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Counting pandemic behaviors to inform public health decisions

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many significant changes to people’s lives, but one of the most visible signals of this has been the proliferation of masks and other face-coverings in public spaces. In a recent study published in the Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal, authors from the Penn State College of Information Sciences […]

Health Problems

Babies understand counting years earlier than believed

Babies who are years away from being able to say “one,” “two,” and “three” actually already have a sense of what counting means, Johns Hopkins University researchers have discovered. The findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it’s about quantity. “Although they are years away […]

Personal Health

Pharmacies in Switzerland include antibiotics tablets

As a measure against the development of resistance to antibiotics was started in the Swiss Canton of Ticino, a pilot project: the pharmacies give out there only the really required amount of antibiotics. Unneeded tablets remaining in the pharmacy and are available for follow-up recipes available, or to be disposed of after the end of […]