores and online. (They typically aren’t covered by insurance.) The BinaxNOW test, made by Abbott, contains two rapid antigen tests per box and costs around $24. To take the test, just swirl the swab in both nostrils and place…
‘It’s Tough to Get Out’: How Caribbean Medical Schools Fail Their Students
Last summer, when Dr. Sneha Sheth went online to begin filling out applications for residency — the next stage of her training after medical school — she was hit with a jolt of disappointment. Of the 500 residency programs she was considering, nearly half had been labeled unfriendly to international medical students, like her, by…
Training the Next Generation of Indigenous Data Scientists
“Native DNA is so sought after that people are looking for proxy data, and one of the big proxy data is the microbiome” Mr. Yracheta said. “If you’re a Native person, you have to consider all these variables if you want to protect your people and your culture.” In a presentation at the conference, Joslynn…
A promising new pathway to treating type 2 diabetes
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, a scientific breakthrough that transformed Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, from a terminal disease into a manageable condition. Today, Type 2 diabetes is 24 times more prevalent than Type 1. The rise in rates of obesity and incidence…
In with the old, out with the mew
Keep your checklists handy because the 62nd Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds, publishing today in Ornithology, includes numerous updates to the classification of the continent’s bird species. A few highlights from this year’s supplement, detailed below, include species splits for Mew Gull, Barred Owl, and Sedge Wren, among quite…
Study seeks to understand, prevent ice recrystalization
IMAGE: Ice recrystallization affects the quality and functional properties of anything stored in a freezer for an extended period, such as the vanilla ice cream in the image. view more Credit: Photo by V. Dia, courtesy UTIA. Have you ever wondered why ice grows ‘out of nowhere’ on that pizza or ice cream you forgot about…
Gene therapy breakthrough offers hope to children with rare and fatal brain disease
Scientists and doctors at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have given hope of a gene therapy cure to children with a rare degenerative brain disorder called Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome (DTDS). The team have recreated and cured the disease using state-of-the-art…
Dedicated journal edition on largest ever study on First Nations Food Security & Environment
(OTTAWA, ON) The University of Ottawa, the University of Montreal and the Assembly of First Nations are pleased to announce the newly published First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES) in the Canadian Journal of Public Health. Mandated by First Nations leadership across Canada through Assembly of First Nations Resolution 30 / 2007 and…