Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK report: Lessons on crisis preparation learned from COVID-19
A new Blavatnik School report examines how the UK's crisis systems fared in the first half of 2020.
Mar 31, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic anniversary highlights need for expanded bereavement support services
The COVID-19 pandemic, which killed millions across the world, had a dire impact on the ability of their loved ones to grieve. A study by Simon Fraser University researchers published in the journal Illness, Crisis & Loss, ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Health
Global health financing hits record high, but historical gaps persist
A new global analysis shows total health-related financial assistance to fight COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the first two years of the pandemic was a record $37.8 billion, which was 810% higher ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Medical economics
Sharing vaccine intellectual property with global community could save millions of lives
If pharmaceutical companies shared their intellectual property rights to vaccines with the global community, millions of lives could be saved in future pandemics, according to a new paper co-authored by faculty at Binghamton ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As COVID turns 3, experts worry about where the next pandemic will come from and whether we'll be ready
For years, public health experts warned of the possibility of an illness spreading across the globe killing millions. After all, it had happened before.
Jan 3, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
COVID deepened inequalities in HIV treatment: What we learned in Nigeria
The 2022 World AIDS Day theme is Equalize. The reason for this focus is that HIV reflects economic and social inequity. People with low socio-economic status are worst affected by the epidemic. Also, the worst impacts of ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The UK government's pandemic response was often not 'guided by the science.' Yet now scientists are under fire
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, an independent inquiry set up to examine the country's response to and the impact of the COVID pandemic, has officially begun.
Oct 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World remains unprepared to face new pandemics: panel
Global reform efforts to better ward off new pandemic threats have been slow and fragmented, leaving the world as unprepared as when COVID-19 first surfaced, a report warned Wednesday.
May 18, 2022
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Health
Pandemic redeployment caused stress to nurses: study
Many nurses who were redeployed to front line roles during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced stress and anxiety as a result—but were also highly motivated to provide the best possible care—according to a new study published ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Universal design guidelines for improving quality of life and COVID-19 infection control in residential care
Researchers from TrinityHaus, a research center in the School of Engineering in Trinity, today launched the world's first set of Universal Design Guidelines for improving quality of life and enhancing COVID-19 infection control ...
Mar 14, 2022
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