Public Health

GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility

Feb 12, 2024

GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s...

Smartphone-based shopping mall walking programs increased daily step counts of users during the pandemic

Feb 11, 2024

1. Implementation of smartphone-based walking programs in shopping malls resulted in a significant...

Adults over the age of sixty-five spend over twenty days per year obtaining health care

Feb 10, 2024

1. In this cross-sectional study, community-dwelling adults over the age of sixty-five averaged...

Butantan-Dengue Vaccine effective in preventing symptomatic dengue

Feb 8, 2024

1. In this randomized controlled trial, the Butantan-Dengue Vaccine (Butantan-DV) was effective in...

Simnotrelvir to reduces the symptoms of mild to moderate COVID-19

Feb 7, 2024

1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients experiencing symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019...

Gene therapy cost-effective for treating sickle cell disease in simulation models

Feb 7, 2024

1. In this cost analysis, compared to standard care, it was found that gene therapy for sickle...

Worse breast cancer death rates for non-screen detected ductal carcinoma situ

Feb 1, 2024

1. Women with non-screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ had worse outcomes for the 25 years...

Liquefied petroleum gas stove use during pregnancy does not reduce stunting in infants

Jan 23, 2024

1. In this randomized controlled trial, replacing biomass stoves with those using liquefied...

RSV Risk in Toddlers Suggests Need to Expand Prevention Efforts

Jan 18, 2024

Various factors impact the risk for subsequent respiratory conditions among children with RSV before age 2, including prematurity and socioeconomic status.

Radical cure with primaquine reduces risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia in patients with Plasmodium falciparum infection

Jan 14, 2024

1. Patients in the primaquine group reported a significant reduction in parasitemia risk at day 63...

Newly Diagnosed Patients With HCV Not Receiving Timely Treatment

Jan 12, 2024

Less than a quarter of patients with HCV receive direct-acting antiviral therapy within 6 months of diagnosis.

Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis ineffective for sexually transmitted infections in women

Jan 9, 2024

1. In this randomized controlled trial, doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) did not...

Characterization of demographics for those with post COVID-19 condition in Malaysia during Omicron wave

Jan 9, 2024

PClick to read the study in PLOS 1. In a Malaysian cohort of adults affected with COVID-19, 3.4%...

mRNA-based vaccine efficacious in preventing symptomatic RSV infection

Jan 6, 2024

1. In this randomized-controlled trial, an mRNA-based vaccine was efficacious at preventing...

Willingness to Use PrEP Varies Among Black Cisgender Women

Jan 3, 2024

Individual, interpersonal, and structural factors influence the willingness to use PrEP among...

Patient Characteristics Influence Rates of PrEP Discontinuation

Jan 3, 2024

Adherence to daily PrEP is high among patients with commercial insurance, but most patients...

Disparities Found in Rates of PrEP Discontinuation

Jan 3, 2024

Disparities exist in rates of PrEP reversal and abandonment, according to findings published in...

Combining Measures May Improve Detection of Poor Neurocognition in HIV

Jan 3, 2024

Combining frailty measures may the improve detection of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), according to findings published in AIDS. David Moore, PhD, and colleagues assessed the best measure for predicting HAND in...