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Revived mandates remind everyone that governments have done far more harm than good in the pandemic.

Depression, Suicide Concerns Up Among Teens During Pandemic Credit: Getty Images. HealthDay News — Depression and suicide concerns increased among adolescents during the pandemic, especially among females, according to a study recently published online in Pediatrics. Stephanie L Mayne, PhD, from The Possibilities Project Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues compared the percent of primary care visits among adolescents aged 12 to 21 years with screening for depression,...

Insufficient sleep decreases brain wave activity associated with cognition. Conditions such as loud noise and few trees in neighborhoods seem to affect how much sleep adolescents get, according to a study in the journal Sleep. In a second study, researchers measured young people’s brainwaves to observe the troublesome effects of sleep loss on memory and cognitive function. The findings were reported by two scientific teams funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part ...