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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Apr-2025 22:08 ET (1-May-2025 02:08 GMT/UTC)

Seeing the unseen: New method reveals ’hyperaccessible’ window in freshly replicated DNA

Gladstone Institutes
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study published in the journal Cell, a team from Gladstone Institutes has unearthed new findings about what happens during the minutes and hours after a cell divides, expanding our understanding of human biology—and potentially leading to better medicines.

Journal: Cell

Global public health collaboration benefits Americans, SHEA urges continued support of the World Health Organization

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Business Announcement

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) wants to emphasize the importance of global partnerships in addressing health threats that impact all of us, as Americans and global citizens. We urge President Trump to reconsider the decision to terminate the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). The most effective way to address emerging health threats is through collaborative efforts with international partners. Eliminating U.S. involvement in the WHO would leave our country—and the world—more vulnerable to infectious diseases and less prepared to manage pandemics, fight emerging health threats, respond to chronic diseases, and improve infection prevention resources.

2 UVA Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty named IEEE Distinguished Lecturers

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

Two of UVA Engineering’s image analysis stars have been tapped by IEEE’s Signal Processing Society to share their expertise and insights with their society colleagues.

Fewer than 1% of U.S. clinical drug trials enroll pregnant participants, study finds

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health found that pregnant women are regularly excluded from clinical drug trials that test for safety, raising concerns for the efficacy of these medications for maternal and child health.

Journal: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Human papillomavirus infection kinetics revealed in new longitudinal study

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Non-persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are characterized by a sharp increase in viral load followed by a long plateau, according to a study published January 21^st in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Samuel Alizon of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS Biology

Smaller fish offer better nutrition, lower environmental cost

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell University-led research team has found.

Journal: One Earth
Funder: Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

UTA surges in national online grad program rankings

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Texas at Arlington has once again solidified its reputation as a national leader in online education, earning significant gains in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings released today, including the College of Education’s online programs placing in the top 5% nationally. UTA’s online master’s in education ranked 15th out of 313 institutions, and those programs tailored for military veterans and military-connected students jumped to No. 5, up from No. 10 in 2024. This marks the seventh consecutive year that the College of Education’s online master’s programs have ranked among the top 60 in the nation.