Ancient DNA traces family lines and political shifts in the Avar empire
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01020-9Genetic pedigrees spanning nine generations uncover the social organization of a nomadic empire that dominated much of central and eastern Europe from the sixth to the early ninth century. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 24, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Lara M. Cassidy Source Type: research

NIH boosts pay for postdocs and graduate students
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced pay increases today for early-career scientists who are recipients of its Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs), after an NIH advisory group recommended raises in December 2023 . Postdocs will now be paid at least $61,008, an increase of $4500 over their current minimum salary level—though still below the advisory group’s recommendation of $70,000. Graduate students will receive a $1000 raise, bringing their minimum to $28,224. NIH also announced a $500 increase in child care subsidies for early-career researchers who are parents. ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 23, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230607. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0607. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSupport groups can create environments that are conducive to healing and well-being, particularly for persons with stigmatizing chronic diseases. In 1998, the support group concept was adapted in Haiti for persons with disabling lymphedema caused by lymphatic filariasis (LF). The project was developed with the expectation that the support group model conceived in the developed world be interpreted and modified by persons affected with lymphedema in the Haitian setting. Initiated with modest financial support within a resear...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars Jeannine Coreil Martha D ésir Gladys Mayard Marie Carmel Michel Marie Denise Milord Rand Carpenter Thomas G Streit Lucc ène Désir Gregory S Noland David G Addiss Source Type: research

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the district medical officer's role - a qualitative study
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2024 Apr 11;144(5). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0673. Print 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We wished to examine the role of the district medical officer in five Norwegian municipalities to provide new knowledge of how the experience from the pandemic might have led to changes to the district medical officer's role.MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 persons who had held key positions in local crisis management teams during and after the pandemic. The informants were recruited from five municipalities within the same county, and they all held leadership roles in health...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Erlend Vik Tonje Hungnes Ola K Mowinckel S ølve Mikal K Nerland Source Type: research