31/05/2021 Adiatma Y.M Siregar and Roger Mathisen

New research reveals that the annual cost to provide maternity cash transfers to women working in Indonesia’s informal sector would be a worthwhile investment. The financing need would be below 0.5% of the country’s 2018 nominal GDP, significantly lower than the current annual cost of not breastfeeding in Indonesia – estimated at $USD 9.4 billion,… Read more »

24/05/2021 Christopher von Bartheld, Rafal Butowt, Nicolas Meunier and Bertrand Bryche

Around 50% of people confirmed to have COVID-19 report a loss or reduction in the sense of smell. But does this imply that the virus is neuro-invasive through the olfactory neurons? A new study concludes that the olfactory nerve is an unlikely route to brain infection, which is thought to be a rare occurrence in humans.

11/05/2021 Camila Picchio

Camila Picchio is a multidisciplinary public health researcher focusing on health systems responses to viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

07/05/2021 Dr. Arcelia Guerson-Gil

COVID-19 has claimed more than 1.25 million human lives since December 2019 when the SARS-CoV-2 emerged. It has been demonstrated that obesity is an risk factor for worse outcomes, however it is unclear whether the association of obesity with worse outcomes is sex-specific. The authors of a new article on this issue explores the relationship in this blog.

05/05/2021 Dr Sophia D. Amenyah, Prof. Jane Murphy & Prof. Lee-Ann Fenge

This blog discusses the ASPIRE study, registered at the ISRCTN registry, which aims to help people who are unemployed or living with overweight or obesity to grow fresh produce, learn new skills, and improve their diet, physical activity and wellbeing.

05/05/2021 Andras Bikov

This year’s World Asthma Day is dedicated to uncovering asthma’s misconceptions and disseminating accurate information to patients, prescribers, and caretakers. In this blog, the Editor in Chief of Asthma Research and Practice, Andras Bikov, discusses the common misconception that the only necessary treatment for mild asthma is an inhaler.