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COVID 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 as of mid-April, compared to 8.5% before the COVID-19 pandemic. Published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the study also found that income and savings are the most dramatic predictors of depression symptoms in the time of...

Children Can Have COVID-19 Antibodies and Virus in Their System Simultaneously
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Children 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 how long it takes pediatric patients with the virus to clear it from their systems, and at what point they start to make antibodies that work against the coronavirus. The study, published September 3 in...

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Anxiety 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 ambulatory medical visits. However, little research has been conducted to identify why these declines have occurred. New research now shows a strong association between mental health symptoms and medical care avoidance. Among a sample of...

A Brief History of Chocolate – and Some of Its Surprising Health Benefits
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A 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 daily basis. But chocolate as it’s enjoyed today is quite different from when it first arrived in Europe from South America around the 16th century. To the indigenous Aztec people, cocoa was consumed as a...

Researchers Explore How Retail Drone Delivery May Change Logistics Networks
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Researchers Explore How Retail Drone Delivery May Change Logistics Networks

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas say drone technology has the potential to be a genuine game changer in the retail industry, with its promise to enable retailers to offer unheard-of delivery lead times and near-perfect delivery-time customization adaptability. In a new study, recently published online in Production and Operations Management, three faculty members...

Bacteria Could Survive Travel Between Earth and Mars When Forming Aggregates
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Bacteria Could Survive Travel Between Earth and Mars When Forming Aggregates

Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The bacteria finding suitable conditions for its survival could then start multiplying again, sparking life at the other side of the universe. This theory, called “panspermia”, support the possibility that microbes may migrate between planets and distribute life in the universe....

Meteorite Study Suggests Earth May Have Been Wet Since It Formed
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Meteorite Study Suggests Earth May Have Been Wet Since It Formed

A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings published August 28 in Science suggest that Earth may have always been wet. Researchers from the Centre de...

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Nasal Vaccine Against COVID-19 Prevents Infection in Mice

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a vaccine that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus, can be given in one dose via the nose and is effective in preventing infection in mice susceptible to the novel coronavirus. The investigators next plan to test the vaccine in nonhuman primates and humans to...

Genomic Analysis Reveals Many Animal Species May Be Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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Genomic 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 a new study from the University of California, Davis. An international team of scientists used genomic analysis to compare the main cellular receptor for the virus in humans — angiotensin converting enzyme-2, or ACE2 —...

Research Reveals Toll of Pandemic on Those with Eating Disorders
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Research 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, a new study from Northumbria University, Newcastle, reveals. According to Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, approximately 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder. Until now, little was known about the impact...