The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new position paper addressing health as a human right and examining the intersection of human rights, ethical obligations, and health reform in recognizing health as a human right. The position paper…

In a recent study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers evaluated mortality in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Study: Severe mental illness, race/ethnicity, multimorbidity and mortality following COVID-19 infection: nationally representative…

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Reviewed Four types of animal-to-human (zoonotic) Infections have been increasing at an "exponential rate," amid a general pattern of increasingly larger and more frequent 'spillover' epidemics, finds an analysis of 60 years of historical epidemiological data, published in the open…

My nine-year-old grandson recently told me the bits of spinach in my tortellini soup were his “worst nightmare.” A bit over-dramatic, don’t you think? This same kid has no problem downing any sweet treat that comes his way, however. Why…

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School policies that require students with COVID-19 to stay out of the classroom for five days are more than sufficient. That’s because children infected with the omicron variant remained infectious for a median time of three days after testing positive…

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Cervical cancer to be wiped out by 2040: NHS chief executive makes ‘truly momentous’ pledge with vow to boost uptake of HPV vaccine and screening Those eligible for the jab will be able to get it in libraries and sports…

Predisposing risk factors identified in four overlapping domains Historical and malleable factors: Depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other psychological diagnoses; intolerance of distress Current and malleable factors: Chronic pain, psychological diagnoses, deficit in coping skills, opioid availability Historical and…