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How has extensive media coverage of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine-related fatal events impacted healthcare services in Norway?

Scientists from Sweden and Norway have recently investigated how media reportage on fatal side-effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has impacted the use of healthcare services among newly vaccinated healthcare workers. The findings reveal that the media reporting has caused a sharp increase in primary and specialist healthcare service utilization by healthcare staff.

14 Jul 2021

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Study shows that a machine learning-based predictive model can be trained using telephone conversations to identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

14 Jul 2021

Red state, blue state, twin outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado’s anomalous covid spikes

Brandon Graves said covid-19 arrived in Wheatland the way new movies do in this High Plains farming town: months after hitting the big cities and without much fanfare.

14 Jul 2021

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

At 15, Autumn Fuernisen is dying. She was diagnosed at age 11 with a rare degenerative brain disorder that has no known cure or way to slow it down: juvenile-onset Huntington's disease.

14 Jul 2021

Study: COVID-19 has not led to a net increase in smoking unlike other natural disasters

Unlike other population-level stressful events such as natural disasters, COVID-19 has not resulted in a net increase in smoking, according to a new study from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project, at the University of Waterloo.

14 Jul 2021

Study assesses the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and the situations of stress and sadness associated with it have not significantly increased the prevalence of depression and anxiety among participants in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brazil) who live in the city of São Paulo.

13 Jul 2021

COVID-19 vaccine allocation based on health, socioeconomic factors may help minimize deaths

COVID-19 vaccination strategies in the United States are informed by individual characteristics such as age and occupation.

13 Jul 2021

Study evaluates COVID-19's impact on food-shopping behavior for food-insecure populations

The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about every aspect of normal life, including how we bought food.

13 Jul 2021

Leading cardiovascular organizations call for global action to improve clinician well-being

Clinician well-being is imperative to providing high-quality patient care, yet clinician burnout continues to increase, especially over the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

13 Jul 2021

Wildtype SARS-CoV-2 more widespread in 10-19-year-olds prior to vaccine availability in the USA

A new study aimed to investigate the susceptibility of adolescents as compared to older adults in the United States during the summer of 2020.

13 Jul 2021

Raising awareness of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy could boost uptake among doubters

Informing people about how well the new COVID-19 vaccines work could boost uptake among doubters substantially, according to new research.

13 Jul 2021

U.S. data-protection laws do not reflect the public’s preferences, study reveals

In the United States, massive volumes of individual-level data, called "big data," are used for a variety of reasons, including marketing, intelligence gathering and political campaigns.

13 Jul 2021

EU travel pass comes under fire for leaving behind Covishield recipients

A mandatory pass for travel within the European Union during the COVID-19 pandemic has come under fire for leaving behind lower-income countries reliant on the COVAX facility for vaccinations.

13 Jul 2021

Whole grain consumption may reduce risk factors of heart disease as we age

Middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of whole grains daily had smaller increases in waist size, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels over time compared to those who ate less than one-half serving per day, according to new research.

13 Jul 2021

Linguistic isolation impacts health outcomes of older Mexican Americans

New research from the University of Georgia finds that older Mexican Americans who live in low English-speaking neighborhoods are at greater risk for poor health and even an early death.

13 Jul 2021

Three in ten people unable to do frequent handwashing at home during COVID-19

Health experts cited frequent handwashing as a key way to prevent the spread of infection as COVID-19 took hold. But a global report has found that three in ten people were unable to do this in their homes.

13 Jul 2021

Latin American communities heavily affected by mercury and lead contamination

Intervention programmes are vitally needed to support Amazonian communities exposed to mercury contamination in Latin America, and children who are among those most affected by lead poisoning.

13 Jul 2021

Indonesia needs faster vaccination rollout to battle against COVID-19 spike

Emergency oxygen supplies and a faster vaccination rollout are desperately needed in Indonesia, health experts say, amid a spike in cases and the emergence of the highly infectious Kappa variant.

13 Jul 2021

Analysis finds many U.S. citizen migrant children to be underinsured

While attending a conference at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City several years ago, Sharon Borja was struck by the story of a young man who, as a child, joined his parents repatriating to their native country of Mexico. Like millions of Mexican immigrants, the family had called the United States home for years, and having been born in the U.S., he was an American citizen.

13 Jul 2021

Reductions in local government funding contribute to declines in life expectancy

A new study from researchers at the University of Liverpool shows that decreasing local government funding over recent years probably contributed to declines in life expectancy in some areas of England, which was stalling even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

13 Jul 2021

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How has extensive media coverage of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine-related fatal events impacted healthcare services in Norway?

Predictive model using vocal features from phone conversations can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Red state, blue state, twin outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado’s anomalous covid spikes

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

Study: COVID-19 has not led to a net increase in smoking unlike other natural disasters

Study assesses the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 vaccine allocation based on health, socioeconomic factors may help minimize deaths

Study evaluates COVID-19's impact on food-shopping behavior for food-insecure populations

Leading cardiovascular organizations call for global action to improve clinician well-being

Wildtype SARS-CoV-2 more widespread in 10-19-year-olds prior to vaccine availability in the USA

Raising awareness of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy could boost uptake among doubters

U.S. data-protection laws do not reflect the public’s preferences, study reveals

EU travel pass comes under fire for leaving behind Covishield recipients

Whole grain consumption may reduce risk factors of heart disease as we age

Linguistic isolation impacts health outcomes of older Mexican Americans

Three in ten people unable to do frequent handwashing at home during COVID-19

Latin American communities heavily affected by mercury and lead contamination

Indonesia needs faster vaccination rollout to battle against COVID-19 spike

Analysis finds many U.S. citizen migrant children to be underinsured

Reductions in local government funding contribute to declines in life expectancy

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