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Mississippi’s Cervical Cancer Deaths Indicate Broader Health Care Problems
Shementé Jones knew something wasn’t right. Her back hurt. She felt pain during sex. She said she kept telling her doctor something was wrong. Her doctor told her, “Just wash your underwear in Dreft,” Jones said, referring to a brand of detergent. Within months of that...
New Program Will Develop mRNA Tools for Cancer and Other Diseases
The Biden Cancer Moonshot has announced a new program to develop generalizable mRNA tools that can be harnessed to train the immune system to more effectively fight cancer and other diseases, the administration recently announced. Biden’s CUREIT (Curing the Uncurable via RNA-Encoded Immunogene Tuning) initiative will be led by a...
Most Non-English Speakers in the U.S. Are Turned Away Before Their First Cancer Visit
New research in the September 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network reveals an alarming lack of access for non-English speakers who called hospitals across the United States looking for information on cancer care services. The researchers from University of Michigan set up a series of simulated patient calls to various hospital general information lines, speaking in English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Nearly all of the English-speaking callers were provided with next steps to access cancer care—such as a telephone number for presumed clinic or transfer to the department that was presumed to provide the requested care—while just over a third of the Spanish speakers had the same experience, and even fewer for Mandarin-speaking callers.
Tenofovir and COVID: The Jury Is Still Out
Recent studies continue to yield conflicting evidence about whether tenofovir reduces the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or severe COVID-19. What’s more, some patients have anecdotally reported that tenofovir improved their long COVID symptoms, but here, too, reports are mixed. The latest study, from researchers in the Netherlands, found that...
Timing and Cost of New Vaccines Vary by Virus and Health Insurance Status
As summer edges toward fall, thoughts turn to, well, vaccines. Yes, inevitably, it’s time to think about the usual suspects — influenza and COVID-19 shots — but also the new kid in town: recently approved vaccines for RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus. But who should get...
Listen to an AIDS Memorial Exhibited on the National Mall in DC
Visitors to the National Mall in Washington, DC, have a rare opportunity to check out a series of temporary installations, including Ashon T. Crawley’s Homegoing, an audiovisual AIDS memorial that centers spirituality and the Black queer church musicians lost to the HIV epidemic. Crawley, an African-American artist, writer and...
Mindfulness Could Lower Suicide Rates in Black Young Adults
A study led by University of Houston (UH) researchers suggest that mindfulness could help reduce the suicide rate among Black Americans, which has increased by 30% over the past decade, according to a UH news release. During the same period, suicide rates decreased for white Americans. Led by UH psychology...
More Evidence That Cancer Prevention Recommendations Work
A new study confirms that adhering to the American Institute for Cancer Research’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations reduces the risk of breast, colorectal and lung cancers. Making lifestyle changes so your habits align with the Recommendations can help reduce cancer risk. Even making a few small changes can help. Future...
Republican Debate Highlights Candidates’ Views on Abortion
Eight Republican hopefuls took the stage [August 23] at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee for the first debate of the 2024 presidential primary campaign. The eight-way faceoff, generally chaotic and contentious, included Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy; former Vice President Mike Pence; U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.); former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Trump administration ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley; North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum; and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier often struggled to keep the evening on track. Former President Donald Trump chose not to attend, leading Baier to refer to him as “the elephant not in the room.”
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Know the Warning Signs and When to Get Screened
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States. According to the latest research from scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS), more than 288,000 men will be diagnosed with the disease this year, with close to 35,000 deaths. Black men are two times more likely to die from the disease than White men and have the highest death rate for prostate cancer of any racial and ethnic group. However, when prostate cancer is detected early, the odds of survival are high. In fact, more than 3.5 million men diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. are still alive today.
Scientists Evaluate Role of Deer in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
SARS-CoV-2 [the virus that caused COVID] evolves three times faster in white-tailed deer than in people, making NIAID-funded scientists at The Ohio State University and colleagues ask whether deer are an important reservoir for emerging virus variants—similar to how influenza virus evolves and spreads from pigs. The Ohio State...
NIAID-Supported Research is Advancing the Response to Surging Syphilis Rates
Syphilis, a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum, is a centuries-old STI that can result in adult neurological and organ damage, as well as congenital abnormalities, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths. Benzathine penicillin G (BPG) was introduced as syphilis treatment in the middle of the 20th...
Five Things to Know About Multiple Myeloma Relapse
All blood cancers are cause for concern, but for Black adults, multiple myeloma is more common than any other.[1] The disease comes from abnormal, uncontrolled growth of plasma cells in the bone marrow.[2] It can permanently weaken bones and damage organs,[3] increasing the risk of fractures[4] and other illnesses that healthy organs would normally keep at bay.
Vosevi Is Effective for Retreatment of Hepatitis C
Most people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be successfully treated with Vosevi (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir) after a previous treatment failure, according to study findings published in the Journal of Hepatology. Adding ribavirin to the regimen made little difference in efficacy but led to more adverse events. Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens such...
CDC Awards Funds to Help Prevent Drug Overdoses
CDC Awards $279M to 49 States, the District of Columbia, and 40 Local Health Departments to Help Prevent Drug Overdoses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $279 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia, and 40 local health departments to help stop overdoses within their communities. The resources come from two new Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) funding opportunities and fill a longstanding gap in funding for local communities by specifically supporting city, county, and territorial health departments.
Action Alert: HIV Leaders to Meet at Capitol Hill to #SaveHIVFunding
HIV activists will convene at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 5, for a press conference to #SaveHIVFunding and denounce proposed cuts to HIV budgets both nationally and abroad. Spearheaded by the HIV prevention advocacy group PrEP4All, the 4 p.m. event will feature HIV leaders from numerous groups, including Southern AIDS Coalition, NMAC, Housing Works, AVAC, the U.S. People Living With HIV Caucus, the HIV Medicine Association, the Advocacy Network for Africa and Equity & Impact Solutions.
Healthy Recipe: Pumpkin Seed Crusted Chicken
This Pumpkin Seed Crusted Chicken is an easy and great way to make delicious chicken. Crunchy pumpkin seeds are little powerhouses of nutrition and using them instead of breadcrumbs changes a pretty ho-hum dish into something special — a deliciously moist chicken in a crisp, nutty coating packed with cancer-fighting nutrients.
A Move to Cut Drug Prices Has Patients With Rare Diseases Worried
For people with cystic fibrosis, like Sabrina Walker, Trikafta has been a life-changer. Before she started taking the drug, she would wind up in the hospital for weeks at a time until antibiotics could eliminate the infections in her lungs. Every day, she would wear a vest that shook her body to loosen the mucus buildup.
PrEP Peer Educators Help Prevent HIV on Black Campuses
As students return to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this fall, many will learn about HIV prevention thanks to a group of 12 student PrEP ambassadors trained by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), the educational arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign. PrEP, or pre-exposure...
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