In HealthVaccine Proponents and Opponents Are Vectors of Misinformation Online In a new paper published in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, researchers from the George Washington University, University of Maryland...
In HealthResearchers Draw More Links Between Vaping, Smoking, Young People, and Coronavirus What do vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes have in common? They...
In HealthRural COVID-19 Mortality Highest in Counties with More Blacks and Hispanics A recent study by researchers from Syracuse University shows that the average daily increase in rural COVID-19 mortality rates has...
In GovernanceGun Owner Perceptions About Firearm Dangers Suggest Opportunities for Improving Gun Safety People who own guns and those living with gun owners are substantially less worried about the risk of firearm injuries...
In HealthHow Birth Control, Girls’ Education Can Slow Population Growth Widespread use of contraceptives and, to a lesser extent, girls’ education through at least age 14 have the greatest impact...
In HealthCOVID Has Likely Tripled Depression Rate A first-of-its-kind study from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) finds 27.8% of U.S. adults had depression symptoms...
In HealthChildren Can Have COVID-19 Antibodies and Virus in Their System Simultaneously With many questions remaining around how children spread COVID-19, Children’s National Hospital researchers set out to improve the understanding of...
In HealthAnxiety and Depression Are Associated with Medical Care Avoidance During the Pandemic Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been empirical and anecdotal reports of declines in both emergency and...
In HealthA Brief History of Chocolate – and Some of Its Surprising Health Benefits Chocolate in all its forms is something that I, along with many others like to indulge in on an almost...
In HealthGenomic Analysis Reveals Many Animal Species May Be Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to...
In HealthResearch Reveals Toll of Pandemic on Those with Eating Disorders The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound, negative impact on nine out of ten people with experience of eating disorders,...
In HealthReport Reveals Young People Felt Less Anxious and More Connected to School in Lockdown Younger teenagers in the South West of England felt less anxious and more connected to school when they were away...
In HealthStudy Finds Signs of Altruism in People’s COVID-19 Worries When it comes to worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about whether...
In HealthBereaved Families Are ‘the Secondary Victims of COVID-19’ Every day, the nation is reminded of COVID-19’s ongoing impact as new death counts are published. What is not well...
In HealthIn Health-Conscious Marin County, Virus Runs Rampant Among ‘Essential’ Latino Workers On a warm evening in late June, people flocked to alfresco tables set up along this town’s main drag to...
In HealthTurning Anger Into Action: Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities As the coronavirus swept into Detroit this spring, Wayne State University junior Skye Taylor noticed something striking. On social media,...
In HealthOver 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising. More than 900 front-line health care workers have died of COVID-19, according to an interactive database unveiled Tuesday by The...
In HealthKnowledge Is Power: Learning More About COVID-19 Can Reduce Your Pandemic Stress A new study from North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that the more people know...
