Elephant tusk DNA can expose poaching networks, new analysis finds
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice.(Image credit: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Mambo Source Type: news
Scientists say elephant tusk DNA can expose poaching networks
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genome Pioneer Deborah Nickerson Dies at 67
The University of Washington researcher leveraged data from the Human Genome Project to identify genes underlying various health conditions and advance precision medicine. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - February 9, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Mosquitos Have Favorite Colors and Target Dinner Accordingly Mosquitos Have Favorite Colors and Target Dinner Accordingly
Hungry mosquitoes use several cues to target who they bite and are particularly drawn to the color red, according to researchers at the University of Washington.Quick Take (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Covid US: Omicron BA.2 'stealth' variant is not as 'scary' as some believe, expert says
Dr Pavitra Roychoudhury, a bioinformatics expert at the University of Washington, says that the 'stealth' Omicron variant, or BA.2, is not as scary as the moniker may make it sound like. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding Omicron: A Structure-Function Tour De Force
The newest paper from the University of Washington by McCallum et al. is a tour de force in helping us understand the properties of Omicron in molecular detail. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 28, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Editors' Pick editors-pick Coronavirus business pharma & Source Type: news
We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan
The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve as a deafening wake-up call for urgent revision of our national COVID-19 response plan. These and similar scenes of chaos and conflict over the reopening of American institutions and commerce reflect the absence of a coherent national plan that is responsive to the contagiousness of the Omicron variant. Central to this current failure is the need for a clear national definition of “public safety&rdquo...
Source: TIME: Health - January 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steven Phillips Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
A Newly Published Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) Found TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Ranked Highest for Overall Level of Skin Clearance and Provided Positive Joint Efficacy Among Active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Therapies
Conclusions (i.e., comparable) are based on an overlap of pairwise 95 percent credible intervals.1c. PASI 90 is defined as at least 90 percent improvement from baseline in the PASI score. The PASI score grades the amount of surface area on each body region that is covered by PsO plaques and the severity of plaques for their redness, thickness, and scaliness.13 PASI 90 was not a controlled endpoint in DISCOVER-1 or -2.8,9d. TREMFYA q4w dosing is not currently FDA-approved.2e. The PsA-modified vdH-S score combines erosion and joint space narrowing scores derived from radiographs of joints in body regions impacted by PsA.14 T...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - January 26, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Cataract surgery may cut the risk of developing dementia by nearly 30%, study finds
A study by University of Washington experts of more than 3,000 over-65s who had cataract surgery found the procedure reduced risk the risk by 29 per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deborah Nickerson, Pioneering Genome Researcher, Dies at 67
Using the Human Genome Project as her guide, she helped find genes responsible for cardiovascular disease, autism and a rare disorder called Miller syndrome. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Sandomir Tags: Nickerson, Deborah (1954-2021) Genetics and Heredity DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Deaths (Obituaries) Human Genome Project National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health University of Washington Source Type: news
Omicron will cause more infections but lower hospital rates, analysis shows
University of Washington research predicts the omicron wave will infect more than 400,000 people a day in the U.S. when it crests in about six weeks.(Image credit: Marta Lavandier/AP) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - December 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Source Type: news
Omicron could make up 20% of cases in Seattle, New York and other major cities, expert says
One expert at the University of Washington warns that the Omicron COVID-19 variant may already make up 20 percent of new cases in Seattle, New York, and other population hubs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Schools Usually Enforce Child Vaccinations. With COVID-19, That Job Is Falling to Private Businesses
Studio E School of Dance in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens in New York City is losing students. A city-wide policy that went into effect on Dec. 14 bars children ages 5 and up from attending certain extracurricular activities unless they’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Because the majority of Studio E’s students are preschool and elementary school kids, it is particularly vulnerable to parents’ decisions to forgo activities rather than get their children vaccinated.
“I’ve just been stressed out about how this will affect the business,” says studio director N...
Source: TIME: Health - December 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
U.S. Government Recommends Americans Get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 Shots Instead of J & J ’s
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health advisers recommended Thursday.
The strange clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths after J&J vaccinations — while the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t come with that risk and also appear more effective, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
It’s an unusual move and the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, must decide whether to accept the panel’s advice.
Until now the U.S. has treated all thr...
Source: TIME: Health - December 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
COVID-19 public health measures led to a nearly 40% decrease in emergency room visits for pink eye
During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people sought out care for pink eye as COVID inspired social distancing, and more handwashing University of Washington researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
