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·August 28, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19 Messaging Less Effective When Tied to Trump

The source of coronavirus public health messaging plays a role in how effective it is. When the president's name was associated with the message, the effectiveness of the message decreased, not just compared to other sources, but even when there was no source at all. Read More

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·March 16, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19 ‘Worry about 4 weeks from now,’ researchers warn

With the peak of COVID-19 cases occurring between 3.5 to four weeks after controlled interventions were put into place in China, US researchers are urging the public to ramp up social distancing efforts and increase testing immediately. Read More

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·March 9, 2020·5 min read

5.1 days incubation period for COVID-19

Researchers report the median time from exposure to symptoms for the COVID-19 virus is 5.1 days. 97.5% of people who develop symptoms of coronavirus will do so within 11.5 days of exposure. For every 10,000 people quarantined for 14 days, an estimated 101 would develop symptoms after release. Read More

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·March 1, 2020·3 min read

Life expectancy not improving for first time in 100 years

For the first time in 100 years, life expectancy has failed to increase in the population. For the poorest 10% of women, life expectancy has declined. Mortality rates of those aged between 45 and 49 have increased as a result of suicide and substance abuse. Read More

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·February 29, 2020·5 min read

How to Prepare for a Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.

Researchers explain how the general public can help protect themselves and those around them from coronavirus. Read More

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·February 29, 2020·9 min read

A big coronavirus mystery: What about the children?

Infectious disease experts report between 40% and 70% of adults could become infected with coronavirus during the outbreak. In a new interview, Dr. Lipsitch, head of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, discusses the risks and spread potential of COVID-19, and addresses how the infection could impact children's' health. Read More

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·January 29, 2020·6 min read

Higher maternal socioeconomics offer little protection against toxic prenatal stress

Maternal stress and anxiety alter the structure and biochemistry of the developing fetal brain. Read More

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·January 16, 2020·2 min read

Lifetime suicide risk factors identified

Analyzing previous studies, researchers have identified the effects of individual and environmental risk factors for suicide over a person's lifespan. The risk factors, researchers report, change throughout a person's lifetime. Read More

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·January 12, 2020·3 min read

Hikikomori: New definition helps identify, treat extreme social isolation

Hikikomori, the condition of extreme social isolation, is more ubiquitous than previously believed. Researchers say modern tools to help improve interpersonal communication may have the opposite effect. Read More

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·December 6, 2019·3 min read

Study finds BPA levels in humans dramatically underestimated

A new method reveals BPA levels may be more than 44 times higher in humans than previously believed. Read More

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·October 29, 2019·3 min read

Number of people with dementia will double in twenty years

A new report projects the number of people living with dementia in the US will double to 13 million by 2040. The report estimates that the number of women diagnosed with dementia will rise to 8.5 million, and the number of men with dementia will reach 4.5 million. Read More

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·October 21, 2019·8 min read

Polio-like disease AFM linked to enterovirus

Researchers detected immunological remnants of enterovirus in the nervous systems of more than 12 patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The findings provide the strongest evidence to date that AFM is caused by a virus. The discovery could lead to improved diagnostics for the condition and the development of a vaccine for AFM. Read More

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