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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, many families found themselves suddenly isolated together at home. A year later, new research has linked this period with a variety of large, detrimental effects on individuals’ and families’ well-being and functioning. The study—led by Penn State researchers—found that in the first months of the pandemic, parents […]
New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat the spread of respiratory diseases within cities, according to a study published November 19, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Nicola Müller and Tanja Stadler of ETH Zürich, and colleagues. As shown with the current severe […]
Coronavirus cases have TRIPLED to almost 6,200 within three days and the outbreak is now worse than SARS – but China insists spread ‘will peak in the next 10 days’ Just 2,014 patients had been struck down with the infection by January 26 This has now risen dramatically to 6,168, with cases in the US […]
Cutting air pollution brings health benefits ‘within WEEKS’ with road and factory closures slashing rates of lung and heart diseases US researchers studied the effects of polluting-cutting policies around the world Closing roads and factories for Olympics and no-smoking policies had benefits Slashing air pollution can improve people’s health in a matter of weeks, they […]
Despite the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2000, HIV/AIDS is still the most common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, according to data from the Global Burden of Disease. A new scientific paper reveals striking variation in HIV prevalence at provincial and district levels. The paper, published in Nature, provides precise geographic estimates […]