After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos. ...
Aug 8, 2022
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A study conducted in the UPV/EHU's Department of Public Policy and Economic History reveals that people's preferences with respect to public health services differ between regions, and recommends devolving decisions and management ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Research into the "green whistle" pain relief inhaler has found no obvious harm for pregnant women or their newborn babies in a study looking at ambulance cases over 17 years.
Jul 29, 2022
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In the first year of the pandemic, San Francisco and other communities in California offered private hotel rooms, three meals a day and on-site medical services to homeless people who were at risk of getting severe COVID-19.
Jul 27, 2022
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In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the introduction of new health regulations, the delivery of specialized treatment by alcohol and other drug treatment services was impacted. As restrictions eased in most ...
Jul 27, 2022
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La Trobe University researchers have done a deep dive into the costs of alcohol use in Australia to those impacted alcohol use, rather than the drinkers themselves, revealing an estimated cost of close to $20 billion in 2016.
Jul 26, 2022
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges were the leading cause of poor life outcomes in young people. As many as 1 in 5 U.S. children aged 3 to 17 have a mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral ...
Jul 25, 2022
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As the latest Omicron subvariant fuels climbing case counts in the United States, the Biden administration has extended the country's public health emergency status through mid-October.
Jul 18, 2022
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Research from the University of Southampton has found around 58% of Ukraine refugees and displaced people are struggling to access health care in their new location.
Jul 14, 2022
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Coronavirus cases have risen steeply in Russia's capital Moscow over the past week, the city's health authorities said.
Jul 12, 2022
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