Psychology & Psychiatry

Achievement and escapism can lead to online video game addiction

As online video games increase in popularity—particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay home—some players are becoming addicted as they seek feelings of achievement and escape, according to new research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Pandemic babies: How COVID-19 has affected child development

Babies born after March 11 2020 will have only known a world in the grip of a pandemic. They may never have met anyone who isn't their parent, or they may only ever have seen their grandparents from a distance. They certainly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How research on chronic illnesses will improve COVID-19 treatment

A new paper in Oxford Open Immunology, published by Oxford University Press, examines prior findings in the field of neuroimmunology that suggest potential treatment strategies for patients suffering long-term symptoms from ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: COVID-19 vaccine myths

There has been a lot of news coverage about the COVID-19 vaccines recently developed and now being administered across the U.S.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 vaccine myths debunked

A vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is perhaps the best hope for ending the pandemic. A number of biopharmaceutical companies have applied for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization ...

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