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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Congress kicks the (budget) can down the road. Again.

Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown for the second time in as many months, as House Democrats provided the needed votes for new House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to avoid his first legislative catastrophe of his brief tenure.

16 Nov 2023

New economic-pandemic model helps assess effectiveness of pandemic policies

Epidemic-Economic Model Provides Answers To Key Pandemic Policy Questions

16 Nov 2023

Grand Challenges Canada funding supports market introduction of dapivirine vaginal ring in Southern and East Africa

IPM South Africa NPC, an affiliate of the Population Council, has been issued a 15-month Transition to Scale Phase 2 award from Grand Challenges Canada to support the market introduction of the dapivirine vaginal ring (DapiRing) for women in Southern and East Africa.

16 Nov 2023

Air filtration systems do not reduce risk of viral infections, study finds

Air filtration systems do not reduce the risk of picking up viral infections, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

16 Nov 2023

American Heart Association commits to equity in cardiovascular health outcomes

Disparities in health care persist, with Hispanic and Black adults reporting less satisfaction with their interactions with physicians, leading to poorer quality of care and health outcomes.

16 Nov 2023

Researchers develop easy-to-calculate scales to predict COVID-19 severity

Factors associated with hospital admissions, ICU stays and mortality in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 are identified, and clinical prediction rules are developed.

16 Nov 2023

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Together: A Conversation with Dr. Beverley Isherwood

An interview with Dr Beverley Isherwood.

16 Nov 2023

It’s getting harder to find long-term residential behavioral health treatment for kids

Connie MacDonald works for the State Department at the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It's a dream job, and she loved living abroad with her two sons.

16 Nov 2023

Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage

Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.

16 Nov 2023

Does regular cannabis use affect motor skills?

A study in Human Brain Mapping reveals that regular cannabis use alters the neural dynamics of motor control, showing that while cannabis users perform tasks with similar accuracy and reaction time as non-users, their brains exhibit stronger β-ERD responses during task execution, potentially indicating compensatory neural mechanisms.

15 Nov 2023

Study: 1.3 million lives lost every year to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across 7 countries

Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study, funded by Cancer Research UK.

15 Nov 2023

Experts question Pfizer's failure to inform pregnant women of safety signal in GSK RSV vaccine trial

A debate has broken out over whether Pfizer should have told pregnant women taking part in its maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine trial that a trial of a similar GSK vaccine was stopped over a safety signal around preterm birth, an investigation by The BMJ can reveal.

15 Nov 2023

Kaiser Permanente peer support program improves physician well-being and culture

A new Kaiser Permanente physician peer support program designed to reduce burnout helped improve doctors' well-being and had a positive impact on the culture of the medical departments that took part in the program, Kaiser Permanente researchers found.

15 Nov 2023

$3.9 million NIH grant supports research on the Effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia

A five-year, $3.9 million grant to study the effects of integrated palliative care on health service outcomes and disparities in Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's disease dementia has been awarded to UTHealth Houston and other institutions by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health.

15 Nov 2023

Polluted air may hurt reproductive health, research suggests

From invisible wafts of diesel exhaust to sun-choking plumes of orange smoke, air pollution is known to damage respiratory well-being.

15 Nov 2023

Eating disorder claim lines increase significantly from 2018 to 2022

From 2018 to 2022, eating disorder claim lines increased 65 percent nationally as a percentage of all medical claim lines.

15 Nov 2023

Oral nicotine pouches fail to satisfy cravings of current smokers

Oral nicotine pouches, a tobacco-leaf-free product marketed as an alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers' nicotine cravings, according to a new study.

15 Nov 2023

Latest surveillance data shows a rise in antibiotic resistant infections and associated deaths

The latest national surveillance data, announced at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) annual conference in Leeds today, shows that an estimated 58,224 people in England had an antibiotic resistant infection in 2022 - a rise of 4% since 2021 (55,792).

15 Nov 2023

UVA researchers receive NIH grant to optimize online weight-management programs for rural residents

University of Virginia School of Medicine public health researchers, together with colleagues at the University of South Carolina, have received a $3.37 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine if online behavioral weight-management programs for rural residents can be improved by adding a human touch.

15 Nov 2023

New evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to address peripartum depression

Pregnancy and the first year postpartum - referred to as the peripartum period - are a period of tremendous physiological, psychological, and social changes in a woman's life.

15 Nov 2023

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Congress kicks the (budget) can down the road. Again.

New economic-pandemic model helps assess effectiveness of pandemic policies

Grand Challenges Canada funding supports market introduction of dapivirine vaginal ring in Southern and East Africa

Air filtration systems do not reduce risk of viral infections, study finds

American Heart Association commits to equity in cardiovascular health outcomes

Researchers develop easy-to-calculate scales to predict COVID-19 severity

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance Together: A Conversation with Dr. Beverley Isherwood

It’s getting harder to find long-term residential behavioral health treatment for kids

Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage

Does regular cannabis use affect motor skills?

Study: 1.3 million lives lost every year to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across 7 countries

Experts question Pfizer's failure to inform pregnant women of safety signal in GSK RSV vaccine trial

Kaiser Permanente peer support program improves physician well-being and culture

$3.9 million NIH grant supports research on the Effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia

Polluted air may hurt reproductive health, research suggests

Eating disorder claim lines increase significantly from 2018 to 2022

Oral nicotine pouches fail to satisfy cravings of current smokers

Latest surveillance data shows a rise in antibiotic resistant infections and associated deaths

UVA researchers receive NIH grant to optimize online weight-management programs for rural residents

New evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to address peripartum depression

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How GLP‑1 Agonists Are Shaping the Future of Obesity Treatment With Dr Bryony Henderson

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