Category: 4. Health

RSV causes substantial seasonal illness during fall and winter in the U.S., with an estimated 100,000-150,000 hospitalizations and 4,000-8,000 deaths occurring annually among adults 60 or older.

The results reinforce the recommendations for RSV vaccines…

The gastrointestinal tract is the biggest immune organ in mammals. The gut extends its influence all over the body through various links like the gut-liver axis, the gut-lung axis, and the gut-brain axis, and it also contains the trillions of microbes that compose the gut microbiome. Scientists have now used a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease to show that immune cells from the gut can migrate to the brain through the gut-brain axis. This connection…

E-cigarette sales rose 49% between 2019-2023, according to a report from the CDC Foundation and Truth Initiative. Although the use of e-cigarettes in youth has declined, more than 1.6 million youth still report using e-cigarettes, and nearly 90% of these youth report using one of the many…

President Trump fired Susan Monarez last week from her position as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after just one month on the job. This coincided with a number of high-profile exits at…

The most valuable words I ever heard about leadership were provided by retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, whom I met in 2010 at RAND’s Washington, D.C., offices. He’s best known for bringing order to the initially chaotic federal response to…

Automated liquid handling solutions help to accelerate the development of biotherapeutics

Conventional treatment options for patients diagnosed with solid cancers or autoimmune diseases are often limited or ineffective. Developing alternative treatments for these challenging conditions requires research to establish an in-depth understanding of how the immune system recognizes, targets, and destroys cancer cells. Typical immunology workflows involve…

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines last week, but the agency imposed new age and health status restrictions on who’s eligible to receive them. For those who are ineligible but still wish to get vaccinated, there are considerable hurdles, including questions around insurance coverage. Even for some who are eligible, access will be limited in the short-term due…

On May 5, 2023, The United Nation News reported that the global health emergency of COVID-19 was declared over. The ripple effects from the pandemic did not cease with this declaration, and the impact of COVID-19 reverberated throughout college mental health. A 2024 study in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science conducted a review of 32 studies on college mental health during the pandemic, and found increases in anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and other mental health…

An NIH study published earlier this year cited a jarring fact: researchers estimate that there is nearly a 42% lifetime risk of dementia for those over the age of 55. In the context of this alarming figure, it is important to note that dementia is a broader umbrella term for memory loss and degradation of thinking in various forms that impact activities of daily living (ADLs). Per the Alzheimer’s association, forms of dementia present as…

Globally around 1.3 billion people have high blood pressure (hypertension), and in around half of cases the condition is uncontrolled or treatment resistant. These individuals face a much greater risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and early death….