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Although vaccination remains one of the most important public health strategies for preventing COVID and limiting its adverse outcomes, rates of vaccination are lower for Black people, suggesting that public health messaging and strategies have failed to adequately reach this community. A new study published in Vaccine from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) examines these shortcomings and seeks to understand the process that leads them to a decision about vaccination.

Every 65 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating form of dementia that affects 6.2 million Americans.

People in Sweden of non-European descent have almost three times as many eating disorder symptoms as people born in Sweden. But despite this, they have significantly less access to specialist treatment. This is according to new research from Karolinska Institutet published in BJPsych Open.

Researchers have unveiled crucial insights into the sleep health of middle-aged and older adults in Canada, identifying social determinants that contribute to disparities in sleep satisfaction, efficiency, and duration. The study revealed that men report sleeping better than women, and contrary to previously held beliefs, sleep actually improves with age. Socioeconomic factors like income level and homeownership also had an impact on sleep.

A recent University of Alberta study is shedding more light on how perinatal health and early life events are related to asthma control in children. “Perinatal and early life factors and asthma control among preschoolers: a population-based retrospective cohort study” was published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

One in 10 Georgians know of someone who has died during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after giving birth.

As cancers grow and spread in the human body, they tend to become more aggressive over time, and this can accelerate during treatment as they develop resistance to drugs. In prostate cancers, some evolve into a rare, treatment-resistant tumor known as a small cell neuroendocrine, or SCN, cancer.

An exploratory study has shown that light, regular exercise can improve the cognitive as well as physical health of adults with Down syndrome.

Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors’ bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs available for transplantation. However, according to a recent clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Mid-America Transplant in St. Louis, routine thyroid hormone intervention is not effective at achieving these goals, and may even cause harm.

By GIDEON NYENDWA 

THE Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) has officially launched its Environmental Protection Dialogue Strategy (EPD) and Implementation Framework.

The framework is a significant step forward following the successful EPD2023 and Traditional leaders Caucus (TLC) sessions. It defines goals, strategic objectives, activities, and funding requirements, with a detailed accountability mechanism specifying timeframes, responsible parties, and clear targets.