Health
New nature lover? It's a COVID-19 side effect
What does it take to get some people to go outside and experience nature? For some urban dwellers, it took the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.
Dec 17, 2020
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University of Vermont
Health
In pandemic, people are turning to nature—especially women
Spotting horned owls in neighborhood trees? Raising a bumper crop of winter squash? You may have much in common with individuals in a new study.
Dec 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-CoV-2 transmission model offers decision-making pathways for safe school opening
Can schools safely remain open or reopen during periods of significant community spread of COVID-19? According to predictions from a model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the school setting, yes—if appropriate precautions ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Health
Study finds lowering nicotine decreases addictiveness of smoking in vulnerable populations
More than 480,000 U.S. deaths per year, as well as diseases affecting 16 million living Americans, can be attributed to cigarette smoking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, this behavior ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Immunology
Gut bacteria in multiple sclerosis: Probiotic or commensal, good or bad?
Researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM) have found that a bacterial species called Lactobacillus reuteri, commonly used in probiotics, can increase disease severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), an ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New COVID test doesn't use scarce reagents, catches all but the least infectious
A major roadblock to large scale testing for coronavirus infection in the developing world is a shortage of key chemicals, or reagents, needed for the test, specifically the ones used to extract the virus's genetic material, ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Pediatrics
Commentary in Pediatrics: Children don't transmit COVID-19, schools should reopen in fall
A commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, concludes that children infrequently transmit COVID-19 to each other or to adults and that many schools, ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Survey: In Vermont, pandemic's impact falling disproportionately on lower income groups
High percentages of Vermonters agree with the social distancing measures put in place by the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic and have complied with them, according to a new survey. But their attitudes and actions, ...
Jun 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Working to improve COVID-19 testing
A shortage of COVID-19 test kits and the need for broader testing in Vermont has mobilized a task force of researchers from UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Larner College of Medicine, Vermont Integrative Genomic ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Health
Survey: Food insecurity in Vermont rose 33% during pandemic
Food insecurity in Vermont has increased by one-third during the coronavirus pandemic, from 18.3% to 24.3%, according to a statewide survey conducted by the University of Vermont at the end of March and announced in a series ...
Apr 20, 2020
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