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Interventions Boost Abstinence, Condom Use for Black Teens

Sexual health interventions are effective at increasing both abstinence and condom use in Black adolescents, according to research from North Carolina State University evaluating dozens of studies on interventions and outcomes in Black youth. The new paper, published in JAMA Pediatrics, draws on data from 29 studies that reported on a total of 11,918 Black adolescents....

Antibodies Could Provide New Treatment for OCD
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Antibodies Could Provide New Treatment for OCD

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Roehampton, London, have discovered that patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have increased levels of a protein called Immuno-moodulin (Imood) in their lymphocytes, a type of immune cell. Mice with high levels of this protein were also found to exhibit behaviours that are...

Gender-Based Violence in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Gender-Based Violence in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gender-based violence has been shown to increase during global emergencies. In a paper just published by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, researchers report that according to early evidence it is the same for the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings are online in the journal Bioethics. Early results from China suggest that domestic violence has dramatically...

Mental Health Preparedness Among Older Youth in Foster Care
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Mental Health Preparedness Among Older Youth in Foster Care

An estimated 25,000 to 28,000 youth transition out of foster care each year in the United States. In a new study, interviews with hundreds of 17-year-olds in the California foster care system reveal not only elevated mental health counseling and medication use, but also that youth with indicated mental health needs feel less prepared to...

Segregation and Local Funding Gaps Drive Disparities in Drinking Water
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Segregation and Local Funding Gaps Drive Disparities in Drinking Water

As droughts become more frequent and intense, the fragmentation of water service in the U.S. among tens of thousands of community systems, most of which are small and rely on local funding, leaves many households vulnerable to water contamination or loss of service, a new Duke University analysis finds. These vulnerabilities aren’t distributed equally, the...

COVID-19 Pandemic May Exacerbate Childhood Obesity
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COVID-19 Pandemic May Exacerbate Childhood Obesity

Public health scientists predict that school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. Andrew Rundle, DrPH, associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and colleagues expect that COVID-19-related school closures will double out-of-school time this year for many children in...

Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow COVID-19 Pandemic’s Advance
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Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow COVID-19 Pandemic’s Advance

Surgical masks may help prevent infected people from making others sick with seasonal viruses, including coronaviruses, according to new research that could help settle a fierce debate spanning clinical and cultural norms. In laboratory experiments, the masks significantly reduced the amounts of various airborne viruses coming from infected patients, measured using the breath-capturing “Gesundheit II...

How Stoicism Can Offer Peace of Mind During Pandemic and Beyond
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How Stoicism Can Offer Peace of Mind During Pandemic and Beyond

The pandemic began in the East, sweeping through cities and towns, disrupting daily life and sowing fear and uncertainty throughout much of the known world. It was the second century CE. And the Antonine Plague, as it came to be called, weighed heavily on the mind of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Today, Marcus is...

Responding to COVID-19: How to Navigate a Public Health Emergency Legally and Ethically
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Responding to COVID-19: How to Navigate a Public Health Emergency Legally and Ethically

Few novel or emerging infectious diseases have posed such vital ethical challenges so quickly and dramatically as the novel coronavirus. An early-view essay in the March-April 2020 Hastings Center Report offers guidance at a time when health care institutions and governments are desperately confronting these challenges. The authors are Prof. Lawrence O. Gostin, director of the O’Neill...