Health experts at Duke University School of Medicine are scrutinizing the myriad ways in which shifting environmental conditions, from sweltering temperatures to severe storms, shape our well-being.
<p>A study by scientists and physicians from Duke University and two Brazilian institutions evaluated the cost-effectiveness of making snake bite antivenom more available in the Amazonas region. Expanding access to antivenom at both hospitals and community health centers would produce the largest benefits, averting up to 3,922 disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) while yielding economic benefits of up to US$8.98 million.The findings appear in the January 2024 issue of The Lancet Regional Health - Americas.</p>
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In one of the most puzzling and worrisome developments in the pandemic, scientists are racing to explain what s happening in Manaus, Brazil, a city of 2.2 million at the edge of the country s rainforest that is experiencing a second explosive outbreak, even though the first one was so bad it was thought to have produced herd immunity.
As the situation deepens in Manaus, overwhelming the city s health system again, researchers from Brazil and the United Kingdom yesterday said four possibilities might explain the recent dramatic resurgence, including variant SARS-CoV-2 viruses that arose in Brazil. They published their analysis yesterday in