Despite near identical restrictions, 'high-risk behaviors' were significantly higher in the second COVID-19 lockdown than the first, finds a new UCL led study.
Aug 24, 2021
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A new strategy for modeling the spread of COVID-19 incorporates smartphone-captured data on people's movements and shows promise for aiding development of optimal lockdown policies. Ritabrata Dutta of Warwick University, ...
Aug 12, 2021
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Scientists have found the "Groundhog Day" effect of lockdown affects our memory and cognitive ability.
Aug 11, 2021
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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo used smart watches and a dedicated app to monitor 169 subjects before and during Israel's second COVID-19 lockdown ...
Jun 8, 2021
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A new mathematical model suggests that the easing of lockdown must be accompanied by wider and more effective use of control measures such as facemasks even with vaccination, in order to suppress COVID-19 more quickly and ...
Mar 30, 2021
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New research shows people who pursue meaningful activities—things they enjoy doing—during lockdown feel more satisfied than those who simply keep themselves busy.
Jan 11, 2021
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A mass screening program of more than 10 million Wuhan residents identified 300 asymptomatic cases, but none were infectious—according to a study involving the University of East Anglia.
Nov 30, 2020
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Self-reports of smell and taste changes provide earlier markers of the spread of infection of SARS-CoV-2 than current governmental indicators, according to an international team of researchers. The researchers also observed ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Sharing a home with a pet appeared to act as a buffer against psychological stress during lockdown, a new survey shows.
Sep 25, 2020
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Professors in Texas Tech University's Department of Mechanical Engineering through the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering have developed a new epidemiological model for predicting COVID-19 spread (which can be ...
Jun 24, 2020
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