For all the anticipation around new COVID-19 tests, therapeutics and vaccines, public health experts know that the end of the pandemic will depend also on a low-tech, tried-and-true tactic—contact tracing.
May 1, 2020
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Last spring, Julietta Sorensen Kass was busy planning a project that would see almost 3,000 visitors to the Halifax Public Gardens interacting with trees via text message.
Apr 9, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The coronavirus pandemic will put extra stress on caregivers of loved ones with dementias, so the Alzheimer's Foundation of America offers some advice.
Apr 3, 2020
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Screen time for little kids takes a lot of heat under normal conditions. The American Academy of Pediatrics' official recommendations urge families to be thoughtful and judicious about screen time for youngsters from birth ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Despite internet memes suggesting that social distancing is an introvert's paradise, it's really not that simple, says University of Arizona psychologist Matthias Mehl.
Mar 27, 2020
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Electronic bracelets and phones that report your whereabouts, text messages if you stray too far from quarantine and digital detectives tracking where you've been—Asian countries have embraced innovative, if somewhat invasive, ...
Mar 20, 2020
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We know we shouldn't, but most of us have clicked "agree" in a hurry to download an app or sign up for a streaming service without reading the user agreement in detail.
Feb 24, 2020
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Pregnant urban African American and immigrant Afro-Caribbean women are more likely to receive the prenatal health information they need if they are given access to mhealth apps like Text4baby. That is the finding of a new ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Telehealth interventions are associated with improved obstetric outcomes, according to a review published from physician-researchers at the George Washington University. The article, published in the journal Obstetrics and ...
Feb 11, 2020
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Nearly 130 people in the United States commit suicide every day. New work at the University of Virginia suggests that language used in text messages may one day help clinicians predict an increased risk of a suicide attempt ...
Jan 27, 2020
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