Frontiers in Public Health
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of [...]
The (un)fair allocation of scarce vaccines and how maths can provide a solution
By Prof Carlos Alós-Ferrer Prof Carlos Alós-Ferrer. Image: Nomis Foundation The Covid-19 global vaccine roll-out is considered one of the greatest achievements in modern [...]
UK politicians lack awareness of the links between climate change and mental health
By Lucy T Pirkle from the Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK Image credit: WikiWitch / Wikimedia Commons It’s essential that [...]
Requirement for adults to wear masks in schools has major impact on Covid-19 transmissions, study finds
Requirement for adults to wear masks in schools has major impact on Covid-19 transmissions, finds new study in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Many undocumented health problems discovered among those exposed to bushfire smoke
Many undocumented health problems discovered among those exposed to bushfire smoke, finds new study in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Why is Covid-19 more severe in some patients? Using AI, we found a likely answer
By Dr Emmanuelle Logette, EPFL Blue Brain Project Dr Emmanuelle Logette of the EPFL Blue Brain Project Why does Covid-19 present itself more severe in some patients but not [...]
How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict
By K.E.D. Coan, science writer Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com During the first wave of the pandemic, the European Union’s COVID-19 response highlighted ongoing [...]
Machine learning and knowledge engineering uncovers significant role of elevated blood glucose in severe Covid-19
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers’ Science Communications Manager A digital reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 primary infection in the lungs. Image: Blue Brain Project/EPFL [...]
Study is first to show that air pollutants increase risk of painful periods for women
Air pollution increases the risk of severe period pain for women and girls: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Tragedy of the Commons: The potential role of individualism in the spread of Covid-19
By Dr Yossi Maaravi, Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at IDC, Herzliya John David Photography / Shutterstock.com Dr Yossi Maaravi of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship [...]
COVID-19 crisis – a technology providing unconventional supply relief
By Kate E. Mullins / EPFL Credit: Felix Schürmann and coauthors When the full-scale effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was starting to be understood in early 2020, the EPFL [...]
Scientists predict that COVID-19 will become a seasonal virus – but not yet
COVID-19 will probably become a seasonal virus: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Scientists predict the best strategy for lifting COVID-19 lockdown
Model shows that ending lockdown in two steps is optimal, while suddenly releasing everyone is a high-risk strategy: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
How COVID-19 kills
New study explains the mechanisms, symptoms, and diagnosis of the new coronavirus: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
COVID-19 study shows that men have over double the death rate of women
Study of gender differences finds that men have more severe disease and are over twice as likely to die: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
Gorillas are susceptible to human diseases, with respiratory infections causing up to 20% of sudden deaths: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Is policy prepared for an aging population?
Professors Marcia Ory and Matthew Lee Smith lead new specialty on Aging and Public Health [...]
How can better data help prevent disease?
Professor Hilde Langseth, Head of Janus Serum Bank, leads Life-course Epidemiology - a new section in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Is our health more important than our planet’s?
Dr Kris Murray leads new specialty on Planetary Health in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Can you ‘catch’ cancer?
Parasitic worms cause cancer – and could help cure it; Frontiers in Medicine [...]
Challenges for sex workers in holding the line in condom use
Criminalization of sex work is a primary factor behind a decline in consistent condom use among sex workers in one Australian state: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
No one should have to pay to access knowledge on health inequalities say Chief Editors Michelle Kelly-Irving and Cyrille Delpierre
Chief Editors Michelle Kelly-Irving and Cyrille Delpierre of INSERM (France) lead new specialty on Inequalities in Health in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Commercial pesticides: Not as safe as they seem
Lack of testing on adjuvants in commercial pesticide formulations ignores the potential risk of these on people and the environment: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Measles vaccine increases child survival beyond protecting against measles
New study shows all-cause mortality is significantly lower when a child's most recent immunization is a measles vaccine: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Frontiers in Public Health welcomes new Field Chief Editor
Frontiers in Public Health is proud to announce the appointment of our new Field Chief Editor, Professor Paolo Vineis. [...]
Multiple health implications of women’s early marriage go beyond early childbearing
Frontiers in Public Health study finds complex associations between early marriage and women's education, health and nutrition in South Asia [...]
Health risks associated with energy drinks can outweigh short-term benefits
As energy drink consumption continues to grow worldwide, there is a need to examine their advertised benefits, nutritional content and negative effects: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
New study finds Americans fatter than ever
Research published in Frontiers in Public Health estimates that 91% adult Americans are ‘overfat’ - a term defined as having excess body fat sufficient to impair health. [...]
Study reveals risk factors for substance use problems, as well as resilience
A study of African-American and Latino adults in a high-risk urban community challenges stereotypes by revealing not only risk factors for substance use problems, but also resilience. [...]
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat
The overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries with up to 90% of adult males and 50% children may suffer from this condition. [...]
Horse-riding can improve children’s cognitive ability
Study shows how the effects of horseback riding improve learning in children. [...]
Deeper than obesity: a majority of people are now ‘overfat’
Scientists distinguish ‘overweight’ and ‘overfat', the latter including normal-weight people with enough fat to impair health: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Open for submissions: New Specialty Section Obesity
by Victor Kouassi, Frontiers Under the leadership of Prof. Katherine Samaras of St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, the [...]