Although some media outlets have begun referring to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a "modern plague", the threat of COVID-19 remains negligible compared with historic outbreaks of plague. The latest World Health ...
Mar 6, 2020
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University of Alberta researchers have trained a machine learning model to identify people with post-traumatic stress disorder with 80 percent accuracy by analyzing text data. The model could one day serve as an accessible ...
Apr 7, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Measles outbreaks across the United States—including one in Washington state where 50 cases have now been identified—have again shone the spotlight on parents who resist getting kids vaccinated.
Feb 7, 2019
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Although demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems high, vaccine hesitancy could pose a major threat to public health efforts to end the pandemic, according to an editorial published today in the journal Science.
Mar 25, 2021
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Tweets by people in the public eye likely increasingly shaped negative public opinion of the COVID-19 pandemic as it progressed in the US, suggests an analysis of sentiments expressed in social media posts, published in the ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Europeans are willing to prioritize COVID-19 vaccines for individuals at risk in the Global South over those in their own countries, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Oct 18, 2022
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The World Health Organization warned European countries Tuesday about "pandemic fatigue" which it says threatens the continent's ability to tackle the coronavirus.
Oct 6, 2020
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health Organization ...
Aug 9, 2014
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A new study from the University of Illinois Chicago examines key themes and topics from almost three million COVID-19 vaccine-related tweets posted by individuals and explores the trends and variations in public opinions ...
Apr 27, 2022
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How does society establish a new normal during a pandemic?
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