A far more contagious mutation of the coronavirus now ravaging Great Britain, is probably already infecting people in Los Angeles County, says the scientist.
Study: Mental health of minorities especially affected during pandemic
The results of a UK mental health survey conducted before and after the start of the pandemic found that British minorities were more impacted by the pandemic, but all citizens reported an increase in mental distress, according to a study yesterday in
PLOS One.
The study was based on answers to the UK Household Longitudinal Study, and authors compared responses from participants between 2017 and 2019 to responses from the same participants in April 2020, during the first lockdown in the United Kingdom. Participants were asked to rate their mental distress on a scale from 0 to 36.
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My 85-year-old father loved people, and he waved hello to everyone as he tooled around a Southern California assisted-living facility in his tricked-out electric wheelchair. He couldn t resist talking to a neighbor at his doorway when the building went off pandemic lockdown a few weeks ago. They couldn t hear each other, so they pulled off their masks for a quick chat. How-are-ya, fine-thanks. What a year!
Maybe that was the moment the germs slipped into his chest.
Perhaps one of the caregivers brought the virus into his apartment from the outside. Or he could have been infected when he visited a vascular surgeon.
Prealize Launches 2021 State of Health Market Report
Claims data analysis reveals three key conditions payers and providers need to watch next year
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Prealize, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled predictive analytics company, today announced the publication of a new report that explores key medical conditions payers and providers should proactively address in 2021. Healthcare utilization for preventive care, chronic care, and emergent care significantly decreased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will result in an influx of newly diagnosed and later stage conditions in 2021. Prealize s
Many procedures and diagnoses fell significantly in 2020, with several dropping nearly 50% below 2019 levels between March and June. Total healthcare utilization fell 23% between March and August 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019. An analysis of this data at the procedur