Health
Trust in NHS advice key to COVID vaccine uptake, study finds
People's trust in the NHS was linked to increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic, a study suggests.
Feb 13, 2024
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News tagged with young leaders
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Health care for millions of pregnant teenage girls is being neglected, reports study
The health care needs of pregnant adolescents will continue to be ignored in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) unless there are major changes to health care delivery and frameworks, according to a new study by UCL and ...
Oct 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Is climate change increasing substance abuse?
We knew that climate change and its effects—natural disasters, pandemics, pollution—are negatively impacting mental and physical health around the world. Now a new study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Pediatrics
'All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens
Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years.
Aug 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds school-based counseling program reduces PTSD symptoms among adolescent girls
The University of Chicago Education Lab released a new study June 7 that found school-based group counseling programs can significantly reduce PTSD, anxiety, and depression among Black and Latina girls. The study, which evaluated ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Health
Q&A: How the FDA can help more people stop smoking
Although smoking rates have decreased in the U.S., more than 30 million people continue to smoke, resulting in nearly half a million deaths each year.
May 3, 2023
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Health
Young people in Africa should have a say in decisions that affect their health: Seven ways to include them
Most of Africa's population—70%—is under 30 years old. In 2017 there were 628 million young people under 25 on the continent. This figure is predicted to reach 945 million by 2050.
Mar 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malawi shuts schools over worsening cholera outbreak
Schools in Malawi's two largest cities are to remain closed until further notice due to a worsening cholera outbreak, the government said on Monday.
Jan 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera outbreak kills 214 in Malawi
Cholera has killed 214 people in Malawi but infections from one of the country's worst outbreaks in a decade have started to abate after peaking last month, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Nov 9, 2022
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Health
Tobacco marketing exposure linked to community vulnerability
A recent University of Kentucky College of Medicine study found that young adults from vulnerable communities are more likely to be exposed to tobacco marketing in their daily lives than are young adults outside these communities.
Oct 22, 2021
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