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Researchers find slight increase in loneliness among emerging adults

Emerging adults today feel lonelier than in the past - and not just since the coronavirus pandemic. This is indicated by an evaluation of studies on the loneliness of emerging adults between 1976 and 2019, conducted by a research team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

18 Dec 2021

Study reveals how lockdown affected sex lives of people in Britain

Lockdown affected people's sex lives in a variety of different ways with young people reporting the greatest changes, according to a new study, published today in BMJ Sexually Transmitted Infections.

18 Dec 2021

Used anesthetic gases can be captured and recycled to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Used anesthetic gases can be simply and safely captured and recycled into new anesthetics, suggests new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, held online this year.

17 Dec 2021

Creating an online platform to educate physicians on latest diabetes technology and improve patient care

As a nurse, researcher, and educator at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado School of Medicine for the past 17 years, Laurel Messer, PhD, has conducted clinical trials that brought devices to market to help diabetes patients monitor their blood sugar levels and administer insulin.

17 Dec 2021

New $15.7 million NIH grant to provide continued support for Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Researchers from Arizona State University are among the leads for a new prestigious grant expected to total $15.7 million over the next five years from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to provide continued support for the Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

17 Dec 2021

Updated WHO information note highlights the need to maintain continuity of TB services during COVID-19

As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential health services and operations are continued to protect the lives of people with TB and other diseases or health conditions.

17 Dec 2021

Study reveals Swedes’ perception of media reporting on the coronavirus

Researchers belong to the professional groups that most Swedes trust, when they comment on the coronavirus in the media.

17 Dec 2021

More than 50% of the adult UK population boosted against COVID-19

More than 50% of the adult UK population are now boosted after the programme was accelerated this week to offer the jab to everyone aged over 18.

17 Dec 2021

Test-to-stay practices in schools can minimize absenteeism and learning loss

Today, CDC released two reports in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlighting the use of test-to-stay practices used in schools to minimize absenteeism and learning loss which can occur during traditional quarantine at home.

17 Dec 2021

CDC endorses ACIP’s updated recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19

Today, CDC is endorsing updated recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the prevention of COVID-19, expressing a clinical preference for individuals to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine over Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Dec 2021

Government provides record funding to support the social care sector

Care providers, residents and staff will all benefit from additional funding to support the social care sector.

17 Dec 2021

Government and faith leaders unite in the national effort to urge booster uptake

The government and faith leaders have united in the national effort to get the country boosted in the wake of a surge in Omicron cases.

17 Dec 2021

WHO supports Nigeria in responding to the yellow fever outbreak amidst a global pandemic

In early November 2020, positive samples for yellow fever were reported from five Nigerian states. Nigeria is a high-risk country for yellow fever and is a priority country for the global eliminate yellow fever epidemics (EYE) strategy.

17 Dec 2021

As hospitals fill up, paramedics spend more time moving patients, less on emergencies

The night after Thanksgiving, a small ambulance service that covers a huge swath of southwestern Colorado got a call that a patient needed an emergency transfer from the hospital in Gunnison to a larger one with an intensive care unit 65 miles away in Montrose.

17 Dec 2021

‘The charges seem crazy’: Hospitals impose a ‘facility fee’ — for a video visit

When Arielle Harrison's 9-year-old needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New Haven Health System in June, a telehealth visit seemed like a great option. Since her son wasn't yet eligible to be vaccinated against covid-19, they could connect with the doctor via video and avoid venturing into a germy medical facility.

17 Dec 2021

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Researchers find slight increase in loneliness among emerging adults

Study reveals how lockdown affected sex lives of people in Britain

Used anesthetic gases can be captured and recycled to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Creating an online platform to educate physicians on latest diabetes technology and improve patient care

New $15.7 million NIH grant to provide continued support for Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Updated WHO information note highlights the need to maintain continuity of TB services during COVID-19

Study reveals Swedes’ perception of media reporting on the coronavirus

More than 50% of the adult UK population boosted against COVID-19

Test-to-stay practices in schools can minimize absenteeism and learning loss

CDC endorses ACIP’s updated recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19

Government provides record funding to support the social care sector

Government and faith leaders unite in the national effort to urge booster uptake

WHO supports Nigeria in responding to the yellow fever outbreak amidst a global pandemic

As hospitals fill up, paramedics spend more time moving patients, less on emergencies

‘The charges seem crazy’: Hospitals impose a ‘facility fee’ — for a video visit

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