Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016.  Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health will monitor potential Zika virus exposure among a subset of athletes, coaches and other U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) staff attending the 2016 Summer Olympics and[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2016.  The Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia (PREVAIL), a U.S.-Liberia joint Clinical Research Partnership, today announced the opening of PREVAIL IV, a treatment trial for men who have survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) but continue to have evidence of Ebola virus genetic material, RNA,[Read More…]

Louisiana passes seven abortion restrictions this session, the highest number of any state in 2016. New filing comes four days after U.S. Supreme Court issues historic ruling reaffirming a woman’s constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion. LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2016.  The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in[Read More…]

INDIANA–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2016.  Yesterday, an Indiana district court preliminarily blocked enforcement of an extreme abortion restriction — making Indiana’s law the fifth anti-abortion law to falter since the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on Monday. This includes restrictions in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Wisconsin. The[Read More…]

Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016.   The inhalation of vaporized herbal cannabis reduces neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord related injuries, according to placebo-controlled clinical trial data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Pain. A team of investigators at the University of California, San Diego, UC Davis,[Read More…]

Investing in better childhood growth would yield threefold return Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016.   Early life growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries results in a US $176.8 billion reduction in potential career earnings for children born each year, according to new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health[Read More…]

Researchers Regina Joice and Jose Vallarino swab subway ticket machines Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)-June 30, 2016.  The trillions of microbes that transfer from people to surfaces could provide an early warning system for the emergence of public health threats such as a flu outbreak or a rise in antibiotic resistance, according to[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016 By Matt Wood Rats given an anti-anxiety medication were less likely to free trapped companions because the drug lessened their empathy, according to a new study by UChicago neuroscientists. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, validates studies that show rats are emotionally motivated to[Read More…]

Studies investigate best practices to ease major disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. An expectant mother in Nigeria is tested for HIV while attending a “baby shower,” at a church, where free HIV tests and prenatal care are offered.Photo by Dina Patel/HealthySunrise Foundation Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016.  An emerging field, known[Read More…]

Finding points way to new approaches to Ebola treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2016.  A first-of-its-kind Ebola study yields clues to how some people are able to survive the deadly virus and suggests possible avenues for treatments that could save more lives. Researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory[Read More…]