Health and Medicine How many lives do vaccines save? Scientists wanted to measure the benefits of expanded vaccination programs in 98 countries.
Health and Medicine Routine vaccinations during a pandemic – benefit or risk? Scientists used a mathematical model to work out the risks and benefits if health systems sustain their routine vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Medicine How is asthma related to the neighborhood you live in? Researchers wanted to find out if a discriminatory system from 85 years ago might relate to asthma rates in “lower grade” neighborhoods in US cities.
Health and Medicine What is the impact of COVID-19 on other diseases? Scientists created mathematical models to estimate how the measures against COVID-19 are impacting people with HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
Health and Medicine Can we detect HIV quickly and accurately from a drop of blood? Scientists wanted to create a cheap, portable, and reliable method to detect HIV in the early stages of infection.
Health and Medicine Why do measles survivors get sicker? Scientists wanted to find out about the long-term effect of measles on the immune system.
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