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How to measure societal impact beyond standard publication metrics
The US’ National Institute of Health has announced that most researchers who receive its funding will have to make their data public by the year 2023. Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council said it will award half of its grants for mid-career and senior researchers, fixed at Aus$400,000 (2.2 crore) each year for five…
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Israel says that a man rammed his car into a group of people
At least 45 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the Israeli army launched its first jihadist-inspired attack on Israel, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. Last year, nearly 150 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, making it the deadliest year in those areas since…
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East Palestine residents are worried about the safety of their air and water due to the toxic train wreck
US EPA Administrator Lisa Regan on Tuesday drank tap water from the tap of an East Palestine home and visited a local resident who was concerned about the safety of the water. Regan also visited the site of the crash of a Norfolk Southern train that had crashed on February 3. Regan also met with…
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The Chasing Life was with Dr. Gupta
Actor Soleil Soleil has said, “If I say that I’m not going to go on Snapchat, it’s a bigger deal because then people are…like, ‘Well, why aren’t you responding?'” She added, “I talk to my girls about what I’m working on because I always want to know what they think. but if you’re a parent,…
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In the early days of carbon 19 an ER doc reflected on life, death and uncertainty
Farzon Nahvi, an ER physician at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire, said it’s a mistake that we didn’t encourage mask use early on, because once we learned that it was, we put a lot of ourselves in danger by not treating it that way. “It’s not just that people were dying…it’s not just that this…
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Norfolk Southern backs out of a community meeting because of threats, after an Ohio train derails
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that indoor air screening programmes haven’t been detected in the last three months in the US’ East Palestine town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed on February 3. It added that air monitoring and sampling will continue until removal of heavily contaminated soil in the derailment area is…
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Russia’s decision on the New START is irresponsible according to a top US diplomat
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China will continue to work for peace even as it faces a coronavirus outbreak. China’s Foreign Ministry said the visit to Moscow will provide an opportunity for China and Russia to continue to develop their strategic partnership and “exchange views” on “international and regional hotspot issues of shared…
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We can save lives
The US has a long way to go before it is free of opioid addiction, according to a report by Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Health. “We have a long way to go, but I hope we do,” US Senator Sam Tonko said. The report stated that the US would need to spend over…
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J.K. Rowling’s anti- trans comments have been made public
JK Rowling’s spokesperson has said it was a “middle-aged moment” and an accident that she liked a tweet that “misgendered” trans women. “She did not want cis women and Girls to be less safe, as she was aware that allowing trans people to use restrooms that align with their gender could compromise other people’s safety,”…
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Doctors say it doesn’t add up
A US study has found that Counterfeit pills now cause at least one out of every four teen overdose deaths. It revealed that one in seven teens who die from an overdose have had a prior overdose that they survived. One-third of teens who die of an overdose have misused opioids before, and one in…
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A third patient has been free of HIV after a cell transplant
Timothy Ray Brown, the first HIV-positive patient who received a bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia in 2007, has died at the age of 53. Brown, who was living in Germany at the time of the transplants, was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2001. He received a bone marrow transplant in 2007 to treat leukaemia from…
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The crews burned the chemicals in derailed tanker cars
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that it has found no chemical detections in the air of 291 homes screened by it for hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride and hydrogen chloride, after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. No evacuation orders have been issued or lifted in East Palestine. Norfolk Southern said most…
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There are hidden faces of hunger in America
Around 10 lakh people struggled to put food on the table last year in US’ Washington, DC region, Radha Muthiah, CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank, said. Muthiah added that households of colour with children struggle the most to put food on the table, with two-thirds impacted by food insecurity. “It’s a hard time…
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When a teen has big feelings
Social media has been shown to affect mental health in adolescents, a meta-analysed study of community-based activities for 12 to 20 years concluded. It found that depression was more common among adolescents on social media than among adolescents in the general population. The study, published in the Journal of Psychiatry and Psychopathology, added that social…
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Jimmy Carter will enter Hospice care and his church wants comfort for him and his family
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who turns 98 on Monday, is receiving hospice care in his home. “They are at peace and as always, their home is full of love,” said Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter. The former president is being treated for cancer that originated in his liver and spreads to his brain.
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If you can’t find them, here’s what to do
Over half of parents in the US said that they’re not able to find the medication they need for their children amid the coronavirus pandemic, an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) poll revealed. However, the AAP said that parents may have to make a few stops to find what they need. It added that parents…
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Jimmy Carter is going to get home hospice care
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who was diagnosed with cancer in December, will be treated at a hospice facility, his grandson Jason Carter said on Monday. “They are at peace and…their home is full of love,” he added. The 90-year-old had served as the first African-American President of the US from 1977 to 1981.
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There was a defining image of the Turkey earthquake
A man named Mustafa Avci, 33, and a 26-year-old man were rescued from under the ruins of a private hospital building 257 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said. Avci and a second man were saved around the same time from under the ruins of a private hospital…
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Life-saving medications are rare for people addicted to opiate drugs
A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report has shown that 107,735 people died of drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending in July 2019. “We continue to see a flattening in overdose deaths… Biden-Harris Administration remains focused on getting more people with addiction connected to the care they need,” the report’s author…
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There is a novel male birth control that could be an on-off switch for sperm
Researchers in the US have created a drug that immobilizes male sperm during pregnancy and said it could be used to create male contraceptives. The drug, injected into male mice, was discovered to use an on-switch that turns sperm on to move and blocks it, Jochen Buck, a co-author of the study, said. “This means…
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An American hospital might help him walk again
A Ukrainian man who arrived in the US last month has undergone “two very lengthy procedures to begin the major step” for reconstruction of his right and left foot after he sustained injuries during the war in Ukraine, an official said. The official added that the complexity comes from the fact that he had both…
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The study foundIrregular sleep may be harmful to your heart
The cardiovascular health guidelines are better at predicting a person’s risk of heart disease if they include sleep, a Columbia University study has found. Researchers conducted an at-home sleep study to measure breathing, sleep stages, awakening during the night and heart rate. Poor sleep habits “are ubiquitous” among Americans, the study said, including among the…
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Northern Syria, already ravaged by war, is unable to receive aid after the earthquake
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yldrm said on Saturday that the death toll from last week’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 15,000. The death toll in the two countries rose to more than 15,000 after thousands of people were rescued from the rubble, Yldrme added. Over 1,200 people have died in Syria due to…
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China’s COVID wave is believed to kill one million people
China on Wednesday said the changes to the COVID-19 rules were based on scientific evidence, including the spread of the milder Omicron variant, the vaccination rate, and China’s level of experience in responding to the virus. The government’s top priority now should be booster shots, particularly for the elderly and others most at risk, a…
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Bruce’s family has an update on his health
Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with a disease called Frontotemporal Degeneration ( FTD), his family said in a statement. “The most common dementia…for people under 60… FTD can cause challenges in communication, as well as changes to one’s behaviour, personality, or movement,” the statement read. “Your continued compassion…and respect will enable us to help…