Research summary

Articles summarising the latest health-related research and studies.

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Newborns with high antibody levels at birth also had greater protection against COVID-19 infection during their first six months. Credit: Rene Asmussen on Pexels

COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy protects newborns

19 Feb 2024

3 min read

COVID-19 Research summary

How memes became health disinformation super-spreaders

13 Feb 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Oral rehydration salts are a simple, cheap and effective way of combatting dehydration. Credit: Ecuen Images on Pexels

This cheap treatment could curb antibiotic use and save millions of lives. So why is it under-prescribed?

9 Feb 2024

3 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Research summary

Global deaths from fungal disease have doubled in a decade – new study

15 Jan 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

A cockroach. Credit: Erik Karits on Unsplash

Could cockroaches be aiding the spread of antimicrobial resistance?

8 Jan 2024

3 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Research summary

A woman writing in a diary. Credit: Ground Picture/Shutterstock

What COVID diaries have in common with Samuel Pepys’ 17th-century plague diaries

5 Jan 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19 Research summary

Vials and a box of smallpox and mpox vaccine. Credit: ASPR

Mpox vaccine triggers equally strong immune response in smaller doses

15 Dec 2023

4 min read

Mpox Research summary

A man with his head in his hand, looking tired. Credit: Alex Green on Pexels

Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests

8 Dec 2023

3 min read

COVID-19 Research summary

A new study has found that nanoplastics can induce changes in the brain that are seen in Parkinson's disease. Credit: National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

New research links nanoplastics to Parkinson’s and some types of dementia

7 Dec 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

Lymphatic filariasis, often referred to as elephantiasis, is a mosquito-borne disease. Credit: Creative Solutionist from Pixabay

Patients’ beliefs about illness matter: the case of elephantiasis in rural Ghana

28 Nov 2023

5 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

A child being treated at the malnutrition centre in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: Gavi/2017/Karel Prinsloo

Why integrating nutrition and immunisation can be a game-changer

21 Nov 2023

3 min read

Research summary Nutrition

Your biological age predicts dementia and stroke regardless of your actual age – new study

17 Nov 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary

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