Health
Patient notes could offer solution to the 'missing' coronavirus diagnoses
GP's notes currently unavailable to medical researchers could provide clues to help manage major health crises—like COVID-19.
May 26, 2020
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News tagged with public health crises
Addiction
Philadelphia bans safe injection sites—evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good
The United States remains tightly in the grasp of an ongoing, and escalating, crisis of deaths caused by opioid overdoses.
Oct 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding Ebola: Professor explains how disease works and how to make headway against it
Though a few Ebola-infected Americans have begun returning home from the epidemic in West Africa, U.S. medical experts believe that there is still little risk that the epidemic will gain hold here. Key questions, however, ...
Aug 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drug
U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental approach against the virus that has killed more than 238,000 Americans.
Nov 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19: Developing nations face different risks
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact countries worldwide, we've seen how nations around the world are working to mobilize populations, resources, and government assistance to mitigate spread of the virus ...
Apr 1, 2020
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Medical economics
Poverty, racism and the public health crisis in America
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health and social problems as a function of income inequality. In a newly published article, Bettina Beech, clinical ...
Nov 11, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Take care of your mental health during pandemic
(HealthDay)—It's crucial that you look after your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.
Dec 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What can we learn from epidemics past?
Almost a year ago, when Caltech professor of social science history Tracy Dennison proposed a class on the history of epidemics for the winter term of 2021, she had no idea we would still be in the grip of COVID-19. "So, ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Health
New book sheds light on the practicalities and realities of humanitarian operations
"Public Health in a Chaotic World" is a new book edited by Dr. Sohaib Khan and Dr. Juhani Miettola, aiming to introduce young public health workers to the practicalities and realities of humanitarian crisis relief operations.
Apr 6, 2022
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