Category: healthcare

More Disruption, Please

An article in the Wall Street Journal from last year makes the case for consolidation among employer-focused digital health solutions, for example, citing the “enough already” attitude from buyers when it comes to the seemingly never-ending parade of r…

Healthy Aging For Older Adults Facilitated By Digital Fitness Program

Healthy aging is easier for those who are physically fit. Two millennials are making fitness more accessible for those over 50 with a virtual fitness program designed with input from older adults.

Ground Beef Recall, Over 120,000 Pounds, Due To E. Coli Concerns

Routine U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) testing found E. coli O103 in a Lakeside Refrigerated Services facility.

Traffic Safety Signs May Be Hazardous To Your Health

How government behavioral “nudges” can backfire, sometimes fatally so.

Pfizer Asks FDA To Authorize Covid Booster For Kids 5-11

As the omicron variant puts children at greater risk of hospitalization, public health officials have worked to make Covid-19 treatments more accessible to young people.

CDC: Most Americans Have Had Covid, Antibody Tests Show

Around 75% of U.S. children had evidence of a prior coronavirus infection in their bloodstream after the omicron variant took root nationwide.

Mysterious Child Hepatitis Outbreak Could Be Linked To Common Cold Virus

At least one child has died in an international hepatitis outbreak that has left researchers scrambling to uncover links between affected children.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Causes Cell Fusion In The Lungs, Triggering Inflammation.

Hyperinflammation is responsible for much of the damage in acute Covid-19. Generalized inflammation is a major contributor to long Covid. New research suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can induce syncytia formation in the lungs, triggering a s…

The Role Of N Protein Mutant Variants As Determinants Of SARS-CoV-2 Replication And Pathogenesis

A recent study found that N protein mutations common in many variants of concern play a major role in transmissibility and virulence.

STING-Mediated Innate Immunity: How One Discovery Unlocked New Possibilities

Activating STING-mediated innate immunity requires second messenger molecules to bind onto the protein. In this next part of our series, we will delve deeper into the discovery that uncovered a new group of second messengers that may help to control in…