California and Texas took different routes to vaccination. Who’s ahead?
California and Texas, the country's two most populous states, have taken radically different approaches to the pandemic and the vaccination campaign to end it. California has trumpeted its reliance on science and policies it says are aimed at improving social…
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Norway offers mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to those who first got AstraZeneca's
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoOSLO (Reuters) – Norway will offer those who have received a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine…
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Q&A: A year down the road – What has the EPD accomplished in Switzerland?
By April 2020, all Swiss hospitals should join a “stammgemeinschaft”, a regional community to offer a national EHR, the so-called EPD (electronic patient dossier) throughout Switzerland, according to the Federal Electronic Patient Dossier Act (EPDG). One year later, Healthcare IT News asks…
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Cost-effectiveness of treatments in neurological diseases
Professor Dyfrig Hughes and colleagues at the Center for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, School of Health Sciences, have recently published the results of three clinical trials of interventions in epilepsy and sciatica. The Standard and New Antiepileptic Drugs (SANAD…
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People at high risk for HIV know about prevention pill, but use remains low
Cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women are aware of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill for HIV-negative people to prevent HIV infection, but few are currently taking it, according to researchers at Rutgers. The study, published in the journal…
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Combined therapies increase treatment options for patients with chronic lung diseases
For tens of millions of patients who battle chronic lung diseases, present-day care options are mostly limited to short-term drug and oxygen therapy. Biomedical Engineering’s Interim Department Head and Professor Keith Cook is working on innovative technologies to advance the…
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The Cleaning Hack For Your Ceiling Fan You Need To Try
When you’re on a cleaning spree, you probably remember to dust all your surfaces and get the stains out of your countertops, but what about your ceiling fans? It’s one of those things in your house that you should absolutely…
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Chaperone protein imbalance can play key role in initiating toxic tau buildup in the aging brain
Chaperone protein imbalance can play a significant role in initiating toxic accumulation of tau in the aging brain – an early step in the development of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders known as tauopathies, a new preclinical study by…
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Personalized cancer vaccines for breast, pancreatic cancers show promise
The COVID-19 vaccines — designed using bits of genetic information that prime our immune systems to recognize and fight off viral infections — have become lifesavers in the global fight to end the pandemic. Now, new research from Washington University…
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Columbine Victims Remembered, 22 Years After Mass Shooting
It has been 22 years since two gunmen walked into Columbine High School and carried out what was once the most horrific mass shooting in U.S. history. The shooters killed 13 people and wounded 24 others before ending their own…
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