Heavy alcohol use and the HIV care continuum in Kenya: a population-based study
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Source: AIDS Care - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Edom WakeJoseph G. Rosena Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAb Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Source Type: research
Evaluation of false-positive Rhodotorula detections by a multiplex PCR-based fungal panel performed on positive blood culture bottles
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology - April 17, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Robert Hamilton-SethVincent StrevaNatalie GammelVictoria L. Campod ónicoPatricia J. SimnerSean X. ZhangKaren C. Carroll1Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nort Source Type: research
Giant planets ran amok soon after Solar System ’s birth
In its youth, the Solar System underwent a momentous upheaval: Gravitational tugs between the giant planets threw them off-track, causing Jupiter’s orbit to jump closer to the Sun, while Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were flung outward. The gravity of the rampaging giants scattered Pluto and other icy bodies to the Kuiper belt, shepherded the asteroid belt into its current location, and sent countless bodies crashing into the inner Solar System.
For many years, researchers believed this “giant planet instability” occurred 600 million years after the Solar System’s birth 4.57 billion years ago, based on the ages...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 16, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Expectations of preventative benefits and risk behaviors in a randomized trial evaluating oral HIV preexposure prophylaxis candidates
. (Source: AIDS Care)
Source: AIDS Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jeremy SugarmanBrian W. WeirChen DunRoy M. GulickTimothy J. WilkinKenneth H. MayerMarybeth McCauleyKevin P. Weinfurta Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAb Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bl Source Type: research
Optimization and Validation of an FTIR-based, All-in-one System for Viable MDR Bacteria Detection in Combat-related Wound Infection
CONCLUSIONS: Our system has achieved excellent performance in detecting viable bacteria presence and in performing AST in a multiplex, automated, and easy-to-operate manner, on both lab-prepared and real samples. Our results have shown a path forward to a rapid (sample-to-answer time ≤3 hours), accurate, sensitive, species-specific, and portable system to detect the presence of MDR combat-related wound infections in the field environment. Our future efforts involve ruggedizing the RAPID system and evaluating performance under relevant environmental conditions.PMID:38516949 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae068 (Source: Military Medicine)
Source: Military Medicine - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ying Chen Andrew Leung Yulia Wang Nathan K Archer Source Type: research
Cerebellar tDCS enhances functional communication skills in chronic Aphasia
. (Source: Aphasiology)
Source: Aphasiology - March 14, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Ji Hyun KimSarah CustBecky LammersShannon M. SheppardLynsey M. KeatorDonna C. TippettArgye E. HillisRajani Sebastiana Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United Statesb Department o Source Type: research
News at a glance: Methane-hunting satellite, Elsevier ’s earnings, and protecting Kinsey
ENVIRONMENT
White House wants to weigh ecosystem benefits
President Joe Biden’s administration published guidance last week for U.S. federal agencies to weigh benefits to human health and welfare provided by natural resources when considering whether to undertake or approve actions that could harm them. These “ecosystem benefits” include clean water and air and intangible perks such as spiritual connections to nature. Until now, federal rules have required agencies to analyze costs and benefits when building roads or issuing permits for logging or mining, for example, but did not explicitly men...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - March 7, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A valid U.S. visa didn ’t stop these Chinese graduate students from being deported
More than a dozen Chinese graduate students holding valid U.S. visas are the latest pawns amid the rising political tensions between the two countries.
In the past 3 months, students in Ph.D. science programs at Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, and other major U.S. research universities have been denied re-entry after visiting family in China—and immediately sent back home. Why they were blocked is unclear. But their institutions are scrambling to find ways for these students, some of whom are banned from returning to the United States for 5 years, to complete their research and earn their degrees.
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Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - March 1, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
International panel calls for tighter oversight of risky pathogen studies
Research on dangerous human pathogens is essential to protect people from epidemics and pandemics, but safety rules for such work need to be tighter and more consistent around the world, according to a
report
released today by a broad international task force launched in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “All countries must look carefully at pathogen security, and we hope our report provides a universal framework,” said co-chair Ravindra Gupta, a virologist at the University of Cambridge.
The report drew praise from scientists who acknowledge the risks of some types of virological experiments but worry...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 28, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The arts and humanities are fundamental to health professions education
. (Source: International Review of Psychiatry)
Source: International Review of Psychiatry - February 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margaret S. ChisolmDinesh Bhugraa Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAb Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King ’s College London, London, UK Source Type: research
Nuclear pore dysfunction and disease: a complex opportunity
Volume 15, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Nucleus)
Source: Nucleus - February 22, 2024 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Charlotte M. FareJeffrey D. RothsteinDepartment of Neurology and Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Source Type: research
