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Jan 24 2025HEALTH

How COVID-19 Screenings Impact Emergency Department Revisits

Imagine someone goes to the emergency room (ED) and is treated, only to come back within a short time feeling worse. These quick returns can signal serious issues like complications or even death. And during the COVID-19 pandemic, these emergency department revisits got pretty complicated. Screening

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Jan 24 2025POLITICS

Voters' Verdicts: How Crises Shape Election Outcomes

When a big crisis like COVID-19 hits, it's fascinating to see how voters judge their governments. Classical ideas of responsibility get complicated because crises affect many areas and people can compare different performances. We ran an experiment across 16 countries with over 22, 000 people, askin

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Jan 23 2025HEALTH

Why Ageing and Inflammation Affect COVID-19 T-Cell Responses

Imagine you're fighting off a new infection like COVID-19. Your T-cells, the immune system's special forces, play a crucial role. But why do some people's T-cells respond better than others? Age and inflammation have a lot to do with it, especially when it comes to severe COVID-19 cases. Scientists

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Jan 23 2025HEALTH

Judaism, Women's Well-being, and the Pandemic

Let's dive into the study of top 100 articles in the Journal of Religion and Health. This brings us to the second part of a series exploring the relationship between Judaism and health research. We'll also focus on a bunch of studies related to women's health. Plus, we can't forget about the unique

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Jan 23 2025HEALTH

How Impatience Affects Vaccine Booster Decisions

Ever wondered why some people are eager to get vaccine boosters while others aren't? A recent study across several nations found a surprising link. The study, conducted between June and August 2021, looked at people's tendency to prefer immediate smaller rewards over larger future ones, a trait know

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Jan 23 2025HEALTH

Digital Guardians: Protecting Care Homes from COVID

Care homes have been hit hard by COVID-19 outbreaks. Traditional methods like keeping an eye on symptoms and tracking contacts manually aren’t fast enough to stop the virus from spreading. That’s where digital contact tracing systems come in. These smart tools can detect and isolate infected individ

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Jan 22 2025HEALTH

COVID-19 and Raynaud's: A Tale of Surgical Intervention

Meet an 80-year-old gentleman who had a mild COVID-19 case. He didn't have severe symptoms like breathing issues or low oxygen levels. However, he ended up in the emergency department with swollen and blue fingers on both hands. They hurt a lot too! Despite his stable condition and normal overall he

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Jan 22 2025HEALTH

Breast Cancer Survivors' Health Habits: Before and After COVID-19

Usually, studies about breast cancer survivors (BCS) focus on either their diet or exercise habits separately. But our research wanted to know what they think about both, together. The COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, including how these survivors take care of their health. We need to understan

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Jan 22 2025HEALTH

COVID-19 Arrives in the US: A Historical Turning Point

Imagine waking up on a Tuesday morning in 2025, with 344 days left in the year. It's January 21st, and history is about to be made. On this day, the United States reported its first confirmed case of a mysterious virus that had been sweeping through China. A resident of Washington state, who had rec

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Jan 22 2025POLITICS

President Trump's Surprise Move: Leaving WHO

You know how sometimes people leave a club or an organization because they're not happy? Well, President Trump just did something like that. He announced that the US is leaving the World Health Organization, or WHO. This group is like a big club that helps countries work together on health problems.

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