Second Malaria Vaccine Highly Protective, Trial Results Show Second Malaria Vaccine Highly Protective, Trial Results Show
A malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India prevented around three-quarters of symptomatic malaria cases in young children the...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 2, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Cameroon Starts World ’ s First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria deaths. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The vaccination will save lives. It will provide major relief to families and the country’s health system,” said Aurelia Nguyen, chief program officer at the Gavi vaccines alliance, which is helping Cameroon secure the s...
Source: TIME: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news

Want a good night's sleep? The SIX things to avoid, according to world-renowned expert
Professor Russell Foster, a sleep and circadian rhythm expert at Oxford University, explains why you may want to rethink your routine if you're struggling to nod off. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How Long Does It Take to Get COVID-19? Here ’ s What a New Study Says
With COVID-19 spreading as widely as it is right now, you run the risk of meeting an infected person every time you go into a public place. But every trip to the pharmacy or meal in a restaurant doesn’t lead to a case of COVID-19. So what makes some exposures more harmful than others? [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The length of time you spend around a person with COVID-19 seems to heavily influence your likelihood of getting sick, according to a recent Nature study that has been peer-reviewed but not fully edited. Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer,...
Source: TIME: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Workplace Wellness Programs Have Little Benefit, Study Finds
An Oxford researcher measured the effect of popular workplace mental health interventions, and discovered little to none. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ellen Barry Tags: Research Mobile Applications Workplace Environment Mental Health and Disorders Medicine and Health Oxford University William J. Fleming Industrial Relations Journal Source Type: news

UK start-up Genomics raises £35mn for advanced genetic testing
Oxford university spinout working on polygenic risk scores to help predict disease (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - January 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns
Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in Xinjiang capitalConcerns have been raised that academic publishers may not be doing enough to vet the ethical standards of research they publish, after a paper based on genetic data from China ’s Uyghur population was retracted and questions were raised about several others including one that is currently published by Oxford University Press.In June, Elsevier, a Dutch academic publisher,retracted an article entitled “Analysis of Uyghur and Kazakh populations using the Precision ID Ancestry Panel” that had been...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Tags: Uyghurs China Genetics Xinjiang Research publishing Science Asia Pacific World news Islam Religion Biology Impact of research Research and development Education Higher education Technology Source Type: news

Mathematicians reveal the secrets to getting an edge playing board games this Christmas... Including what to buy in Monopoly and which character to choose in Cluedo
According to Professor Marcus du Sautoy,from Oxford University, Mrs Peacock is the best character to choose in Cluedo as she starts in a position on the board closest to the most rooms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rosamund Pike ’s Dive Into Upper-Class Eccentricity & The “Delicious” Work Of Emerald Fennell: “It Was Really Fun To Be Able To Live Inside That Skin”
As Elspeth Catton, Saltburn’s bohemian but bloodless matriarch, Rosamund Pike strikes an unnervingly accurate note as the crushingly careless mother of Jacob Elordi’s character Felix. When Felix brings home Oliver (Barry Keoghan), his apparently lame duck of a new friend from Oxford University,…#elspethcatton #saltburn #rosamundpike #jacobelordis #barrykeoghan #oxforduniversity #careymulligans #poordearpamela #russian #pike (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Illnesses in Childhood May Raise Odds of Childlessness Later
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- Remaining childless throughout adult life might be tied, in some cases, to illnesses experienced in childhood, new research suggests.Childlessness isn ' t just about fertility. As a University of Oxford news release on the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Physicist Bob Coecke: ‘It’s easier to convince kids than adults about quantum mechanics’
The Belgian physicist and industrial musician on replacing maths with pictures, why he ’s now working in industry – and why we all need to understand subatomic physicsBelgian physicist and musician ProfBob Coecke, 55, wants to teach quantum physics to a mass audience. The paradox-filled theory that describes the microscopic realm has become a staple of science fiction, from Marvel ’sAnt-Man to the multiple Oscar-winningEverything Everywhere Allat Once. It ’s famously bizarre and, in the UK, the subject is mostly reserved for undergraduates specialising in physics because it requires grappling with complicated maths...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Zeeya Merali Tags: Physics University of Oxford Artificial intelligence (AI) Computing Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Source Type: news

Science ’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: Weight loss drugs with a real shot at fighting obesity
Show / hide sections navigation 2023 Breakthrough of the Year Runners-up Breakdowns Video Obesity plays out as a private struggle and a public health crisis. In the United States, about 70% of adults are affected by excess weight, and in Europe that number is more than half. The stigma against fat can be crushing; its risks, life-threatening. Defined as a body mass index of at least 30, obesity is thought to power type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fatty liver disease, and certain cancers. Yet drug treatments...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

University of Oxford Researchers Use Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence to Create a Blood Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Spectroscopic technique was 91% accurate in identifying the notoriously difficult-to-diagnose disease suggesting a clinical diagnostic test for CFS may be possible Most clinical pathologists know that, despite their best efforts, scientists have failed to come up with a reliable clinical laboratory blood test for diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), the condition commonly known as chronic fatigue […] The post University of Oxford Researchers Use Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence to Create a Blood Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome appeared first on Dark Daily. (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - December 4, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Advanced Science Advanced Science News AI anatomic pathology artificial intelligence CDC centers for disease c Source Type: news

World ’s oldest forts upend idea that farming alone led to complex societies
People who lived in central Siberia thousands of years ago enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle despite the area’s cold winters. They fished abundant pike and salmonids from the Amnya River and hunted migrating elk and reindeer with bone and stonetipped spears. To preserve their rich stores of fish oil and meat, they created elaborately decorated pottery. And they built the world’s first known fortresses, perhaps to keep out aggressive neighbors. With room inside for dozens of people and dwellings sunk almost 2 meters deep for warmth in Siberian winters, the fortresses were ringed by earthen walls several meters high ...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sexual health doctor reveals the surprising thing that you should NEVER do during sex
According to studies, some 40 percent of people admit to using their own - or a partner's - saliva as a lubricant during sex. But a sexual health expert at the University of Oxford in the UK said you should not (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news