Preventing Whooping Cough: Pregnant Women’s Tdap Vaccination Benefits Infant Health
ATLANTA — New research shows that a vaccine given to pregnant women can protect their babies from whooping cough, also known as pertussis. The findings, released Monday by the Centers…
Mapping the Mental Health Landscape on Twitter: An Analysis of #PsychTwitter
Twitter has become an important tool for health professionals to share and exchange information about mental health issues. The use of hashtags, such as #PsychTwitter, has been shown to promote…
NASA Awards $11.7 Million to HBCUs for Data Science Research
Eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will receive $11.7 million from NASA through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity. The awards…
A star as cold as ice? Meet Niflheim, located just 7.13 light years away from Earth.
Astronomers have recently discovered a new object near our Solar System, named WISE 0855-0714. This brown dwarf, which is a type of celestial object that is too large to be…