How School Closures Damaged U.S. Children’s Mental Health_1

Nobody ever believed the pandemic would go easy on children. The virus might target them less directly than it targets older people, but other challenges—the loss of school, the loss of play, the loss of time with friends—would exact their own emotional toll. A study published April 29 in JAMA Network Open sheds light on how serious that harm has been.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Drops by 36% After 12 Months

Studies from COVID-19 vaccine makers and public health officials have been suggesting for a while that protection provided by the vaccines wanes over timeคำพูดจาก เว็บสล็อตใหม่ล่าสุด. In a new study published on Sept. 15 to a preprint server—the study is not yet peer-…

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Needle Fear is More Common Than You Think

From the moment COVID-19 reached pandemic designation, Joe McDougall had nightmares. Not, like others, about the potential path of the virus, but about the seemingly inevitable moment at which he’d be asked—or held down and forced—to receive a vaccine. McDougall, now 39, is terrified of needles and a global pandemic meant that for the first time since adolescence, he might not be able to …

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‘I Have the Skills.’ How Refugee Doctors Help the U.S. Fight Coronavirus

Long before he started medical school in Baghdad, Ahmed Al-Sarray knew he wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. By the time he graduated in 2015, that search for purpose evolved into a passion for health care in times of crisis. Even a grueling medical residency in the hardest-hit emergency rooms and trauma wards of Baghdad’s war-torn hospitals wasn’t enough to deter …

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Remains Reveal Neanderthal Child Devoured by a Giant Bird

The oldest human remains discovered in Poland were found a few years ago, but it’s only recently that scientists have uncovered the unfortunate fate of the Neanderthal to whom they once belonged.

It was only this year that researchers discovered that the bones, found amid the remains of animals, actually were once those of a Neanderthal child. A Neanderthal child, it turns out, that…

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The Link Between Heart Failure and Diabetes

In June of 2022, a report from the American Diabetes Association highlighted heart failure as “an underappreciated complication of diabetes.” According to that report, up to 22% of people with diabetes will develop heart failure, and the incidence of heart failure within the diabetes community is increasing.

“Heart failure is the most prevalent cardiovascular complication in people …

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There’s Finally a Fully Approved Alzheimer’s Drug

It’s a decision that millions of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and their families have been waiting for—the first fully approved drug that treats the disease, rather than its symptoms. On July 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval for lecanemab, or Leqembi, to treat Alzheimer’s in people in the early, mild stages of the neurodegene…

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NASA Could Get a Raise Next Year

For decades, NASA has been the kid politely asking for a raise in its allowance. Time was NASA’s pocket money was huge. Go back 54 years, to 1966, and the space agency was getting $5.9 billion a year—which would be a tidy $47 billion in 2020 dollars. That represented 4.1% of America’s annual household budget. But in 1966 there was also a bully on the block, whose mailbox at th…

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There Needs to Be a Climate Tax for Frequent Fliers

How many times did you fly in 2019? If you took more than six flights, or three roundtrips, you flew more than 98% of the world population. Consequently, you also contributed much more carbon than all other humans on the planet.

Even if most of the world flies occasionally (or not at all), the emissions from air travel are soaringคำพูดจาก Read more

Busy stores are a turn-off for UK Christmas shoppers

25% of shoppers feel frustrated when they find a cheaper product post-purchase, while 21% think that free delivery would improve their Christmas shopping experience.The study of over 1,500 adults, carried out my market research and insight specialist Trinity McQueen, revealed that top customer frustrations are pushing shoppers into the online marketplace, with 54% of those surveyed now doing th…

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