The deaths of three people aboard a small cruise ship during a suspected outbreak of hantavirus highlight the potential toll of the rodent-borne disease. “Once someone gets sick, once someone is exposed to hantavirus, they can develop severe disease very rapidly,” said Neil Maniar, director of Northeastern’s Master of Public Health program. Source link
A disease spread by the bite of a tiny insect – which once decimated entire armies – remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2024 alone, 282 million cases of malaria were reported and 610,000 deaths occurred due to the disease. In people who survive malaria due to proper treatment, its side…
Feeding children can be challenging. Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re doing it right or not. We want the best for our kids, and we often think that means making sure they eat the right foods in the right amounts. Research tells us that we also need to think about how we are helping…
Researchers at the University of Houston are applying the principles of marketing science to public health, proposing that the way vaccines are “framed” may be a factor in overcoming hesitancy. Source link
New research led by SAHMRI and the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Research Center at Flinders University has shown that older Australians who receive home care services are significantly less likely to be admitted to hospital when they continue to see a regular health provider. Source link
The science is lying, and nicotine is good for you, according to a wave of new health and wellness influencers, including celebrity fitness coach and former “Biggest Loser” host Jillian Michaels and Andrew Huberman, a tenured professor at Stanford University’s School of Medicine who is best known for his wellness podcast, “The Huberman Lab.” Source…
Researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon have managed for the first time to identify with an imaging technique whether nerve impulses in the brains of rats are flowing in the “bottom up” (feedforward), carrying information about visual input, or in the “top down” (feedback) direction, carrying information about expectations or predictions on a given…
According to Rutgers researchers, rural youth experience higher rates of firearms exposure, handgun carrying, and related mental health risks. Their study, published in Trauma, Violence & Abuse, examines recent literature on gun exposure among rural youth and its association with health risk behaviors and outcomes, including violence and suicide. Source link
The first human clinical trial, led by an international team of researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that cetidegrasib, an investigational targeted therapy drug designed to eliminate a key cancer-driving protein called KRAS G12D, shows encouraging early activity in patients with advanced lung and pancreas cancer. Source link
As we go through life, our brain runs different processing modes. Some – attentional and sensory systems – result in very similar experiences of the world: what color the sky is, how hot the day feels. Source link
