Coronavirus Cases, Deaths Shoot Up Sharply, While 14th Case Reported in U.S.

THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 — After charting a slight decline in growth earlier this week, new coronavirus cases in China jumped by almost 15,000 in a single day, while the death count spiked to 1,367, Chinese health officials reported Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Wednesday that a 14th […]

Two million Americans lost health coverage/access in Trump’s first year: study

Over the course of 2017, positive trends in insurance coverage and healthcare access from the Affordable Care Act reversed, particularly for low-income residents of states that did not expand Medicaid. A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that two million more Americans avoided health care because of inability to pay, and/or […]

Shifts in pharma’s 2020 digital health landscape

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Researchers develop ‘multitasking’ AI tool to extract cancer data in record time

As the second-leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is a public health crisis that afflicts nearly one in two people during their lifetime. Cancer is also an oppressively complex disease. Hundreds of cancer types affecting more than 70 organs have been recorded in the nation’s cancer registries—databases of information about individual cancer […]

Chemical found in drinking water linked to tooth decay in children

Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School of Dentistry researchers. Manufactured chemical g roups called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are universal as a result of extensive manufacturing and use. Although manufacturers no longer use PFAS […]

Menopause timing hard to determine in every third woman

Is it possible to investigate menopausal age, or not? In more than one in three women aged 50, the body provides no clear answer about the menopause, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Increased use of hormonal intrauterine devices and contraceptive pills are the cause. The springboard for the study was previous research, published in […]

Britons evacuated from Wuhan will be held in Milton Keynes

Britons on Sunday evacuation flight from coronavirus-hit Wuhan will be held in isolation at a Milton Keynes conference centre for 14 days – as government ‘plans China travel ban in a week’ Around 150 Britons being flown back from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday will be quarantined  South Central Ambulance Service said that […]

Study paints picture of marijuana use in pregnant women

As the use of marijuana is legalized in an increasing number of U.S. states, the number of people who use the drug daily is on the rise. This upward trend also holds up in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, despite evidence that using marijuana could harm their babies. Published in the Journal of Addiction […]

US birth weights drop due to rise in cesarean births, inductions

U.S. birth weights have fallen significantly in recent decades due to soaring rates of cesarean deliveries and inductions which have shortened the average pregnancy by about a week, new CU Boulder research shows. “Our data indicate that there has been a dramatic shift in birth timing in this country, it is resulting in birthweight decline, […]