Scientists show that there is a close association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in wastewater, with the viral loads picking up to two days before the cases were detected.
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A 19th century rural Dutch village had unusually low rates of breastfeeding, likely because mothers were busy working, according to a study published April 13, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andrea L. Waters-Rist ...
Apr 13, 2022
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In a rural village near Guadalajara, Mexico, Maria Magdalena Valencia Juares, known as Elena, has to climb 120 stairs to get to her home on the top of a hill. It's a source of exercise for the 70-year-old and the connection ...
Jan 17, 2024
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New psychosocial stressors and widespread lifestyle changes resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to depression, isolation, and anxiety. Many studies have explored the impact of the pandemic on the general population's ...
May 24, 2023
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The relationship between rice and malaria in Africa has changed, with malaria prevalence now higher in villages close to irrigated rice fields, according to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
Mar 10, 2022
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Wastewater-based epidemiological tracking of COVID-19 in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic village showed that SARS-CoV-2 was present in areas without diagnosed individuals.
Feb 3, 2022
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"We don't want to be tripping over Zimmer frames all the time," said John*, 73. He clearly felt frustrated and had a strong objection to the older, more frail residents in his retirement village. John and his wife, Jean, ...
Dec 28, 2021
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Village doctors who were community health workers in rural China were trained and successfully treated people with uncontrolled high blood pressure in 326 villages using a standard protocol and health coaching, resulting ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Do masks work? And if so, should you reach for an N95, a surgical mask, a cloth mask or a gaiter?
Sep 22, 2021
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Having grown up poor in a rural village in Zimbabwe, Wilson Majee saw firsthand as a child the lack of educational opportunities that were easily accessible and how that impacted the youth in his village.
Apr 28, 2021
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