Researchers with Nemours Children’s Health System utilized Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to more precisely identify genomic characteristics of leukemias in children, the most common childhood cancer.
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Research shows how Chlamydia pathogen invades human cells
Together with scientists from Paris and Munich, a team of researchers working under Prof. Dr. Johannes Hegemann and Dr. Katja Moelleken has published these findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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Public health experts call for coordinated communication and outreach on COVID-19
On Thursday in the National Academy of Medicine’s Perspectives, public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Distinguished Lecturer Scott Ratzan, MD called for informed and active public policy leadership to employ strategically coordinated health communication and outreach on COVID-19 and other emerging global health threats.
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Coronavirus and currency notes – the connection
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended people to avoid using currency notes to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus or the novel coronavirus that has caused a global panic infecting over ninety-thousand individuals and killing over 3,000 up until now.
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PET imaging helps researchers to detect transplant patients with cardiac allograft vasculopathy
Myocardial blood flow and myocardial flow reserve have been identified as accurate indicators for graft failure after cardiac transplantation, according to a new study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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Bioscientists develop coinfection model to predict multipathogen epidemics
Diseases often pile on, coinfecting people, animals and other organisms that are already fighting an infection.
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Fears prevent vaping to help smokers to quit
According to a new report from the Public Health England (PHE) published this week, more and more people are not using e-cigarettes to quit traditional smoking due to fears about the harm the former cause.
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New data model helps identify areas where Lyme disease cases may go unreported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives reports of about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year. The real number, according to the agency, is closer to 300,000.
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Enhanced care coordination may be beneficial to patients with multiple chronic conditions
Few studies to date have evaluated patient experiences with payer-based CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home programs.
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Tuberculosis bacteria facilitate their spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough
The bacteria that cause the deadly lung disease tuberculosis appear to facilitate their own spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough, a new study led by UTSW researchers shows.
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