New benefit increases veterans’ access to urgent care in the community
Two years ago, the Veterans Affairs healthcare system (VA) began rolling out a new benefit, enabling Veterans to receive urgent care from a network of community...
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New pre-clinical model could hold the key to better HIV treatments
A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Children’s National Hospital has developed a unique pre-clinical model that enables the study of long-term HIV...
Should my child get the COVID-19 vaccine? Seven questions answered by a pediatric infectious disease expert
The Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents 12 to 15 years of age on May 10,...
Herd immunity appears unlikely for COVID-19, but CDC says vaccinated people can ditch masks in most settings
When COVID-19 first began spreading, public health and medical experts began talking about the need for the U.S. to reach herd immunity to stop the coronavirus...
Access to overdose-reversing drugs declined during pandemic, researchers find
While overall emergency department visits have decreased during the pandemic, nonfatal opioid overdose visits have more than doubled. However, few patients who overdosed on opioids had...
New perspective on stress pandemics and human resilience from the analysis of COVID-19
A new analysis of the effects of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current pandemic, on the human body has provided novel insights into the nature of...
New research optimizes body’s own immune system to fight cancer
A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies...
New study into pediatric intensive care paves the way for improving care for critically ill children
A new study carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham has identified factors that increase the likelihood of critically ill children needing life-saving cardiopulmonary...
Women with a ‘sweet tooth’ more in tune with their bodies
Women who crave sweet taste sensations are more in tune with their bodies—and better able to tell when they feel full—than women with an aversion to...
New research sheds light on the brain’s GPS system
Grid cells are the brain’s GPS system. But do they use brain waves to gather information about speed and direction? Researchers at the University of Oslo...
