A study published in JAMA Network Open observed that tobacco use in younger patients is associated with reduced cognitive function and structural brain changes. Currently, the FDA is working on...
Because environmental changes — like rising temperatures — are known to expand habitats that are survivable for numerous pathogens, human pathogenic diseases are heavily impacted by the...
The organ transplant system is run by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The system has historically been criticized for its multiple shortcomings. More recently, the organ transplant system...
Pfizer and specialty vaccine company Valneva are set to begin testing their VLA15 vaccine in 6,000 individuals across areas in the US and Europe where tickborne Lyme disease is highly endemic. The...
Previous data have suggested that the rates of Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses have risen in the past few years. A recent press release by Fair Health quantifies this increased rate using...
According to the CDC, as of 2020, approximately 7.8% of the general population in the United States has asthma. It was previously understood that Black and Hispanic pediatric patients had higher asthma...
A press statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) proposes reasons why red meat is correlated with an increased risk of heart disease. Based on an article from the journal of...
Based on information from the WHO, approximately 55 million people worldwide have dementia, an overarching term for a series of neurodegenerative diseases. On July 27, 2022, researchers published a...
An umbrella review of seventeen studies published in Nature found no evidence that depression was associated with lower serotonin concentrations or activity. The studies’ authors...
According to a CDC health alert, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a bacterium that causes melioidosis, was found in the Mississippi Gulf Coast, making it the first reported case of the bacteria in the...
Science recently published two studies looking at the epidemiology of the COVID-19 virus. Understanding where the virus began and spread may help inform public health practices to mitigate the spread...
Last week, the American Heart Association (AHA) said that investigators have begun to understand how COVID spike proteins may contribute to heart muscle cell damage. Previously, clinicians knew that...
A study published in Translational Vision Science and Technology using data from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) found that following a glaucoma diagnosis, Black patients were...
As COVID-19 rates continue to fluctuate and new variants appear, researchers are looking to identify what makes the variants different and how that can alter disease management and prevention....
A recent analysis of data from the Commonwealth Fund’s 2020 International Health Policy Survey and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that men in the United...
On Saturday, July 23, 2022, the WHO declared monkeypox a public health crisis after the second International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee meeting. According to the New England Journal...
The relationship between salt intake and health is not yet fully understood. However, a study published in the European Heart Journal found that adding salt beyond its use in cooking correlated with an...
The Rockland County Health Department in New York recently announced the first polio case since 2013 in an unvaccinated adult patient. Increased vaccine hesitancy has led to lower vaccination rates,...
On Monday, July 11, Athos therapeutics announced its plans for a research collaboration with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, for precision medicine in inflammatory bowel...
On July 12, 2022, the Biden Administration announced plans to reduce and manage the spread of BA.5, a COVID Omicron subvariant, in a White House press statement. According to the release, 80% of COVID...
