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With the FDA authorizing a second bivalent booster this week for individuals at high risk from COVID-19 and the CDC expected to sign off on it as well, a recent Houston Methodist study may offer some guidance on when certain populations should get that next booster. A research team of computational medicine and data scientists from the Houston Methodist Research Institute predicted the immune response to COVID-19 vaccines with a math model they developed and also found that current CDC dosing intervals may require customization to protect all individuals alike.

Selling nicotine vaping products in licensed shops with a strict age verification process will restrict youth access and help adult smokers quit, a University of Queensland drug expert has recommended.

Researchers from the University of Vermont have found that eating full-fat yogurt on a daily basis may help lower fasting glucose levels in middle-age and older adults with prediabetes. The research team will present their work this week at the American Physiology Summit, the flagship annual meeting of the American Physiological Society (APS), in Long Beach, California.

A new study shows that cardiovascular strain begins at lower temperature and humidity levels than those that cause increases in the body’s core temperature, and could inform revisions to safety guidelines and policies that help protect people during heat waves. Researchers will present their work this week at the American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, California.

A new study of elderly patients showed that those who exercised in the evening experienced a greater decrease in blood pressure compared to those who exercised in the morning. The work also revealed the neurovascular mechanisms responsible for these findings. Researchers will present their work this week at the American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, California.

 FOLLOWING a statement issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ),  police says one of the victims alleged to have been assaulted by suspected United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres has not reported back to police. Police said 20-year-old Sheila Kalunga had reported the matter to police, but that she had not gone back […]

France risks shortages of abortion pills as US states build up stocks during an intensifying legal and political battle over reproductive rights, the country’s gender equality authority has warned.

 FOLLOWING a boating accident on Lake Mweru in Luapula province in which two were confirmed dead, while 12 others were feared dead, four more bodies have been retrieved. Yesterday Police confirmed that two people among them a coxswain had died, while 12 others were still missing and feared dead on Lake Mweru in Nchelenge district […]

Using data collected from the National Health and Aging Trends Study, Harvard Medical School researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital explored the various communication patterns that adults age 65 and older reported having with friends, family, and health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery—and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure.