Pediatrics
Masks in class—how damaging to child development?
Two years into the pandemic, concerns around the effect of masks on the linguistic, emotional and social development of children are taking center stage.
Feb 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Restoring community dialogue and resilience: The next COVID-19 emergency
COVID-19 is not the first health crisis to affect Canada. Previous emergencies, like the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy in 2013, showed the importance of including the affected communities to promote better adherence to preventive ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Health
How nurses can help reduce health misinformation
On July 15, 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an urgent plea for all Americans to take part in slowing a serious threat to public health. He wasn't talking about the COVID-19 pandemic, but rather the harmful effects on ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 case trajectories may be predicted by surveying communities
The public's willingness to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations correlates with COVID-19 case projections in zip codes where those surveyed about their intended behaviors live, according ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Health
Integrating health and social care: Seven steps for success
The widespread deaths of the elderly in care homes that occurred as a result of poor decisions by government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the lack of knowledge about how the care sector works.
Jan 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Does our place in society influence how we respond to COVID-19 protocol?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign electrical and computer engineering professor Lav Varshney is a co-author of a new study that explores how social capital influences choices regarding COVID-19 mitigation compliance. ...
Dec 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response, but social behaviors matter just as much
Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed that the sharp declines in infectious disease death rates in the late 1900s were due to improved economic ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds expectant women in areas with worse health disparities have greater risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center studied outcomes for young women at a county hospital and found that while 97% of them accessed prenatal care, those with greater social needs were associated with adverse outcomes ...
Dec 16, 2021
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccines for children: How parents are influenced by misinformation, and how to counter it
Since COVID-19 vaccines became available for children ages 5 to 11 in early November 2021, many families have been lining up to get their school-age kids vaccinated prior to holiday travel and gatherings.
Dec 16, 2021
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Autism spectrum disorders
Videos help students with autism spectrum disorder communicate with peers
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience challenges in social interactions with their peers, and these challenges are intensified for those who also have limited speech. Researchers in Penn State's ...
Dec 15, 2021
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