A modeling study to explore optimal allocation of vaccines against monkeypox virus (MPXV) provides a road map for public health to maximize the impact of a limited supply of vaccines. The article, published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Research finds low-certainty evidence that programs such as emergency rent assistance, legal assistance with waitlist priority for public housing, long-term rent subsidies and homeownership assistance lead to positive health ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Female biological sex was associated with greater negative emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study of European countries. The study, which assessed associations between biological sex, sociocultural ...
Nov 14, 2022
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A research team from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics of Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) has analyzed vaccination schedules published by 29 countries at the turn of 2020 and 2021, including members of the ...
Nov 9, 2022
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When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada's Humboldt County in August, it was the state's first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area. Soon, cases were found in other rural counties—Nye, Lyon, and Elko—posing ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Newfoundland and Labrador made history in September as the first Canadian province to implement a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes also exist outside of Canada, including in Mexico, Philadelphia, ...
Oct 28, 2022
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When epidemics break out and public health emergencies are declared, people shy away from seeking care for other conditions. This may seem counter-intuitive at first glance. But it makes sense. Ordinary life is disrupted, ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Environmental pollutants can seriously harm human health, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled "Environmental Health: A Position ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Pandemic prevention practices such as masking and social distancing have upended expectations for the arrival of "sick season," the traditional wave of colds, flu, and other respiratory illnesses that rise as temperatures ...
Oct 21, 2022
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We developed a new method for assessing health risks that our research suggests should make it a lot easier for people to determine which health advice to follow—and which to ignore. The approach, recently published in ...
Oct 21, 2022
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