Friday, March 29, 2024

HKUST Researchers Devise Age-Based Eligibility Method to Measure Vaccine Effectiveness in Data-Deficient Scenarios

A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has demonstrated how to measure vaccine effectiveness (VE) in the absence of adequate public health data...

Dr Jemma Geoghegan only the second woman to win Prime Minister’s Emerging Scientist Prize

The University of Otago’s Dr Jemma Geoghegan is only the second woman to have ever won the Te Puiaki Kaipūtaiao Maea Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize.

Herbal supplement shows promise against lung cancer

Berberine, a natural compound found in plants such as barberry and goldenseal, shows promise for the treatment of lung diseases.

Study examines spread of Covid vaccine information online

A new study from The University of Western Australia has established how rumours of alleged adverse events were spread around the world during the first months of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.

Behind the masks: how Covid-19 has changed nursing forever

Opinion: Nurses Natalie Anderson, Wendy Sundgren and Bridget Venning from the University of Auckland School of Nursing reflect on their role in Covid times.

UM students’ graduation work explores health issues in post-pandemic era

The Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (UM), recently launched Eudemonia – UM Bridges 2022.

Reducing patients’ breathing efforts could be key to success of non-invasive respiratory support in...

Working with an international team of leading intensive care clinicians, engineering researchers at the University of Warwick have used computational modelling to show that non-invasive respiratory support...

OPINION: COVID restrictions may be easing, but the pandemic isn’t over yet

Many countries are winding back COVID-19 restrictions, but governments should be continuing to promote the importance of voluntary mask use and catching up outdoors.

Digital Tapestry helps Aberdeen school children explore RGU’s Art & Heritage

Aberdeen school children are using virtual reality to connect with an out of space artefact from NASA’s Get Away Special programme, as part of Robert Gordon University’s (RGUs) innovative Digital Tapestry Project.

Made-in-Alberta sanitizing device kills SARS-CoV-2 virus in 60 seconds

A new made-in-Alberta sanitization product aimed at stopping the spread of SARS-CoV-2 will soon be in use at the Edmonton International Airport and government offices in Calgary and Edmonton, thanks to a partnership with scientists at the University of Alberta’s Biosafety Level 3 Lab.
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