Study finds high COVID-19 risk among healthcare workers, especially those from minority backgrounds
Photo Cred: Osman Rana/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury, Katherine Shagoury At the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom, frontline healthcare workers–particularly those from...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson vaccine shows protection in pre-clinical trials
Photo Cred: ThisIsEngineering/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury An experimental novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson protected against infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in pre-clinical studies,...
Read MoreExercise could have final say on fatty livers, study finds
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases during exercise trials, rather than weight loss,...
Read MoreResearchers urge scientific community to stop pandemic bias
Photo Cred: Iñaki del Olmo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A group of researchers is bringing attention to the effects the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could have the scientific community in a...
Read MoreStudy shows associations between outdoor, artificial light and health outcomes
Photo Cred: elizabeth lies/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Adolescents who live in areas that have high levels of artificial light at night tend to get less sleep and are more likely...
Read MoreStudy of COVID-19 vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trials
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the...
Read MoreStudy finds health, wellbeing, and food security of families deteriorating under COVID-19 stress
Photo Cred: Picsea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The ongoing disruptive changes from efforts to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are having a substantial negative impact on the physical...
Read MorePlant-based diets with small amounts meat and dairy may lower blood pressure, study finds
Photo Cred: Jonathan Ybema/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Consuming a plant-based diet can lower blood pressure even if small amounts of meat and dairy are consumed too, according to new research...
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