(2022-03-31). Study shows COVID risk greater for those with poorly controlled or severe asthma. imperial.ac.uk Children and adults with asthma that is severe or poorly controlled are at greater risk of hospitalisation with COVID-19, a major study shows.
(2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics collaborates with biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other biotech companies to enable precision medicine through advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic testing can help find the right answers for each individual patient. "A laboratory test can either help in making a diagnosis for a disease, or it can help…
(2022-03-31). AI uses voice biomarkers to predict coronary artery disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Imagine being able to record yourself reading and then having your clinician use those recordings to screen for various diseases, even from thousands of miles away. This technology may sound like science fiction, but Mayo Clinic researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to discover and test what the voice can reveal about a patient's heart health. In a recent study, the research team used an AI trained for specific vocal biomarkers to accurately predict which…
(2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are affected by MS, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. An antibody typically consists of two immunoglobulin heavy chains and two light chains. There are two types of light chains: kappa and lambda. The validated test measures kappa immunoglobulin free…
(2022-03-31). New computational model proposed for Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have proposed a new model for mapping the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease to brain anatomy. This model was developed by applying machine learning to patient brain imaging data. It uses the entire function of the brain rather than specific brain regions or networks to explain the relationship between brain anatomy and mental processing. The findings are reported in Nature Communications. "This new model can advance our understanding of how…
(2022-03-31). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…
(2022-03-31). Consumer Health: What do you know about TB? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org World TB Day will be observed Thursday, March 24, which makes this a good time to learn about this potentially serious infectious disease. In 2020, 7,174 cases of tuberculosis, or TB, were diagnosed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Worldwide, 10 million cases were diagnosed, according to the World Health Organization. TB is caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spreads from person to person through tiny droplets released…
(2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate program begins with four AI startups. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate, an immersive program for health tech startups, has launched with its initial cohort of participating companies. The 20-week program will help four artificial intelligence (AI) companies get market-ready. The program offers participants access to Mayo Clinic experts in regulatory, clinical, technology and business domains with a focus on AI model validation and clinical readiness. Technology experts from Google and Epic also will provide workshops for the participants. "Health tech…
(2022-03-31). On The Line In The Fight For Justice: USW 5 Chevron Richmond Refinery Workers Strike. indybay.org Striking USW 5 Chevron refinery oil workers picketed at the plant and were joined by community and labor supporters. They talked about the health and safety conditions including dangerous hours and attacks on their healthcare benefits.
(2022-03-31). Nurses and health care workers come to the defense of former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught. wsws.org More than 150,000 signed the petition demanding amnesty for the wrongful conviction of the Vanderbilt Medical Center nurse whose medical error led to the death of her patient.
(2022-03-31). Polio vaccination exercise: Mukono health workers demand allowances. plusnews.ug 
10 medical workers in Nama sub-county in Mukono district who were involved in the mass polio vaccination campaign in January this year are yet to receive their allowances. The Sub-county Chairperson, John Bosco Isabirye, says that the 10 health workers were denied their allowances despite conducting the exercise. He says that the medical workers brought …
(2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Dealing with 'brain fog' from long COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID-19, involves a wide range of health problems that occur many weeks, months and years after recovering from COVID-19 infection. Sometimes, symptoms of long COVID-19 can include cognitive difficulties. "Brain fog" has been used to describe some of these symptoms. While "brain fog" is not a medical condition, it's a term used for certain symptoms that can affect one's ability to think. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Billie…
(2022-03-31). Rutte government lifts COVID-19 measures in Netherlands as infections surge. wsws.org The pseudo-scientific policy of herd immunity coupled with the impact of three decades of austerity has devastated the Dutch public health care system.
(2022-03-31). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Thankful for Tygh. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Arriving full-term amidst a flurry of excitement, Tygh Derossett's birth at a Kentucky hospital in 2016 mimicked that of most newborns. He cried, he received Apgar scoring, and he got a bath. On his second day of life, Tygh's health care team took a few drops of his blood and sent it to Kentucky's newborn screening lab. A few days later, Tygh left the hospital with his parents, Amanda and Aarron, and the new family…
(2022-03-31). Mayo Clinic earns highest score on LGBTQ Health Equality Index survey. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Rochester earned 100 —the highest score possible —on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Health Equality Index survey. These locations have been recognized as "Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare" for 2022. With numerous different locations as a factor, Mayo Clinic Health System did not participate. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the largest civil rights organization in the U.S., working to achieve equality for LGBTQ people. The Foundation uses its…
(2022-03-31). Settlement of plane crash insurance claims underway: regulator. ecns.cn China's insurance industry is actively settling the insurance claims from the China Eastern Airlines plane crash, the country's top banking and insurance regulator said on Wednesday.
(2022-03-31). Video: Families of the dead mark one year of the UK's National Covid Memorial Wall. wsws.org This video comprises footage and photos taken by WSWS reporters during the day's events. It includes the march from the memorial wall, via Parliament, to Downing Street, and the candlelit procession later in the evening. WSWS reporters also spoke to family members who attended the day's events.
(2022-03-31). Inician primeras pruebas clínicas de vacuna anticovid en Argentina. telesurtv.net El equipo de investigación liderado por la investigadora Juliana Cassataro iniciará la fase 1 de investigación de la ARVAC Cecilia Grierson.
(2022-03-31). COVID-hit Shanghai to screen 16 mln people in second phase of closed-off management. ecns.cn Shanghai will launch a nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting Friday amid the second phase of the city's closed-off management, an official told a press conference on Thursday.
(2022-03-31). Finance capital demands an end to Shanghai's lockdown and China's Zero-COVID policy. wsws.org In an editorial board statement, the Financial Times denounces lockdowns and all other public measures that impinge on the production of profits but have saved millions of lives in China.
(2022-03-31). Pakistan's right-wing populist Imran Khan-led government facing likely defeat in no-confidence vote. wsws.org Popular support for the government has plunged due to its imposition of IMF-dictated austerity and its ruinous response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the ruling elite, meanwhile, there are sharp divisions over Pakistan's ever-widening estrangement from Washington.
(2022-03-31). Ministry emphasizes travel safety ahead of holidays. ecns.cn Helping tourist attractions and cultural hot spots prevent coronavirus outbreaks remains the priority of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism with the Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday approaching.
(2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Last week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While infection rates and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to decline, there are some areas of concern globally. "China, Hong Kong, Ireland, the U.K. and Denmark are seeing surges back up again," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "These countries, many of us experts believe, prematurely dropped mask-wearing and nonpharmaceutical interventions, and really have stopped pushing…
(2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. This work resulted from a collaborative effort between the departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Psychiatry and Psychology, at Mayo Clinic, with support from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. "This…
(2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic discovery in bone marrow cancer points to potential drug targets. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia — an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow — have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster. The ASXL1 genetic mutation also can transform the disease into the more aggressive acute myeloid leukemia. The study, published in Nature Communications, helps to clarify a potential therapeutic…
(2022-03-30). Consumer Health: What do you know about MS? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13—19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS. Nearly 1 million people are living with MS in the U.S., according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. MS is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body….
(2022-03-30). Senolytic drugs boost key protective protein. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers say senolytic drugs can boost a key protein in the body that may protect older people against aspects of aging and a range of diseases. Their findings, which are published in eBioMedicine demonstrate this in mice and human studies. Senolytics developed at Mayo Clinic and given once clear the bloodstream of senescent or "zombie" cells. These cells contribute to multiple diseases and negative aspects of aging. This study shows…
(2022-03-30). Ask the Mayo Mom: Managing sickle cell disease in children and teens. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood cells are usually round and flexible, so they move easily through blood vessels. With sickle cell disease, some red blood cells are shaped like sickles or crescent moons, become rigid and sticky. These sickle-cell shaped cells can slow or block blood flow. The most common type of sickle cell disease is sickle cell anemia. Red blood cells usually live for about…
(2022-03-30). California Grocery Store Workers Vote To Authorize Walkouts. popularresistance.org Over 47,000 grocery store workers in Southern California have voted to Authorize Walkouts after contract negotiations have stalled. Despite reaping huge profits during the pandemic, the supermarket executives are refusing to meet workers' demands for increased wages, higher minimum hours for part-time workers, and health and safety committees at stores. | A strike would include workers at over 500 Krogers, Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions supermarkets. These workers currently make between $17.02 and $22.50 an hour after five to seven years, less than the living wage for the area, which MIT researchers esti…
(2022-03-30). Tens Of Millions Of Indian Workers Join General Strike. popularresistance.org Tens of millions of workers across India participated in a two-day general strike Monday and Tuesday against the class-war, "pro-investor" policies of the far-right, Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. | Many workers did so in the face of government and management threats of disciplinary action, even firing. | The strike impacted all parts of India, from Assam in the northeast and Punjab in the northwest, to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the south, as millions of workers in road transport, steel, oil, coal, power generation, postal and telecom services and public health walked off the job…
(2022-03-30). Australian "cash splash" budget masks military boost and pandemic health cuts. wsws.org Although barely mentioned in the media coverage, a centrepiece of the budget was a further increase to military spending in preparation for participation in US-led wars against Russia and China.
(2022-03-30). US sanctions threaten Iranian people's right to health. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has denounced the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US as a "serious threat" to the nation's right to health and have access to medicines.
(2022-03-30). Science Saturday: From fasting to a pill? Mayo Clinic scientists explore the biology of caloric restriction. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New year, same topics: nutrition, healthy eating and slowing the downhill roll of aging. Eat this, not that — never that — and try this one weird thing to look younger, right? Advice spans the spectrum from dubious to scientifically supported, but there is an approach that sidesteps it all: eat less. Either in a specific time frame or in general, limiting calories safely is called caloric restriction, food restriction or fasting. It's not a…
(2022-03-30). 25,000 Finnish health workers set to begin strike on April 1. peoplesdispatch.org 25,000 health care workers from six hospital districts represented by the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer) and the Union of Health and Social Care Professionals (TEHY) are all set to go on strike starting on April 1. Unions are demanding immediate staff recruitments to solve an acute staff shortage in the social and healthcare services (Sote) sector, and a 3.6% increase on top of the annual pay raise over the next five years. On March 30, A national mediator presented a proposed settlement but it was rejected by unions who declared that the settlement did not address workers' primary concern of staffing…
(2022-03-30). WHO investigating reports COVID-19 vaccines could lead to hearing loss. plusnews.ug 
The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating reports that COVID-19 vaccination might lead to hearing loss and tinnitus. Tinnitus refers to a condition where there's a ringing or buzzing noise in an ear. According to WHO, they are looking into the matter following reports that some people who were vaccinated developed sudden hearing problems, especially …
(2022-03-30). Funds for COVID Testing, Treatment, Vaccines Are Evaporating. Congress Must Act. truthout.org Three weeks ago, congressional Democrats Upon consideration, I could grudgin…
(2022-03-30). New arrival of China-donated jabs helps Cambodia's COVID-19 vaccination. ecns.cn A plane carrying another batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the capital of Cambodia on Tuesday amid the country's booster shots vaccination drive.
(2022-03-30). School-Issued Technology Poses Surveillance Risks for Students. projectcensored.org Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, public schools have increased their reliance on technology, having nearly doubled the number of school-issued tablet and laptop devices used…
(2022-03-30). Thousands of Brazilians face threat of eviction in economic downturn. america.cgtn.com 
Amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic – millions of people around the world lost their jobs and as a result their means to pay rent.
(2022-03-30). New York's Mayor Eric Adams orders dismantling of homeless encampments. wsws.org The homeless who are targeted are themselves a stark symptom of the unprecedented social polarization and inequality in New York City and other metropolitan centers that have been touted—at least before the COVID-19 pandemic—as great success stories for American capitalism.
(2022-03-30). Families of the dead mark one year of the UK's National Covid Memorial Wall. wsws.org Families from across the country gathered by Lambeth Bridge before staging a silent march along the length of the memorial. Many held photos of their loved ones killed by COVID-19, some with the hashtag #NamesNotNumbers.
(2022-03-30). Cuba reporta 814 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 917 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Para la COVID-19 se realizaron un total de 11 681 muestras para la vigilancia en el día, resultando positivas 814. El país acumula 13 428 350 muestras realizadas y 1 089 452 positivas. En el día hubo 917 altas, se acumulan 1 077 199 pacientes recuperados. Se atienden en las terapias intensivas 21 pacientes confirmados, de ellos 6 críticos y 15 graves.
(2022-03-30). Chinese civil society NGOs cast strong voice at Human Rights Council. ecns.cn Chinese nongovernmental organizations are making their voices heard at the ongoing 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, stressing the need to protect human rights and minority cultures amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-03-30). A hostile Supreme Court threatens environmental progress. peoplesworld.org 
Right now, there are a lot of eyes on the Supreme Court, and for good reason—in addition to Justice Breyer's retirement and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination, the Court has been exerting its influence on voting rights, reproductive rights, and most recently, COVID regulations. And now the Supreme Court has come to town as a …
(2022-03-30). Explainer: Why many infections asymptomatic in China's latest COVID-19 flare-ups?>. ecns.cn Shanghai, China's economic hub with a population of more than 24.87 million, is all geared up to deal with a flare-up of COVID-19 infections.
(2022-03-30). COVID-19 para esta semana en Cuba: Pronostican aumento progresivo de casos confirmados y hospitalizados. cubadebate.cu Ante el incremento de casos en la semana anterior y las tendencias para esta, el mejor camino es extremar las medidas higiénico-sanitarias, advierten científicos y expertos en nuevo encuentro con el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, y el miembro del Buró Político y Premier, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
(2022-03-30). As pandemic funding dries up, BA.2 has become dominant COVID-19 variant in the US. wsws.org While the FDA has authorized a second booster shot for those over age 50, the ability to track and protect the population has been severely hampered.
(2022-03-30). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government announces record military budget. wsws.org While it claims there is no money for an elimination strategy for COVID-19, the government is showering the military with money amid the war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Hope for COVID-19 patients who've lost their sense of taste, smell. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The loss or change in a person's sense of taste and smell is something that can happen to people who have had COVID-19. It's a common symptom with other viruses, including influenza, but it's happening at a much larger magnitude due to the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/HjVi9B7L-j0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 24) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read…
(2022-03-30). Severe COVID-19, negative patients share wards in Mulago. plusnews.ug 
Patients with severe COVID-19 referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment Unit. A doctor who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity so as to speak freely on the matter, says that they received a severe COVID-19 …
