In this feature, we look at the benefits of globally authorized monoclonal antibody treatments, along with some potential safety concerns and challenges in implementation. As countries continue to roll out vaccines to prevent COVID-19 and achieve herd immunity, scientists continue…
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Could a common cold virus help fight COVID-19?
A lab-based study has found that a virus that causes the common cold can trigger an innate immune response against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. In theory, infections with the common cold virus could inhibit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2…
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Healthcare workers have 7 times the risk of severe COVID-19
A study of severe COVID-19 in the United Kingdom reveals the risk that healthcare workers take to help others. A new study in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine examines the risks that “essential” and “nonessential” British workers will develop…
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Doctors warn against excessive drinking during the pandemic
Doctors have warned that people in the United States may be drinking excessively as a way to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new viewpoint article, two doctors have warned that more people in the U.S. may be turning…
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COVID-19: Who is immune without having an infection?
Scientists have discovered antibodies that react to the new coronavirus in blood samples donated prior to the start of the pandemic. They suggest that some people may have at least a degree of preexisting immunity to the new virus. The…
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US election 2020: Undocumented status and mental healthcare access
In this perspective article, Dr. Luz M. Garcini, Cristina Abraham, and Pamela L. Cruz consider what the upcoming presidential election might mean for the access to mental healthcare of people living with undocumented status in the United States. Disclaimer: Dr….
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What will the US election mean for older adults' (mental) health?
Briana Mezuk, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, as well as the co-director of the University’s Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health. In this opinion piece, she…
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US election 2020: The psychology of voting … and not voting
According to some recent surveys, almost half of all United States citizens who are eligible to vote do not report to their polling stations to cast their ballots. In this Special Feature, we look at some of the psychological explanations…
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COVID-19: Can we tackle the root cause of inflammation?
Researchers in Spain and the United States have proposed that an existing drug may help prevent an excessive, life threatening immune reaction to SARS-CoV-2 in susceptible individuals. In people with severe COVID-19, which is the disease that SARS-CoV-2 causes, “hyperinflammation”…
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What explains racial disparities in sleep? Physicians weigh in
Last week, we dove deep into existing research and revealed profound racial disparities in the amount of sleep that adults in the United States get on a regular basis. This week, we follow up with a Special Feature that tackles…
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