Archive: 09/03/2022

Austria suspends vaccine mandate before enforcement starts

Austria's government said Wednesday it is suspending the country's coronavirus vaccination mandate for most adults, arguing that there's no need to implement it at present only a week before its enforcement was due to begin.

Mar 9, 2022

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Researchers find equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution can target risks in different geographical areas

Researchers at The University of New Mexico, the Allende Program in Social Medicine in Albuquerque and the Global Institute of Public Health in India report in a new study of vaccine distribution in different parts of the ...

Mar 9, 2022

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Continuing face mask use could save U.S. billions of dollars

In recent weeks, many locations in the U.S. have been lifting indoor face mask requirements, despite less than 70 percent of the population being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and less than 45 percent having received ...

Mar 9, 2022

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UK stillbirths among black and South Asian communities still double those of rest of population

Despite an overall decline in stillbirths across the UK in recent years, rates among black and South Asian communities are still around double those of the rest of the population, finds an analysis of monitoring data, published ...

Mar 9, 2022

Shift work linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed

Shift work is linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Mar 9, 2022

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Only half of transgender people report supportive care from doctors

A new paper in Family Practice indicates that only around half of transgender people report supportive primary care experiences. Participants with more supportive healthcare experiences had less psychological distress as ...

Mar 9, 2022

Cerebral palsy rates are dropping in Australia

New research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates that fewer babies in Australia are being born with cerebral palsy, a lifelong disorder of movement and posture resulting from injury or maldevelopment ...

Mar 9, 2022