What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace
“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has cre.....»»
RSV vaccine to protect infants gets green light from FDA advisers
Faint data signal of possible increased risk of premature birth caused some concern. Enlarge / A father cares for his 8-and-a-half-month-old son, who is in the intensive care unit of the pediatric clinic at St. Joseph Hospital in.....»»
What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace
“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has cre.....»»
Researchers describe mechanisms that could prevent infections with the influenza A and Ebola viruses
Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. In an interdisciplinary approach, research teams from Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital investigated the final stages of viral penetration using electr.....»»
Fresh air and cold plasma could break down hospital PPE waste
The COVID-19 pandemic created an explosion in the use of disposable face masks around the globe. This added to the already significant amount of PPE waste generated by hospitals and in other medical settings......»»
Thailand air pollution leads millions to seek medical help
About 2.4 million people in Thailand have sought hospital treatment for medical problems linked to air pollution since the start of the year, health officials said, as toxic smog chokes parts of the country......»»
GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records thanks to Microsoft and Epic
Generative AI promises to streamline health care, but critics say not so fast. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a pixel art hospital with empty windows. (credit: Benj Edwards / Midjourney) On Monday, Microsoft and Epic.....»»
Humans vs. bacteria: Differences in ribosome decoding revealed
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital revealed that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial ribosomes, but do so more accurately. The study, published today in Nature, used a combination of field-leadi.....»»
Google won’t honor medical leave during its layoffs, outraging employees
Ex-Googler says she was laid off from her hospital bed shortly after giving birth. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Would you believe that Google's mass firings from January are still going on? Google's reported mishandli.....»»
Apple Watch study reveals most of us aren’t getting nearly enough sleep every night
Using data from the Apple Heart and Movement Study, collected by Apple Watch, researchers say that most people aren’t getting nearly enough sleep every night. The research, published this month by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is based on s.....»»
Researchers uncover metabolic secrets of anaerobes and identify new strategies to treat C. difficile infections
A team of investigators from Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has identified metabolic strategies used by Clostridioides difficile to rapidly colonize the gut. The f.....»»
Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution
Nearly 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital because of air pollution this week, officials have said, with Bangkok shrouded in a harmful haze......»»
Hospital’s water purification system stripped out chlorine, killing 3 patients
It was supposed to improve taste, but instead led to deadly infections. Enlarge / Part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on Dec. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty | John Tlumacki) Water purification systems installed.....»»
Iran"s rare cheetah cub dies of kidney failure
The last survivor of three endangered Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran died in hospital Tuesday from kidney failure, state media reported......»»
How an early-warning radar could prevent future pandemics
A tool called metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens. Enlarge (credit: Wladimir Bulgar via Getty Images) On December 18, 2019, Wuhan Central Hospital admitted a patient with symptoms common for the wint.....»»
Researchers decode how bacterium causing 30% of out-of-hospital pneumonia obtains lipids to survive
A research team including the involvement of the UAB has identified the P116 protein, by which the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae obtains cholesterol and other lipids needed to survive. The study, led by the IBMB-CSIC and the Buchmann Institute in G.....»»
Blood stem cells shown to be susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell death
The body is constantly replenishing the blood with new red and white blood cells thanks to a small but important group of cells called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, Boston Children's Hospital.....»»
Eight injured in Florida auction lot vehicle crash
Of the eight people struck, seven were transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries, while one refused treatment, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office......»»
Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability
With exploit code in the wild and devastating results, organizations should patch pronto. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) One of the biggest hospital chains in the US said hackers obtained protected health information for.....»»
A "zinc" in the armor: Could metal help combat common superbug?
A new study has shown that zinc plays a key role in a hospital superbug that doctors struggle to treat due to its resistance to antibiotics......»»
We can’t rely on goodwill to protect our critical infrastructure
How far is too far for a hacker? Earlier this year the Lockbit ransomware-as-a-service organization apologized and provided a free decryptor following a ransomware attack on a children’s hospital in Toronto—blaming a “rogue affiliate” for.....»»