Archive: 21/01/2016

Dramatic decline in complaints by imprisoned transgender patients after staff LGBT training

A new study of the quality of healthcare provided to transgender patients in the New York City correctional system revealed significant areas for improvement and reported a greater than 50% decrease in patient complaints ...

Jan 21, 2016

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When it comes to newborns, age matters

Knowing if an infant was born on time or prematurely can make all the difference in deciding what medical care the baby needs.

Jan 21, 2016

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Brazil trying to develop vaccine against Zika virus

President Dilma Rousseff says Brazil is trying to develop vaccine against the Zika and dengue viruses.

Jan 21, 2016

Moms, you think babies are tough? Wait until middle school

Mothers are deeply invested in the well being of their children, so when children go through trying times so do their moms, according to a new study by Arizona State University researchers Suniya Luthar and Lucia Cicolla.

Jan 21, 2016

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Targeted school closure policies may help the fight against pandemic influenza

Targeted school closure policies may help mitigating the spread of pandemic influenza, while entailing lower social costs than more traditional policies, such as nationwide school closure. This emerges from a modeling study ...

Jan 21, 2016

Immune response differences might determine severity of West Nile Virus disease

While most West Nile Virus (WNV) infections in humans are asymptomatic and go unnoticed, the virus causes serious and sometimes fatal neurologic illness in some people. A study published on January 21st in PLOS Pathogens ...

Jan 21, 2016

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Examining genetic diversity of T. cruzi from California kissing bugs

Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that can cause an insidious onset of Chagas disease, a fatal cardiac disease in humans and dogs. The parasite is transmitted via triatomine insects, commonly called kissing bugs. ...

Jan 21, 2016