THURSDAY, Dec. 17, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated racial divides in health care in numerous ways, and a new study reveals yet another: Suicides among Black people doubled during COVID-19 lockdowns, while suicides in white individuals were cut…
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More Than One-Quarter of Americans Are 'Vaccine Hesitant' About COVID-19 Shot, Survey Finds
A new survey has found that over a quarter of Americans are "vaccine hesitant" about taking a shot to help prevent contracting the coronavirus. Published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, the findings reflect that while…
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‘Route out’ of pandemic: UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, the start of an unprecedented global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million. Margaret Keenan,…
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Teens Still Able to Access E-Cigarettes During COVID-19 Pandemic
THURSDAY, Dec. 3, 2020 — Underage youth report being able to access electronic cigarettes from online and retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Dec. 3 in JAMA Network Open. Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Ph.D., from…
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Jonathan Van Ness Says 'There Are Not Enough Resources' for HIV Positive and Disenfranchised People
Jonathan Van Ness has been at home — gardening and spending time with his four cats — throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who is HIV positive and therefore at a higher risk of severe illness, he feels safer staying…
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Six pandemic profiles identified in study of public’s response to guidance
Researchers investigating the public response to official COVID-19 guidance say people can be split into six distinct groups determined by the way they search for, follow and act upon official advice. The profiles have been identified by social scientists at the University…
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Value of vaccine to end COVID-19 pandemic worth 5% to 15% of global wealth
The monetary value of a vaccine that could potentially end the COVID-19 pandemic is between 5%-15% of worldwide wealth, according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign business professor. The value of a vaccine rises substantially…
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Antimicrobial resistance as dangerous as pandemic: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance was every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic—and threatened to reverse a century of medical progress. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the issue “one of the greatest health…
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Nurses Feeling the Strain of the COVID Pandemic Say the Resurgence Is ‘Paralyzing’
For Christina Nester, the pandemic lull in Massachusetts lasted about three months — through summer into early fall. In late June, St. Vincent Hospital had resumed elective surgeries, and the unit the 48-year-old nurse works on switched back from taking…
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Social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic linked with high blood pressure
Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to emergency. That’s the finding of a study presented at the 46th Argentine Congress of Cardiology (SAC). “Admission to the emergency department…
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