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IMAGE: A novel study suggests that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to slow the spread of Covid-19 wearing a face covering should come with a caveat. If not. view more
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A novel new study suggests that the behavior public officials are now mandating or recommending unequivocally to slow the spread of surging COVID-19 wearing a face covering should come with a caveat. If not accompanied by proper public education, the practice could lead to more infections.
The finding is part of an unique study, just published in
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, that was conducted by a team of health economists and public health faculty at the University of Vermont s Larner College of Medicine in partnership with public health officials for the state of Vermont.
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New research from King s College London shows nearly half of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) staff are likely to meet the threshold for PTSD, severe anxiety or problem drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results from a study of ICU healthcare workers, published today in
Occupational Medicine, shows the stark impact of working in critical care during the COVID-10 pandemic. The researchers found poor mental health was common in many ICU clinicians although they were more pronounced in nurses than in doctors or other healthcare professionals.
Lead author, Professor Neil Greenberg, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King s College London said:
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IMAGE: Royal Flying Doctor Service personnel undertook 17,000 retrievals in remote areas of Australia in the first half of 2020. view more
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New data released this week by Australian researchers reveals the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period on aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote regions.
Researchers say while the social isolation measures led to a reduction in overall aeromedical activity during the lockdown in 2020, once the restrictions were lifted, evacuations increased significantly.
These findings are published in the
Internal Medicine Journal, comparing aeromedical evacuation trends in Australia during the pre-restriction, lockdown and post-restriction periods last year.
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DES PLAINES, IL Among children who were not in an independently verified incident, evaluation for child abuse should be done by specialty consultation in children aged less than three-years old presenting with rib fractures and children aged less than 18-months presenting with humeral or femoral fractures. That is the conclusion of a study titled Identifying Maltreatment in Infants and Young Children Presenting with Fractures: Does Age Matter?, to be published in the January 2021 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
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IMAGE: Rising incidence of HIV infection in young men who practice sex with men highlights the need for improved preventive measures early on, if China s epidemic is to be brought to. view more
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Since the dawn of the 21st century, there has been a rapid rise in the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in China, and today, the epidemic continues to grow. Several populations are victims of this virus, including injection drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men (MSM). In the various decades since HIV has gripped China, these groups and others have variously been at the forefront or background of national efforts to tackle the epidemic.