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Mortality
Mortality is a quantification of death, often referring to deaths attributing to a specific cause such as a disease or illness. Epidemiological studies often report mortality rates which are calculated by dividing the number of deaths due to a disease by the total population.
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JUL 28, 2020Cancer
In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers champion the potential of community-based gene ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 23, 2020Health & Medicine
A study published this week in Pediatrics revealed racial disparities in postsurgical mortality and complicati ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 23, 2020Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease accounts for thirty percent of mortalities around the world. These diseases start small and slowl ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 15, 2020Cancer
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' "Star Rating" system compares the quality of care of hospit ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 11, 2020Cardiology
Biomarker studies have taken the diagnostic field by storm these past few decades. Many diseases will have unique g ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 09, 2020Immunology
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide is steadily approaching 12 million. Meanwhile, despite accelerated time ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Finding drug-resistant genes in bacteria remains a challenge. However, scientists at Washington State University have de ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers followed 2,000 kids and determined that when young adults were raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods, their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers say that a type of virus known to infect bacteria could be used to treat and prevent COVID-19 bacterial infe ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 25, 2020Cardiology
Strokes are a leading cause of death and long term-disability across the globe. Ischemic strokes (IS) or acute ischemic ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUN 24, 2020Cancer
A new study investigates the causal relationship between mortality and long-term exposure to a low level of fine particu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2020Cancer
A study published in JAMA Oncology reports findings that a greater amount of sedentary time was associated with a higher ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2020Health & Medicine
The summer solstice is approaching, and in many regions, this also means the arrival of higher temperatures. A new study ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
For around a decade, research has suggested that Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, could prevent throat cancer, a condition that ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2020Cancer
New research urges individuals at high-risk of breast cancer to get moving, shaking, shimmying, and kicking! According t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2020Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 15, 2020Cardiology
A wide variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates has been noted among counties in the United States. Residents ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 13, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 was declared a public health threat on January 30th and since then it took the world by a storm with more than ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 02, 2020Cancer
In the modern age of biological research, one of the tools that have become readily available in the ever-increasing dat ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAY 01, 2020Cancer
A study published today in the online edition of Cancer Discovery reports that people with cancer who develop COVID-19 a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 30, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUL 28, 2020
Cancer
In a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers champion the potential of community-based gene
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 23, 2020
Health & Medicine
A study published this week in Pediatrics revealed racial disparities in postsurgical mortality and complicati
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 23, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease accounts for thirty percent of mortalities around the world. These diseases start small and slowl
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 15, 2020
Cancer
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' "Star Rating" system compares the quality of care of hospit
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 11, 2020
Cardiology
Biomarker studies have taken the diagnostic field by storm these past few decades. Many diseases will have unique g
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 09, 2020
Immunology
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide is steadily approaching 12 million. Meanwhile, despite accelerated time
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Finding drug-resistant genes in bacteria remains a challenge. However, scientists at Washington State University have de
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers followed 2,000 kids and determined that when young adults were raised in disadvantaged neighborhoods, their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers say that a type of virus known to infect bacteria could be used to treat and prevent COVID-19 bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 25, 2020
Cardiology
Strokes are a leading cause of death and long term-disability across the globe. Ischemic strokes (IS) or acute ischemic
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUN 24, 2020
Cancer
A new study investigates the causal relationship between mortality and long-term exposure to a low level of fine particu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2020
Cancer
A study published in JAMA Oncology reports findings that a greater amount of sedentary time was associated with a higher
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
The summer solstice is approaching, and in many regions, this also means the arrival of higher temperatures. A new study
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
For around a decade, research has suggested that Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, could prevent throat cancer, a condition that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2020
Cancer
New research urges individuals at high-risk of breast cancer to get moving, shaking, shimmying, and kicking! According t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2020
Immunology
In the early 1900s, French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin spent the better half of a decade developi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 15, 2020
Cardiology
A wide variation in cardiovascular disease mortality rates has been noted among counties in the United States. Residents
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 13, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 was declared a public health threat on January 30th and since then it took the world by a storm with more than
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 02, 2020
Cancer
In the modern age of biological research, one of the tools that have become readily available in the ever-increasing dat
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 01, 2020
Cancer
A study published today in the online edition of Cancer Discovery reports that people with cancer who develop COVID-19 a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon